satishweb/awscli

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By satishweb

•Updated about 4 years ago

Amazon Web Services Commandline Client (~140MB)

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Amazon Web Services Commandline Client

Simple and lightweight ubuntu based Docker Image for Amazon web services command line tool (awscli)

Supported Platforms

Platforms
linux/amd64
linux/arm64
linux/arm/v7

Docker Image Types

Image Type	Tag prefix	Usage
Command	NONE	This image runs the aws command when launched with docker run with at least one parameter
	Command Image type has default tags without any prefixes. For example "latest", "1.18.32".
Shell	shell-	This image is used for scripting use/automations where shell based command execution is needed
	Shell Image type has default tags with prefix shell-. For example "shell-latest", "shell-1.18.32".

AWSCLI Versions

TAG	AWSCLI Version	Docker Pull Command
latest⁠	1.18.32	`docker pull satishweb/awscli`
shell-latest⁠	1.18.32	`docker pull satishweb/awscli:shell-latest`
1.18.32⁠	1.18.32	`docker pull satishweb/awscli:1.18.32`
shell-1.18.32⁠	1.18.32	`docker pull satishweb/awscli:shell-1.18.32`

Command Image Type Usage

Action	Command
Pull	`docker pull satishweb/awscli`
Run	`docker run --rm -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key> -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret> -e AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<region> -it satishweb/awscli <command> <options>`
Alias	`aws(){dParam='run --rm -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION -it satishweb/awscli'; [[ "$1" ]] && eval docker $dParam $@ && return; eval docker $dParam help}`
With Creds	`docker run -i -t --rm -v mycredentialsfile:/root/.aws/credentials:ro satishweb/awscli <command> <options>`

You can setup alias in ~/.bashrc or /etc/profile to make aws command available in each shell by default

Shell Image Type Usage

Command:docker run --rm -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key> -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret> -e AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<region> -it satishweb/awscli:shell-latest

This will open bash shell prompt. This image type should be used for all script/automation systems.

Useful Commands

Action	Command
aws version	`docker run --rm -it satishweb/awscli --version`
aws help	`docker run --rm -it satishweb/awscli help`

If you run this image in AWS ECS then ensure you have atleast 40MB memory configured.

AWSCLI Configurations

We can write awscli config file and run docker image with it (see Usage section).

Credentials Config Example:

[default]

aws_access_key_id=XXXXXXXXXXX

aws_secret_access_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

region=us-east-1

output=text

Found Issues?

***Please help me resolve issues that you notice by reporting them *** HERE⁠

References

Title	Reference
AWS Client Help	https://aws.amazon.com/cli/⁠
Ubuntu Docker Image	https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu/

Docker Pull Command

docker pull satishweb/awscli