aws-cli-cheatsheet: A repository from RubelAhmed57

Tools Required

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

List of API Gateway Keys

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

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

List of Resources for API Gateway

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

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-1:7072092770:function:backend-api-function-5d4daa47fe4a2:live/invocations

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

List of ELB ARNs

aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers | jq -r '.LoadBalancers[] | .LoadBalancerArn'
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:loadbalancer/app/frontend-lb/1220186848339
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:loadbalancer/app/backend-lb/6208709163457

List of ELB Target Group ARNs

aws elbv2 describe-target-groups | jq -r '.TargetGroups[] | .TargetGroupArn'
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:targetgroup/frontend/b6da07d35
arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:targetgroup/backend/97ad3b13c

Find Instances for a Target Group

aws elbv2 describe-target-health --target-group-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:targetgroup/wordpress-ph/88f517d6b5326a26 | jq -r '.TargetHealthDescriptions[] | .Target.Id'
i-0b3b5128445a332db
i-0d1c1cf4e980ac593
i-00f11e8e33c971058

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Delete ElastiCache Snapshot

aws elasticache delete-snapshot --snapshot-name backend-login-hk-snap-0001

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

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

List of Lambda Layers

aws lambda list-layers | jq -r '.Layers[] | .LayerName'
imagemagik-layer
django-layer
nodejs-extra-layer

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

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/7072092770/backend-api-function-1fda0de7-a751-4586-bf64-5601a410c170

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

SNS

List of SNS Topics

aws sns list-topics | jq -r '.Topics[] | .TopicArn'
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:backend-api-monitoring
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:dynamodb-count-check
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:partner-integration-check
arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:autoscale-notifications

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

Publish to SNS Topic

aws sns publish --topic-arn arn:aws:sns:ap-southeast-1:7072092770:backend-api-monitoring
    --message "Panic!!!" \
    --subject "The API is down!!!"

DynamoDB

List of DynamoDB Tables

aws dynamodb list-tables | jq -r .TableNames[]
userdata_hk
userdata_vn
userdata_sg
providers
events

Get All Items from a Table

aws dynamodb scan --table-name events

Warning! This command will stream ALL items untill SIGINT is sent

Get Item Count from a Table

aws dynamodb scan --table-name events --select COUNT | jq .ScannedCount
726119

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"
        }
    }
}

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"
        }
    }
}

Delete Item using Key

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

SQS

List Queues

aws sqs list-queues | jq -r '.QueueUrls[]'
https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo
https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/user-signup

Create Queue

aws sqs create-queue --queue-name public-events.fifo | jq -r .QueueUrl
https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo

Send Message

aws sqs send-message --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo --message-body Hello
{
    "MD5OfMessageBody": "37b51d194a7513e45b56f6524f2d51f2",
    "MessageId": "4226398e-bab0-4bee-bf5a-8e7ae18c855a"
}

Receive Message

aws sqs receive-message --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo | jq -r '.Messages[] | .Body'
Hello

Delete Message

aws sqs delete-message --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo --receipt-handle "AQEBpqKLxNb8rIOn9ykSeCkKebNzn0BrEJ3Cg1RS6MwID2t1oYHCnMP06GnuVZGzt7kpWXZ5ieLQ=="

Purge Queue

aws sqs purge-queue --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo

Delete Queue

aws sqs delete-queue --queue-url https://ap-southeast-1.queue.amazonaws.com/7072092770/public-events.fifo

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

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

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

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

RubelAhmed57/aws-cli-cheatsheet

Tools Required

EC2

List Instance ID, Type and Name

List Instances with Public IP Address and Name

List of VPCs and CIDR IP Block

List of Security Groups

Print Security Groups for an Instance

Print Security Group Rules as FromAddress and ToPort

API Gateway

List of API Gateway IDs and Names

List of API Gateway Keys

List API Gateway Domain Names

List of Resources for API Gateway

Find Lambda for API Gateway Resource

ELB

List of ELB Hostnames

List of ELB ARNs

List of ELB Target Group ARNs

Find Instances for a Target Group

RDS

List of DB Clusters

List of DB Instances

Take DB Instance Snapshot

Take DB Cluster Snapshot

ElastiCache

List of ElastiCache Machine Type and Name

List of ElastiCache Replication Groups

List of ElastiCache Snapshots

Create ElastiCache Snapshot

Delete ElastiCache Snapshot

Scale Up/Down ElastiCache Replica

Lambda

List of Lambda Functions, Runtime and Memory

List of Lambda Layers

List of Source Event for Lambda

Download Lambda Code

Cloudwatch

List of CloudWatch Alarms and Status

SNS

List of SNS Topics

List of SNS Topic and related Subscriptions

Publish to SNS Topic

DynamoDB

List of DynamoDB Tables

Get All Items from a Table

Get Item Count from a Table

Get Item using Key

Get Specific Fields from an Item

Delete Item using Key

SQS

List Queues

Create Queue

Send Message

Receive Message

Delete Message

Purge Queue

Delete Queue

CloudFront

List of CloudFront Distributions and Origins

Amplify

List of Amplify Apps and Source Repository

Cognito

List of User Pool IDs and Names

List of Phone and Email of All Users

TODO