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AWS CLI Cheatsheet

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⚠️ Disclaimer: All Resource, Account, ARN, Hostname etc are generated using Faker. They do not match any real user data.

📢 Table of Contents

ℹ️ Pro Tip!

👉 If you have multiple AWS Accounts, you can use bash alias like the following. So you no longer need to pass --profile to aws tool.

alias aws-prod="aws --profile work-prod"
alias aws-dev="aws --profile work-dev"
alias aws-self="aws --profile personal"
alias aws="aws --profile work-dev"
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👉 To format aws command output into tables, you can pipe output to column -t.

# aws ec2 describe-instances | jq ...
i-0f112d652ecf13dac c3.x2large fisher.com
i-0b3b5128445a332db t2.nano robinson.com

# aws ec2 describe-instances | jq ... | column -t
i-0f112d652ecf13dac  c3.x2large  fisher.com
i-0b3b5128445a332db  t2.nano     robinson.com
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EC2

List Instance ID, Type and Name 

aws ec2 describe-instances | jq -r '.Reservations[].Instances[]|.InstanceId+" "+.InstanceType+" "+(.Tags[] | select(.Key == "Name").Value)'
i-0f112d652ecf13dac  c3.xlarge  fisher.com
i-0b3b5128445a332db  t2.nano    robinson.com
i-0d1c1cf4e980ac593  t2.micro   nolan.com
i-004ee6b792c3b6914  t2.nano    grimes-green.net
i-00f11e8e33c971058  t2.nano    garrett.com
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List Instances with Public IP Address and Name

👉 Tip: You can directly put this to your /etc/hosts

aws ec2 describe-instances --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[?not_null(PublicIpAddress)]' | jq -r '.[][]|.PublicIpAddress+" "+(.Tags[]|select(.Key=="Name").Value)'
223.64.72.64    fisher.com
198.82.207.161  robinson.com
182.139.20.233  nolan.com
153.134.83.44   grimes-green.net
202.32.63.121   garrett.com
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List of VPCs and CIDR IP Block 

aws ec2 describe-vpcs | jq -r '.Vpcs[]|.VpcId+" "+(.Tags[]|select(.Key=="Name").Value)+" "+.CidrBlock'
vpc-0d1c1cf4e980ac593  frontend-vpc  10.0.0.0/16
vpc-00f11e8e33c971058  backend-vpc   172.31.0.0/16
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List of Subnets for a VPC 

aws ec2 describe-subnets --filter Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-0d1c1cf4e980ac593 | jq -r '.Subnets[]|.SubnetId+" "+.CidrBlock+" "+(.Tags[]|select(.Key=="Name").Value)'
subnet-0dae5d4daa47fe4a2  10.0.128.0/20  Public Subnet 1
subnet-0641a25faccb01f0f  10.0.32.0/19   Private Subnet 2
subnet-09fb8038641f1f36f  10.0.0.0/19    Private Subnet 1
subnet-02a63c67684d8deed  10.0.144.0/20  Public Subnet 2
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List of Security Groups 

aws ec2 describe-security-groups | jq -r '.SecurityGroups[]|.GroupId+" "+.GroupName'
sg-02a63c67684d8deed  backend-db
sg-0dae5d4daa47fe4a2  backend-redis
sg-0a56bff7b12264282  frontend-lb
sg-0641a25faccb01f0f  frontend-https
sg-09fb8038641f1f36f  internal-ssh
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Print Security Groups for an Instance 

aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids i-0dae5d4daa47fe4a2 | jq -r '.Reservations[].Instances[].SecurityGroups[]|.GroupId+" "+.GroupName'
sg-02a63c67684d8deed  backend-db
sg-0dae5d4daa47fe4a2  backend-redis
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Edit Security Groups of an Instance

👉 You have to provide existing Security Group IDs as well

aws ec2 modify-instance-attribute --instance-id i-0dae5d4daa47fe4a2 --groups sg-02a63c67684d8deed sg-0dae5d4daa47fe4a2
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Print Security Group Rules as FromAddress and ToPort 

aws ec2 describe-security-groups --group-ids sg-02a63c67684d8deed | jq -r '.SecurityGroups[].IpPermissions[]|. as $parent|(.IpRanges[].CidrIp+" "+($parent.ToPort|tostring))'
223.64.72.64/32    3306
198.82.207.161/32  3306
168.244.58.160/32  3306
202.0.149.202/32   3306
212.143.80.102/32  3306
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Add Rule to Security Group 

