awscli-python

Runs AWS CLI in an official python based docker image. Includes Groff to enable AWS CLI command line help.

Usage

Starting a container:

Run container mapped to host AWS CLI configuration:

docker run -it --rm -v $HOME/.aws:/root/.aws cszubert/awscli-python bash

Run container passing IAM User access keys in command line:

docker run -it --rm -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<Access Key ID> -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<Secret Access Key> cszubert/awscli-python bash

where <Access Key ID> and <Secret Access Key> are the AWS IAM User's access keys.

Example AWS CLI commands to run inside the container:

Get help with AWS CLI

aws help

Check AWS CLI version

aws --version

Configure AWS CLI:

aws configure

Note: If you run this iside a container mapped to host AWS CLI configuration, the IAM User's access keys and other configurations will be sotred on the host.

List s3 buckets - you must properly configure IAM user's keys and have required s3 permission:

aws s3 ls

Return information about instance in a specified region:

aws ec2 describe-instances --region us-east-1

More Information

AWS cli: https://aws.amazon.com/cli/

Groff: https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/