Skip to Content
View all events

AWS Command Line Essentials

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate

AWS administrators need to understand how to perform everyday administration using the AWS command-line interface (CLI) in the AWS cloud.

Join expert Mark Wilkins to learn how to use the CLI to manage the compute, network, storage, and platform services, which will provide an additional method for performing administrative tasks and introduce the concept of automating repeatable tasks. You can carry out the hands-on exercises after class using a free AWS account to further your AWS security knowledge and skills.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of this live online course, you’ll understand:

  • How to install and configure the AWS command-line interface
  • How to use the command-line and AWS CloudShell interfaces
  • How to sign up for a free AWS account to practice CLI commands

And you’ll be able to:

  • Create AWS resources from the CLI
  • Find the relevant documentation

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re an administrator working in the AWS cloud.
  • You’re responsible for managing cloud-hosted apps and services.
  • You want to fully understand the use of the CLI.

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of the AWS cloud

Recommended preparation:

  • Read the CLI Basics Handout (TK)
  • Sign up for a free AWS account (to follow along with the exercises or complete them after class)

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

What is the CLI? (15 minutes)

  • Presentation and demo: The purpose of the CLI; CLI security settings; installing and configuring the CLI
  • Q&A

Understanding the CLI command structure (25 minutes)

  • Presentation and demos: Command-line structure and parameters; using the auto-prompt feature; using the auto-prompt
  • Q&A

Using the CLI with aliases (20 minutes)

  • Presentation and demos: Authorization and authentication; creating the alias file
  • Q&A
  • Break

Using the CLI with VPC resources (15 minutes)

  • Presentation and demos: Create a virtual private cloud; create subnets; create internet gateway; create route table and routes
  • Q&A

Using the CLI with EC2 resources (15 minutes)

  • Presentation and demos: Launch an Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance; add an Elastic Block Store block device; add a tag to your EC2 instance; list EC2 instances

Using the CLI with S3 and S3 Glacier resources (15 minutes)

  • Presentation and demos: Create a bucket; list buckets and objects; create an S3 Glacier vault; initiate a multipart upload and upload files
  • Q&A

Using the CLI with IAM resources (15 minutes)

  • Presentation and demos: Creating IAM users and groups; setting IAM user passwords; creating an access key for an IAM user
  • Q&A

Your Instructor

  • Mark Wilkins

    Mark Wilkins has more than 20 years’ experience designing, deploying, and supporting software and hardware technology in the corporate and small business world. Currently, Mark provides training and consulting services to corporate customers throughout North America. Previously, as course director for Global Knowledge, Mark developed and taught technical seminars and developed courseware for the 2008 Microsoft official curriculum stream.

    Since 2010, Mark has focused on cloud services, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and IBM SoftLayer. Among Mark’s many certifications are Amazon Web Services Architect - Associate and AWS Sys-Ops - Associate. He is the author of Learning AWS, published in 2019 by Addison-Wesley.

Skill covered

Amazon Web Services (AWS)