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id sg-02a63c67684d8deed --protocol tcp --port 443 --cidr 35.0.0.1
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Delete Rule from Security Group 

aws ec2 revoke-security-group-ingress --group-id sg-02a63c67684d8deed --protocol tcp --port 443 --cidr 35.0.0.1
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Edit Rules of Security Group

👉 You have to provide All IP Ranges as well

aws ec2 update-security-group-rule-descriptions-ingress --group-id sg-02a63c67684d8deed --ip-permissions 'ToPort=443,IpProtocol=tcp,IpRanges=[{CidrIp=202.171.186.133/32,Description=Home}]'
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Delete Security Group 

aws ec2 delete-security-group --group-id sg-02a63c67684d8deed
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S3

List Buckets 

aws s3 ls
2020-01-28 18:49:50 customer-data-primary
2020-01-28 18:50:22 customer-data-backup
2020-01-28 18:50:54 wordpress-cdn
2020-01-28 18:52:25 backend-artifacts-20200220-deployment
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List Files in a Bucket 

aws s3 ls wordpress-cdn/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/04/
2019-10-04 15:02:02     133557 amazing-content.jpg
2019-10-04 15:02:02       2986 amazing-content-103x50.jpg
2019-10-04 15:02:02       5640 amazing-content-120x120.jpg
2019-10-04 15:02:02       7924 amazing-content-150x150.jpg
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Create Bucket 

aws s3 mb s3://my-awesome-new-bucket
make_bucket: my-awesome-new-bucket
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Delete Bucket 

aws s3 rb s3://my-awesome-new-bucket --force
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Download S3 Object to Local 

aws s3 cp s3://my-awesome-new-bucket .
download: ./backup.tar from s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/backup.tar
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Upload Local File as S3 Object 

aws s3 cp backup.tar s3://my-awesome-new-bucket
upload: ./backup.tar to s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/backup.tar
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Delete S3 Object 

aws s3 rm s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/secret-file.gz .
delete: s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/secret-file.gz
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Download Bucket to Local 

aws s3 sync s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/ /media/Passport-Ultra/Backup
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Upload Local Directory to Bucket 

aws s3 sync /home/minhaz/Downloads s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/
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Share S3 Object without Public Access 

aws s3 presign s3://my-awesome-new-bucket/business-reports.pdf --expires-in 3600
https://my-awesome-new-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/business-reports.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKISUENSAKSIEUAA&Expires=1582876994&Signature=kizOEA93kaIHw7uv25wSFIKLmAx
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API Gateway

List of API Gateway IDs and Names 

aws apigateway get-rest-apis | jq -r '.items[] | .id+" "+.name'
5e3221cf8  backend-api
69ef7d4c8  frontend-api
bb1e3c281  partner-api
f99796943  internal-crm-api
ee86b4cde  import-data-api
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List of API Gateway Keys 

aws apigateway get-api-keys | jq -r '.items[] | .id+" "+.name'
ee86b4cde   backend-api-key
69ef7d4c8   partner-api-key
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List API Gateway Domain Names 

aws apigateway get-domain-names | jq -r '.items[] | .domainName+" "+.regionalDomainName'
backend-api.mdminhazulhaque.io   d-ee86b4cde.execute-api.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
frontend-api.mdminhazulhaque.io  d-bb1e3c281.execute-api.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
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List of Resources for API Gateway 

aws apigateway get-resources --rest-api-id ee86b4cde  | jq -r '.items[] | .id+" "+.path'
ee86b4cde  /{proxy+}
69ef7d4c8  /
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Find Lambda for API Gateway Resource 

aws apigateway get-integration --rest-api-id ee86b4cde --resource-id 69ef7d4c8 --http-method GET | jq -r '.uri'
arn:aws:lambda:ap-southeast-1:987654321:function:backend-api-function-5d4daa47fe4a2:live/invocations
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ELB

