Navigating AWS CLI and AWS SDK

The AWS CLI and AWS SDK are programmatic tools to access and manage AWS services. In this section, you will dive deeper into each of these, and execute them in your own environment.

AWS CLI

The AWS CLI is a unified tool by AWS that allows you to interact with and manage AWS services from a command line such as macOS terminal or Windows Command Prompt. It provides a convenient and scriptable way to automate and control various AWS resources and operations.

It’s a CLI tool, so it requires an installation process. This differs per operating system but it is well-documented by AWS (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html). Besides standalone actions, it can be integrated with other CLI scripts or automation tools you already have. For example, a larger workflow that touches on various components such as local and remote processes.

Using the AWS CLI

In this section, you will create an EC2 instance...