This command lists all the S3 buckets in the configured AWS account. Let us do a simple test to check whether our AWS account has been configured. Once you have entered the Keys, Default region name and output format hit Enter. Type in the following command to start the configuration process – Once this is all done, we can start off with the configuration. Copy the given key and paste it in notepad.If there is no key, then click on Create New Access Key. If you already have the Access Key and the Secret access key, then use them. Click on the AWS account name ( dropdown ) on the top right.If you do not have them, follow these steps: Before starting it, get your AWS access and the secret access keys. The above screenshot tells you that AWS CLI has been successfully installed. For that, just type in the following command in your command prompt:
To configure it, you will have to provide access keys and the region.įirst, let’s see how to check whether AWS CLI has been successfully installed in your system. Want to learn more about Amazon Web Services from Experts? Check out our AWS Tutorial for Beginners!Īfter installing AWS CLI, you will have to configure it to use it. Shell scripts make it easy to fully automate cloud infrastructure.
Partial task automation can free developers from needing to log into the AWS Management Console. The ability to automate control of all Amazon’s web services with scripts is possibly the biggest benefit. Most users find it faster and easier to use the AWS CLI once they reach a certain level of proficiency. Once you get up and running, the user-friendly graphical interface tools start to stand in your way. GUIs are great when you’re just learning the ropes of a system. The AWS CLI, by contrast, lets you control all the services from one simple tool. It worked well, but it didn’t let users control other Amazon Web Services, like for instance the AWS RDS (Relational Database Service). Previously, you needed a dedicated CLI tool for just the EC2 service. One huge benefit of AWS CLI is that installation is smooth, quick, simple, and standardized. There were plenty of places to make a wrong move and bork the install. Installing previous toolkits like the old AWS EC2 API toolkit took several steps and forced the user to set up multiple environment variables. The savings come in the form of easier installs, support of all services from one tool, moving beyond GUIs, and automating processes and commands with shell scripting. Otherwise, we can waste lots of time investigating why - 'terraform' is not recognized as an internal or external command while running from CMD.One of the primary benefits of AWS CLI is the ability to save substantial time. It’s WORKING!Īwesome! It’s very simple installation but step 3 is very important during setup. Let’s go to terraform_lab folder on the desktop and run the command. Now if we run terraform command from cmd from any location, it will work now. Here basically we need to set terraform binaries path where we placed terraform.exe file in C drive. Now right click on properties of PC, click on Advanced system settings from the left menu, click on Environment Variables, there you will see user defined variable called Path. In C drive create a folder called TerraformBinaries and place exe file there. Step 3 - Configure Environment Variable Path for Terraform.exe To make it work, we need to follow subsequent steps to configure in an environment variable. And we are getting as 'terraform' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file. Here I created terraform_lab folder on desktop and try to run terraform command from there. Now the problem here is that we placed terraform.exe file on the desktop and if we try terraform command in any other folder, it won’t work. Once extraction has been completed, run command prompt, go to desktop, and run terraform command.
Now we need to extract the zip file into the desktop. Step 2 - Extract Terraform.exe from downloaded archived Once the archived has been downloaded, it has single binaries called terraform.exe. Go to, then click on Windows 64-bit option. This article demonstrates terraform installation steps in windows. Terraform works on multiple platforms like Windows, Linux, macOS, etc.
Installation of Terraform is very simple in Windows, you just need to download a binary file and use it.