List of ELB Hostnames 

aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers --query 'LoadBalancers[*].DNSName'  | jq -r 'to_entries[] | .value'
frontend-lb-1220186848339.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com
backend-lb-6208709163457.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com
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List of ELB ARNs 

aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers | jq -r '.LoadBalancers[] | .LoadBalancerArn'
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:987654321:loadbalancer/app/frontend-lb/1220186848339
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:987654321:loadbalancer/app/backend-lb/6208709163457
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List of ELB Target Group ARNs 

aws elbv2 describe-target-groups | jq -r '.TargetGroups[] | .TargetGroupArn'
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:987654321:targetgroup/frontend/b6da07d35
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:987654321:targetgroup/backend/97ad3b13c
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Find Instances for a Target Group 

aws elbv2 describe-target-health --target-group-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:987654321:targetgroup/wordpress-ph/88f517d6b5326a26 | jq -r '.TargetHealthDescriptions[] | .Target.Id'
i-0b3b5128445a332db
i-0d1c1cf4e980ac593
i-00f11e8e33c971058
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RDS

List of DB Clusters 

aws rds describe-db-clusters | jq -r '.DBClusters[] | .DBClusterIdentifier+" "+.Endpoint'
backend-prod   backend-prod.cluster-b6da07d35.ap-southeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com
internal-prod  internal-dev.cluster-b6da07d35.ap-southeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com
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List of DB Instances 

aws rds describe-db-instances | jq -r '.DBInstances[] | .DBInstanceIdentifier+" "+.DBInstanceClass+" "+.Endpoint.Address'
backend-dev   db.t3.medium  backend-prod.b6da07d35.ap-southeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com
internal-dev  db.t2.micro   internal-dev.b6da07d35.ap-southeast-1.rds.amazonaws.com
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Take DB Instance Snapshot 

aws rds create-db-snapshot --db-snapshot-identifier backend-dev-snapshot-0001 --db-instance-identifier backend-dev
aws rds describe-db-snapshots --db-snapshot-identifier backend-dev-snapshot-0001 --db-instance-identifier general
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Take DB Cluster Snapshot 

aws rds create-db-cluster-snapshot --db-cluster-snapshot-identifier backend-prod-snapshot-0002 --db-cluster-identifier backend-prod
aws rds describe-db-cluster-snapshots --db-cluster-snapshot-identifier backend-prod-snapshot-0002 --db-cluster-identifier backend-prod
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ElastiCache

List of ElastiCache Machine Type and Name 

aws elasticache describe-cache-clusters | jq -r '.CacheClusters[] | .CacheNodeType+" "+.CacheClusterId'
cache.t2.micro  backend-login-hk
cache.t2.micro  backend-login-vn
cache.t2.micro  backend-login-sg
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List of ElastiCache Replication Groups 

aws elasticache describe-replication-groups | jq -r '.ReplicationGroups[] | .ReplicationGroupId+" "+.NodeGroups[].PrimaryEndpoint.Address'
backend-login-hk backend-login-hk.6da35.ng.0001.apse1.cache.amazonaws.com
backend-login-vn backend-login-vn.6da35.ng.0001.apse1.cache.amazonaws.com
backend-login-sg backend-login-sg.6da35.ng.0001.apse1.cache.amazonaws.com
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List of ElastiCache Snapshots 

aws elasticache describe-snapshots | jq -r '.Snapshots[] | .SnapshotName'
automatic.backend-login-hk-2020-02-27-00-27
automatic.backend-login-vn-2020-02-27-00-27
automatic.backend-login-sg-2020-02-27-00-27
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Create ElastiCache Snapshot 

aws elasticache create-snapshot --snapshot-name backend-login-hk-snap-0001 --replication-group-id backend-login-hk --cache-cluster-id backend-login-hk
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Delete ElastiCache Snapshot 

aws elasticache delete-snapshot --snapshot-name backend-login-hk-snap-0001
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Scale Up/Down ElastiCache Replica 

aws elasticache increase-replica-count --replication-group-id backend-login-hk --apply-immediately
aws elasticache decrease-replica-count --replication-group-id backend-login-hk --apply-immediately
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Lambda

