How To Install And Configure PowerShell For AWS
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Welcome to CloudAffaire and this is Debjeet.
In this blog post, we will discuss how to install and configure PowerShell for AWS cloud.
What Is PowerShell?
PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language.
What is AWS?
AWS or Amazon Web Services is the leading cloud service provider in the market with 35% market share.
Prerequisites:
- One Windows system with PowerShell version 5.0 or higher.
- One IAM user having admin access to AWS with programmatic access.
How To Install And Configure PowerShell For AWS:
Step 1: Open PowerShell as administrator and run the below command to install PowerShell
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Install-Module -Name AWSPowerShell -Force |
Step 2: You can verify if the PowerShell module for AWS is installed using the below command.
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Get-AWSPowerShellVersion |
Step 3: Once the PowerShell module is installed for AWS, you can list all the cmdlets using the below command.
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Get-Command | Where-Object {$_.Source -eq "AWSPowerShell"} |
Step 4: Set your AWS credential details using the below command.
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Set-AWSCredential ` -AccessKey -SecretKey -StoreAs |
You can refer below blog posts to create an IAM user and get the Secret Key and Access Key.
https://cloudaffaire.com/iam-users/
Step 5: Check if AWS credential working.
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Get-STSCallerIdentity -ProfileName |
Step 6: Execute your 1st PowerShell command for AWS.
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Get-EC2Vpc -ProfileName |
Hope you have enjoyed this blog post. There are different ways to install PowerShell for AWS. Please refer to the below documentation for details
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/userguide/pstools-getting-set-up.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/