With just one tool to download and configure, you can control multiple AWS services from the command line and automate them through scripts. In this blog, I will show you how to use AWS CLi and how to install it on your Windows, Linux, Mac, or Unix Operating System.
I've got two different apps that I am hosting (well the second one is about to go up) on Amazon EC2.
How can I work with both accounts at the command line (Mac OS X) but keep the EC2 keys & certificates separate? Do I need to change my environment variables before each ec2-* command?
Would using an alias and having it to the setting of the environment in-line work? Something like:
alias ec2-describe-instances1 = export EC2_PRIVATE_KEY=/path ; ec2-describe-instances
Spencer Ruport6 Answers
You should be able to use the following command-options in lieu of the EC2_PRIVATE_KEY (and even EC2_CERT) environment variables:
-K <private key>-C <certificate>
You can put these inside aliases, e.g.
slmYou can work with two accounts by creating two profiles on the aws command line.It will prompt you for your AWS Access Key ID, AWS Secret Access Key and desired region, so have them ready.
Examples:
You can then switch between the accounts by passing the profile on the command.
Note:
If you name the profile to be default it will become default profile i.e. when no --profile param in the command.
More on default profile
If you spend more time using account1, you can make it the default by setting the AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE environment variable. When the default environment variable is set, you do not need to specify the profile on each command.
Linux, OS X Example:
Windows Example:
slm
iBrianCoxiBrianCoxMaybe it still help someone. You can set it manually.
1) Set in file
this
- {{aws_access_key_id}} you can get in section AWS Console > Identity and Access Management > Security Credentials > Access Keys
2) Set in file
this
3) Test it with AWS Command Line and command and output will be JSON
Ref
BG BrunoBG Bruno
The new aws tools now support multiple profiles.
If you configure access with the tools, it automatically creates a default in ~/.aws/config.
You can then add additional profiles - more details at:
chrischrisAws Command Line Tools Macos
You can write shell script to set corresponding values of environment variables for each account based on user input. Doing so, you don't need to create any aliases and, furthermore, tools like ELB tools, Auto Scaling Command Line Tools will work under multiple accounts as well.
Roman NewazaRoman NewazaI recommend checking out docker container encapsulated CLI. you can run container for every account for better isolation.