List of Lambda Functions, Runtime and Memory 

aws lambda list-functions | jq -r '.Functions[] | .FunctionName+" "+.Runtime+" "+(.MemorySize|tostring)'
backend-api-function           nodejs8.10  512
backend-signup-email-function  nodejs10.x  128
partner-api-8XJAP1VVLYA7       python3.7   128
marketing-promo-sqs-function   nodejs10.x  128
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List of Lambda Layers 

aws lambda list-layers | jq -r '.Layers[] | .LayerName'
imagemagik-layer
django-layer
nodejs-extra-layer
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List of Source Event for Lambda 

aws lambda list-event-source-mappings | jq -r '.EventSourceMappings[] | .FunctionArn+" "+.EventSourceArn'
arn:aws:lambda:function:backend-api-function           arn:aws:dynamodb:table/prod-user-list/stream
arn:aws:lambda:function:backend-signup-email-function  arn:aws:dynamodb:table/prod-user-email/stream
arn:aws:lambda:function:partner-api-8XJAP1VVLYA7       arn:aws:sqs:partner-input-msg-queue
arn:aws:lambda:function:marketing-promo-sqs-function   arn:aws:sqs:promo-input-msg-queue
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Download Lambda Code 

aws lambda get-function --function-name DynamoToSQS | jq -r .Code.Location
https://awslambda-ap-se-1-tasks.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/snapshots/987654321/backend-api-function-1fda0de7-a751-4586-bf64-5601a410c170
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Cloudwatch

List of CloudWatch Alarms and Status 

aws cloudwatch describe-alarms | jq -r '.MetricAlarms[] | .AlarmName+" "+.Namespace+" "+.StateValue'
backend-autoscale  AWS/EC2             OK
backend-lb         AWS/ApplicationELB  OK
partner-hk         AWS/ECS             ALARM
partner-vn         AWS/ECS             ALARM
partner-sg         AWS/ECS             ALARM
userdata-read      AWS/DynamoDB        OK
userdata-write     AWS/DynamoDB        OK
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Create Alarm for EC2 High CPUUtilization 

aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm --alarm-name high-cpu-usage --alarm-description "Alarm when CPU exceeds 70 percent" --metric-name CPUUtilization --namespace AWS/EC2 --statistic Average --period 300 --threshold 70 --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold  --dimensions "Name=InstanceId,Value=i-123456789" --evaluation-periods 2 --alarm-actions arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:System-Alerts --unit Percent
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Create Alarm for EC2 High StatusCheckFailed_Instance 

aws cloudwatch put-metric-alarm --alarm-name EC2-StatusCheckFailed-AppServer --alarm-description "EC2 StatusCheckFailed for AppServer" --metric-name StatusCheckFailed_Instance --namespace AWS/EC2 --statistic Average --period 60 --threshold 0 --comparison-operator GreaterThanThreshold  --dimensions "Name=InstanceId,Value=i-123456789" --evaluation-periods 3 --alarm-actions arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:System-Alerts --unit Count
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Route53

List Domains 

aws route53 list-hosted-zones | jq -r '.HostedZones[]|.Id+" "+.Name'
/hostedzone/ZEB1PAH4U mysite.com.
/hostedzone/ZQUOHGH3G yoursite.com.
/hostedzone/ZEADEA0CO staywith.us.
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List Records for a Domain (Zone) 

aws route53 list-resource-record-sets --hosted-zone-id /hostedzone/ZEB1PAH4U | jq -r '.ResourceRecordSets[]| if (.AliasTarget!=null) then .Type+" "+.Name+" "+.AliasTarget.DNSName else .Type+" "+.Name+" "+.ResourceRecords[].Value end'
A      mysite.com.              dualstack.mysite-lb-967522168.ap-southeast-1.elb.amazonaws.com.
A      mysite.com.              11.22.33.44
TXT    _amazonses.mysite.com.   6c6d761371f0480bbe60de0df275b550
A      test.mysite.com.         55.66.77.88
CNAME  www.mysite.com.          mysite.com
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SNS

