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AWS & ASK CLI Setup Guide

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AWS CLI Setup - Installation - macOS

You can install the AWS CLI on macOS using pip, a package manager for Python.

Note: If you already have the CLI installed, continue to Setup an AWS CLI Profile, or, if you don't have an AWS account, follow the guide to create an AWS account first.

Prerequisites

In order to install the AWS CLI on your Mac you should make sure to have:

  • Python (v2.6+ or v3+)
  • pip

Check whether you have Python by running this command on the Terminal:

$ python --version

Note on some systems, Python may be installed as python3 so if you don't get any results using the command above, you should also try running the command using python3 instead of python

Check whether you have pip installed by running the following command on the Terminal:

$ pip --version

Note on some systems, pip may be installed as pip3 so if you don't get any results using the command above, you should also try running the command using pip3 instead of pip

If you don't already have Python and pip installed, the easiest way to get both is to use Homebrew - a package manager for Mac.

To install Homebrew, open Terminal or your favorite OSX terminal emulator and run

$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

The script will explain what changes it will make and prompt you before the installation begins. Once you’ve installed Homebrew, insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your PATH environment variable. You can do this by adding the following line at the bottom of your ~/.profile file

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH

Now, we can install Python 3:

$ brew install python

This will take a minute or two.

Note Homebrew installs pip pointing to the Homebrew’d Python 3 for you.

Install the AWS CLI on macOS using pip

Use pip to install the AWS CLI:

$ pip install awscli --upgrade --user

Verify that the AWS CLI is installed correctly:

$ aws --version
AWS CLI 1.11.84 (Python 3.6.1)

Troubleshooting

If after installing the aws command doesn't work, you may need to update your OS's PATH environment variable. Follow the instructions here.

Next step: Setup an AWS CLI Profile