How do i setup the access keys for aws-cli commands?

[giraffelife]

Link: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html
Link: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html

The links above, are instructions for creating access keys are found for a particular user and setting up the aws-cli using one of the described methods.

You should now have the aws-cli commands installed. https://www.lightnetics.com/post/613

Note: Keep your access keys in a secure location, only accessible to you.

On your linux or unix server

$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Default region name [None]: us-west-2
Default output format [None]: 

This creates a .aws directory with two files in it; in your home directory.

$ cd .aws
$ ls
config  credentials
$ ls -ld .
drwxrwxr-x 2 user1 testing 4096 Feb  2 08:51 .
$ pwd
/home/user1/.aws
$ chmod 700 .
$ ls -ld .
drwx------ 2 user1 testing 4096 Feb  2 08:51 .

Run a test command.

$ aws ec2 describe-instances --output table