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AWS CLI

AWS CLI (AWS Command Line Interface) is a command line interface for working with AWS services.

Customize the AWS CLI⁠

  1. Configure access.
  2. Install the client.
  3. Create an AWS CLI configuration.
  4. Install the certificate.

Set up access⁠

Access can be configured by a user with role Account Owner or User Administrator.

  1. Create a service user с a role with access to object storage. If you are using a user with the Object Storage User role, the container must be configured with the access policy.
  2. Issue an S3 key to the user.

Install the client⁠

Use the instructions Install or update to the latest version of the AWS CLI Amazon documentation.

Create an AWS CLI configuration⁠

  1. Open the terminal.

  2. Open the configuration mode:

    aws configure

  3. Enter AWS Access Key ID — field value Access key from S3 key.

  4. Enter AWS Secret Access Key — field value Secret key from the S3 key.

  5. Enter Default region name — pool, in which the object store is located (e.g., ru-1).

  6. Enter Default output format or leave it blank.

  7. The settings will be saved in the configuration files:

    • accounting data in .aws/credentials:

      [default]
      aws_access_key_id = <access_key>
      aws_secret_access_key = <secret_key>

    • default pool in .aws/config:

      [default]
         region = <pool>

Install the certificate⁠

  1. Create a folder ~/.selectels3/:

    mkdir -p ~/.selectels3/

  2. Download the certificate and place it in the folder ~/.selectels3/:

    wget https://secure.globalsign.net/cacert/root-r6.crt -O ~/.selectels3/root.crt
    openssl x509 -inform der -in ~/.selectels3/root.crt -out ~/.selectels3/root.crt
    chmod 600 ~/.selectels3/root.crt

  3. In the configuration file .aws/config add a parameter:

    ca_bundle = ~/.selectels3/root.crt

Working with AWS CLI⁠

For the syntax of the commands, see the instructions AWS Amazon documentation.

To work with object storage through the AWS CLI, use:

  • s3api — commands corresponding to operations in the REST API;
  • s3 — additional commands that simplify work with a large number of objects.

Display the list of containers⁠

Print the list of containers:

aws s3 ls

Create a container⁠

Create a container:

aws s3 mb s3://<container_name>

Specify <container_name> — the name of the new container.

View list of objects⁠

Check out the list of facilities:

aws s3 ls --recursive s3://<container_name>

Specify <container_name> — container name.

Load object⁠

Upload the files to the repository:

aws s3 cp <object_name> s3://<container_name>/

Specify:

  • <object_name> — object name;
  • <container_name> — container name.

Delete object⁠

Delete the object:

aws s3 rm s3://<container_name>/<object_name>

Specify:

  • <container_name> — container name;
  • <object_name> — object name.