aws configure

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/configure/

• aws configure
• aws configure --profile your-new-profile-name
• aws configure --profile my-read-only
• aws configure list-profiles (aws >= 2.x)

Example

aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: YOUR_accesskey
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: YOUR_secretkey
Default region name [None]: us-west-2
Default output format [None]:

Will create ~/.aws/config and ~/.aws/credentials files

Related terms

• aws configure list
• aws iam list-users, aws iam get-user
• .aws/config, .aws/credentials
• export AWS_PROFILE=your_defined_profile
• suaws bash function
• Region (AWS)

See also

• aws configure [ list-profiles | sso | sso-session | set ], ~/.aws/config, .aws/credentials,mfa_serial, AWS cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_REGION, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME, .aws/, AWS functions, --profile, viawsconfig, viawscredentials
• AWS CLI, aws [ configure | iam | ec2 | ecs | eks | s3 | rds | sts | cloudwatch | cloudformation | cloudfront | eventbridge | lambda ], aws configure list, .aws/credentials, .aws/config, ~/.aws/cli/alias, --output [ table | json | text | XXX ], Aws cli environmental variables: AWS_PROFILE, AWS_DEFAULT_REGION, AWS_REGION, AWS_CLI_AUTO_PROMPT, AWS_SESSION_TOKEN, aws list all, auto-prompt, --version, whoamiaws, --filters, --help