jemmyw/awscli repository overview

⁠Docker AWSCLI

Docker⁠ image for running the Amazon Web Services Command Line Interface⁠ based on Alpine Linux⁠. Approximately 80mb.

⁠Usage

docker run jemmyw/awscli help

⁠AWS Credentials

There are two methods for setting up your AWS credentials:

1. Use environment variables. For example:

docker run -t -e "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxx" \
  -e "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxx" \
  -e "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1" \
  jemmyw/awscli ec2 create-instance ...

1. Run from docker on an EC2 instance with an IAM role⁠.