AWS CLI

Overview

The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is an open source tool that enables you to interact with AWS services using commands in your command-line shell.

AWS CLI version 2 version is installed on the CSF3 and also in the RDS-SSH servers

Restrictions on use

There are no access restrictions on the CSF. It is released under the open source Apache 2.0 licence.

Set up procedure

In the CSF3 you must load one of the modulefiles:

module load tools/bintools/awscli/2.34.2
module load tools/bintools/awscli/2.8.6

In the RDS-SSH service there is no need to load a module.

Running the application

To run AWS CLI and read the help document which lists all the aws commands, type:

aws help

To see the help of a specific command, for example s3, type:

aws s3 help

Further info

Last modified on March 5, 2026 at 5:16 pm by Paraskevas Mitsides