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How connect AWS to PowerShell?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 6:07 pm

AWS PowerShell Connectivity
AWS provides a powerful, yet easy-to-use, interface for managing your AWS resources from the PowerShell command line. You can use the AWS PowerShell cmdlets to create and manage your AWS resources, and to connect to the AWS services to retrieve information or perform tasks.

You can also use the AWS PowerShell cmdlets to manage your AWS accounts and account credentials.

To get started with AWS PowerShell, you first need to sign up for an account at https://AWS.Amazon.

com/. After you have created an account, you can use the following steps to install and configure the AWS PowerShell module.

To install the AWS PowerShell module, run the following command in your Windows PowerShell console:

Install-Module -Name AWS

To configure the AWS PowerShell module, run the following command:

Set-AWSPerspective -Name “AWS”

To get a list of the AWS PowerShell cmdlets, run the following command:

Get-Command -Name *AWS*

You can also get help for a specific AWS PowerShell cmdlet by running the following command:

Get-Help -Name *AWS*

You can also find detailed descriptions of the AWS PowerShell cmdlets at https://AWS.

PRO TIP: Using the AWS Tools for PowerShell, you can manage Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), the service responsible for launching and managing virtual machines in the cloud. You can launch new EC2 instances, terminate existing instances, and query information about your instances and images. The AWS Tools for PowerShell enable you to script operations on your AWS resources from the PowerShell command line.

com/powershell/latest/docs/QuickStart.html.

To use the AWS PowerShell cmdlets, you first need to connect to the AWS services. To connect to the AWS services, you can use the Connect-AWS cmdlet.

To connect to the AWS services, you can use the Connect-AWS cmdlet.

The Connect-AWS cmdlet prompts you for your AWS account ID and password. After you have connected to your AWS account, you can use the following cmdlets to manage your AWS resources.

The Get-AWSAccount cmdlet returns a list of your AWS accounts. The Get-AWSCredential cmdlet returns a list of your AWS credentials. The Set-AWSDefaultAccount cmdlet sets the default AWS account for the current session. The Set-AWSNameSpace cmdlet sets the name space for the current session.

The Get-AWSRegion cmdlet returns the name of the AWS region. The Get-AWSSite cmdlet returns the AWS site for the current session. The Get-AWSServer cmdlet returns the name of the AWS server for the current session.

The following example shows how to use the Connect-AWS cmdlet to connect to the AWS services and to get a list of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources in the current AWS account.

Connect-AWS

Get-AWSResource

The following example shows how to use the Connect-AWS cmdlet to connect to the AWS services and to get a list of the Amazon EC2 (AWS) resources in the current AWS account.

Connect-AWS -Region “us-east-1”.

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