List of SNS Topics 

aws sns list-topics | jq -r '.Topics[] | .TopicArn'
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:backend-api-monitoring
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:dynamodb-count-check
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:partner-integration-check
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:autoscale-notifications
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List of SNS Topic and related Subscriptions 

aws sns list-subscriptions | jq -r '.Subscriptions[] | .TopicArn+" "+.Protocol+" "+.Endpoint'
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:autoscale-notifications    lambda  arn:aws:lambda:function:autoscale-function
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:backend-api-monitoring     email   alert@mdminhazulhaque.io
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:dynamodb-count-check       email   alert@mdminhazulhaque.io
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:partner-integration-check  lambda  arn:aws:lambda:function:partner-function
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:autoscale-notifications    lambda  arn:aws:lambda:function:autoscale-function
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Publish to SNS Topic 

aws sns publish --topic-arn arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:987654321:backend-api-monitoring \
    --message "Panic!!!" \
    --subject "The API is down!!!"
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DynamoDB

List of DynamoDB Tables 

aws dynamodb list-tables | jq -r .TableNames[]
userdata_hk
userdata_vn
userdata_sg
providers
events
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Get All Items from a Table

❗ This command will stream ALL items untill SIGINT is sent

aws dynamodb scan --table-name events
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Get Item Count from a Table 

aws dynamodb scan --table-name events --select COUNT | jq .ScannedCount
726119
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Get Item using Key 

aws dynamodb get-item --table-name events --key '{"email": {"S": "admin@mdminhazulhaque.io"}}'
{
    "Item": {
        "email": {
            "S": "admin@mdminhazulhaque.io"
        },
        "created_at": {
            "N": "1554780667296"
        },
        "event_type": {
            "S": "DISPATCHED"
        }
    }
}
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Get Specific Fields from an Item 

aws dynamodb get-item --table-name events --key '{"email": {"S": "admin@mdminhazulhaque.io"}}' --attributes-to-get event_type
{
    "Item": {
        "event_type": {
            "S": "DISPATCHED"
        }
    }
}
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Delete Item using Key 

aws dynamodb delete-item --table-name events --key '{"email": {"S": "admin@mdminhazulhaque.io"}}'
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SQS

List Queues 

aws sqs list-queues | jq -r '.QueueUrls[]'
https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo
https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/user-signup
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Create Queue 

aws sqs create-queue --queue-name public-events.fifo | jq -r .QueueUrl
https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo
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Count Messages in Queue 

aws sqs get-queue-attributes --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo | jq -r '.Attributes | .QueueArn + " " + .ApproximateNumberOfMessages'
arn:aws:sqs:ap-southeast-1:987654321:events.fifo 42
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Send Message 

aws sqs send-message --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo --message-body Hello
{
    "MD5OfMessageBody": "37b51d194a7513e45b56f6524f2d51f2",
    "MessageId": "4226398e-bab0-4bee-bf5a-8e7ae18c855a"
}
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Receive Message 

aws sqs receive-message --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo | jq -r '.Messages[] | .Body'
Hello
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Delete Message 

aws sqs delete-message --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo --receipt-handle "AQEBpqKLxNb8rIOn9ykSeCkKebNzn0BrEJ3Cg1RS6MwID2t1oYHCnMP06GnuVZGzt7kpWXZ5ieLQ=="
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Purge Queue 

aws sqs purge-queue --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo
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Delete Queue 

aws sqs delete-queue --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/987654321/public-events.fifo
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CloudFront

List of CloudFront Distributions and Origins 

aws cloudfront list-distributions | jq -r '.DistributionList.Items[] | .DomainName+" "+.Origins.Items[0].DomainName'
d9d5bb1e3c281f.cloudfront.net  frontend-prod-hk.s3.amazonaws.com
d12b09e8a0a996.cloudfront.net  frontend-prod-vn.s3.amazonaws.com
db64e7e9b3cc22.cloudfront.net  frontend-prod-sg.s3.amazonaws.com
d5e3221cf8b921.cloudfront.net  cdn.mdminhazulhaque.io
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Create Cache Invalidation 

aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id D12B09E8A0A996  --path /blog/\* /blog/assets/\* | jq -r '.Invalidation.Id'
IALJ5AL93ZD79
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Check Cache Invalidation Status 

aws cloudfront get-invalidation --distribution-id D12B09E8A0A996 --id IALJ5AL93ZD79 | jq -r '.Invalidation.Status'
Completed
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Amplify

List of Amplify Apps and Source Repository 

aws amplify list-apps | jq -r '.apps[] | .name+" "+.defaultDomain+" "+.repository'
fe-vn  d9d5bb1e3c281f.amplifyapp.com  https://bitbucket.org/aws/frontend-vn
fe-hk  db64e7e9b3cc22.amplifyapp.com  https://bitbucket.org/aws/frontend-hk
fe-sg  d5e3221cf8b921.amplifyapp.com  https://bitbucket.org/aws/frontend-sg
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Cognito

