Cheatsheets

aws configure                  # Interactive prompt to set Access Key, Secret Key, Region, and Output format
aws configure list             # List current configuration
aws configure --profile dev    # Configure a specific profile named 'dev'

aws s3 ls                      # List all buckets
aws s3 ls s3://my-bucket       # List contents of a specific bucket
aws s3 mb s3://new-bucket      # Create a new bucket
aws s3 cp file.txt s3://my-bucket/ # Upload a file to S3
aws s3 cp s3://my-bucket/file.txt . # Download a file from S3
aws s3 sync ./local-dir s3://my-bucket/ # Sync a local directory to an S3 bucket
aws s3 rm s3://my-bucket/file.txt # Delete a file from S3

aws ec2 describe-instances     # List all instances and their details (outputs large JSON)
aws ec2 describe-instances --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].[InstanceId, State.Name, PublicIpAddress]" --output table # Formatted list
aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0 # Start an instance
aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids i-1234567890abcdef0  # Stop an instance

aws iam list-users             # List all IAM users
aws iam create-user --user-name john.doe # Create a new user
aws iam list-access-keys --user-name john.doe # List access keys for a user

aws s3 ls --profile dev
aws ec2 describe-instances --region eu-west-1