AWS Cli - Useful commands#

Setup Auto completion

# Install awscli using brew
$ brew install awscli

# Run this command to add the completion to your .zshrc file
$ autoload -Uz compinit && compinit

# Add the following line to your .zshrc file
if type aws_completer &>/dev/null; then
    complete -C "$(command -v aws_completer)" aws
fi
$ source ~/.zshrc

# Install awscli using yum
$ yum install -y awscli

# AWS CLI autocompletion. Add the following lines to your .bashrc file
if [ -x "$(command -v aws_completer)" ]; then
    complete -C "$(command -v aws_completer)" aws
fi

# Source the bashrc file
$ source ~/.bashrc

# Download the AWS CLI MSI installer for Windows
# You can download it from the AWS CLI User Guide or use the following URL:
# https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi

# Run the downloaded MSI installer

# AWS CLI autocompletion
# AWS CLI v2 comes with built-in autocompletion. It should work out of the box in PowerShell.

Route53

Command	Description*
aws route53 list-hosted-zones	List all hosted zones.
aws route53 create-hosted-zone –name example.com –caller-reference 1234567890	Create a new hosted zone with the specified name and caller reference.
aws route53 delete-hosted-zone –id Z1234567890	Delete the hosted zone with the specified ID.
aws route53 change-resource-record-sets –hosted-zone-id Z1234567890 –change-batch file://change_batch.json	Change resource record sets in the specified hosted zone using the change batch file.
aws route53 get-hosted-zone –id Z1234567890	Get information about the hosted zone with the specified ID.