List of User Pool IDs and Names 

aws cognito-idp list-user-pools --max-results 60 | jq -r '.UserPools[] | .Id+" "+.Name'
ap-southeast-1_b6da07d35 prod-users
ap-southeast-1_b6da07d34 dev-users
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List of Phone and Email of All Users 

aws cognito-idp list-users --user-pool-id ap-southeast-1_b6da07d35 | jq -r '.Users[].Attributes | from_entries | .sub + " " + .phone_number + " " + .email'
585fb96e-525c-4f9b-9d41-865d2dffde9b +601122334455 admin@mdminhazulhaque.io
71f2778c-8e21-4775-94dc-e363c77d1ae1 +601122334455 foo@bar.com
8fc1882e-e661-49db-88e6-45d370bc352a +601122334455 cli@aws.com
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IAM User

List of UserId and UserName 

aws iam list-users | jq -r '.Users[]|.UserId+" "+.UserName'
AIDAZBWIOJIQFOLNBXXCVSUQ kaiser
AIDAZCTWYVXYOKSHVWXPYPLR thornton
AIDAZUYALCGFQJENBCZFJTVX maldonado
AIDAZKQAFIGQJWOKKSKRBLGE key
AIDAZXUDGQVQCEWBFGIJOWWY nelson
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Get Single User 

aws iam get-user --user-name kaiser
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Add User 

aws iam create-user --user-name audit-temp
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Delete User 

aws iam delete-user --user-name audit-temp
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List Access Keys for User 

aws iam list-access-keys --user-name audit-temp | jq -r .AccessKeyMetadata[].AccessKeyId
AKIABWIOJIQFOLNBXXCVSUQ
AKIACTWYVXYOKSHVWXPYPLR
AKIAUYALCGFQJENBCZFJTVX
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Delete Access Key for User 

aws iam delete-access-key --user-name audit-temp --access-key-id AKIABWIOJIQFOLNBXXCVSUQ
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Activate/Deactivate Access Key for User 

aws iam update-access-key --status Inactive --user-name audit-temp --access-key-id AKIABWIOJIQFOLNBXXCVSUQ
aws iam update-access-key --status Active   --user-name audit-temp --access-key-id AKIABWIOJIQFOLNBXXCVSUQ
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Generate New Access Key for User 

aws iam create-access-key --user-name audit-temp | jq -r '.AccessKey | .AccessKeyId+" "+.SecretAccessKey'
AKIABWIOJIQFOLNBXXCVSUQ p9ge02ebLX9jobdQKmfikRqCiEw3HBylwHyXq0z
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IAM Group

List Groups 

aws iam list-groups | jq -r .Groups[].GroupName
developers
administrators
testers
marketing-ro
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Add/Delete Groups 

aws iam create-group --group-name business-ro
aws iam delete-group --group-name business-ro
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List of Policies and ARNs 

aws iam list-policies               | jq -r '.Policies[]|.PolicyName+" "+.Arn'
aws iam list-policies --scope AWS   | jq -r '.Policies[]|.PolicyName+" "+.Arn'
aws iam list-policies --scope Local | jq -r '.Policies[]|.PolicyName+" "+.Arn'
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List of User/Group/Roles for a Policy 

aws iam list-entities-for-policy --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::987654321:policy/Marketing-ReadOnly
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List Policies for a Group 

aws iam list-attached-group-policies --group-name business-ro
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Add Policy to a Group 

aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name business-ro --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/DynamoDBReadOnlyAccess
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Add User to a Group 

aws iam add-user-to-group --group-name business-ro --user-name marketing-michael
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Remove User from a Group 

aws iam remove-user-from-group --group-name business-ro --user-name marketing-alice
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List Users in a Group 

aws iam get-group --group-name business-ro
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List Groups for a User 

aws iam list-groups-for-user --user-name qa-bob
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Attach/Detach Policy to a Group 

aws iam detach-group-policy --group-name business-ro --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/DynamoDBFullAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name business-ro --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/DynamoDBFullAccess
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