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Installing and configuring AWS CLI

Installing and configuring AWS CLI

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Installing and configuring AWS CLI

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- [Instructor] Let's go through the process of installing and configuring the AWS Command Line Interface on your local machine. By the end of this video you'll be ready to start using AWS CLI and manage your AWS resources from the command line. Let's get started. The first thing that's needed is Python 3. Ensure that you have Python 3 version 3.3 or higher installed on your machine. AWS CLI requires Python to function properly. You can check that by typing python3 --version, or python --version, depending on your system. And as you can see, we have Python 3.9 installed on this machine, so we are good. The second requirement is an AWS account. To configure AWS CLI, you'll need an AWS access key and secret access key. These credentials provide secure access to your AWS resources. You can obtain these keys from the AWS Management Console by navigating to the Identity and Access Management service. Head over to…

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