Real World AWS CLI Examples

ECS

Get the latest task definition for a task family

$ aws ecs list-task-definitions --family-prefix task-family-prefix --query 'taskDefinitionArns[-1:]' --output text
arn:aws:ecs:eu-central-1:123456789012:task-definition/task-family-prefix:47

Get the image used by a container in a task definition

For a given task definiton, I want to know the image used the container named my-container.

$ aws ecs describe-task-definition \
    --task-definition arn:aws:ecs:eu-central-1:123456789012:task-definition/task-family-prefix:47 \
    --query "taskDefinition.containerDefinitions[?name=='my-container'].[image][]" --output text
234567890121.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/my-image:my-tag

IAM

Assume a role on another account and set environment

eval $(
        aws sts assume-role \
          --role-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/role_to_assume \
          --role-session-name lskjfdsljfsldfkj | \
        jq  -r '"export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=\"" + .Credentials.AccessKeyId + "\"",
                "export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=\"" + .Credentials.SecretAccessKey + "\"",
                "export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=\"" + .Credentials.SessionToken + "\""'
)

After the above command succesfully executes, the environment variables AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_SESSION_TOKEN are set and the AWS CLI can be used for actions covered by the permissions granted by the role on the remote account.

$ set | grep AWS_
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ASIAZZZZZZZZZZZZ
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=sflkdjfsldkfjsdlkfsjdflksjdflsdj
AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=dfskjldjs....slkdjfsldjfs

Route 53

Dump all records for a Zone in a readable format

aws route53 list-resource-record-sets \
  --hosted-zone-id Z2L52Z1C7UYKOW \
  --query 'ResourceRecordSets[*].[Name, Type, TTL, ResourceRecords[0].Value]' \
  --output text

The result will look like this:

woodpecker.acme.com.        CNAME   300     woody.acme.com
bugs.acme.com.       CNAME   300     bunny.acme.com
daffy.acme.com.     A       300     12.13.14.15
duck.acme.com.       A       300     11.22.33.44
sylvester.acme.com.       A       300     55.66.77.88

AWS CloudWatch

CloudWatch events

Disable

for rule in $(aws events list-rules --query "Rules[*]|[?starts_with(Name,'MyRules')].Name" --output text)
do
  aws events disable-rule ${rule}
done

Enable

for rule in $(aws events list-rules --query "Rules[*]|[?starts_with(Name,'MyRules')].Name" --output text)
do
  aws events enable-rule ${rule}
done

Disable all CloudWatch alarms that start with a given string

Build the list of alarms

$ aws cloudwatch describe-alarms \
  --query "MetricAlarms[*]|[?starts_with(AlarmName, 'MyAlarm')].AlarmName"
[
    "MyAlarm-001-G1OKLD8WV8AX",
    "MyAlarm-002-AE2QOMTSW0CL",
    "MyAlarm-003-1VXVS2R470KSH",
    "MyAlarm-004-1LSTE90T9SV8P",
    "MyAlarm-005-1TG83Q2W9WWFH",
    "MyAlarm-006-1RINGKR9BW8RX",
    "MyAlarm-007-14Y6GIY66F88C",
    "MyAlarm-008-M8QBJWRE19HT"
]

Next, add the --output text option to have all AlarmNames as a string on a singel line of output:

$ aws cloudwatch describe-alarms \
  --output text \
  --query "MetricAlarms[*]|[?starts_with(AlarmName, 'MyAlarm')].AlarmName"
MyAlarm-001-G1OKLD8WV8AX MyAlarm-002-AE2QOMTSW0CL MyAlarm-003-1VXVS2R470KSH MyAlarm-004-1LSTE90T9SV8P MyAlarm-005-1TG83Q2W9WWFH MyAlarm-006-1RINGKR9BW8RX MyAlarm-007-14Y6GIY66F88C MyAlarm-008-M8QBJWRE19HT

Disable the alarms

Bringing the above into the command aws cloudwatch disable-alarm-actions yields in:

$ MY_ALARMS=$(aws cloudwatch describe-alarms \
  --output text \
  --query "MetricAlarms[*]|[?starts_with(AlarmName, 'MyAlarm')].AlarmName")
$ aws cloudwatch disable-alarm-actions --alarm-names ${MY_ALARMS}

AWS Certificate Manager

List the DNS verification records for a given certificate

aws acm describe-certificate \
  --certificate-arn arn:aws:acm:eu-central-1:123456789012:certificate/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx \
  --query '[Certificate.DomainValidationOptions][0][*].ResourceRecord.[Name, Value]' \
  --output text
_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.example.com. _yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.acm-validations.aws.
_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.example.be. _yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.acm-validations.aws.
_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.example.eu. _yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.acm-validations.aws.

AWS CloudFormation

List CloudFormation Stacks

List all stacks:

$ aws cloudformation list-stacks
{
    "StackSummaries": [
        {
            "StackId": "arn:aws:cloudformation:eu-central-1:12345678912:stack/myStack/fdd91790-2922-11e8-a8de-500c44f62262",
            "StackName": "myStack",
            "TemplateDescription": "My Stack",
            "CreationTime": "2018-03-16T14:04:49.978Z",
            "StackStatus": "CREATE_COMPLETE"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

List stacks with status `CREATE_COMPLETE`:

$ aws cloudformation list-stacks \
    --query "StackSummaries[?StackStatus=='CREATE_COMPLETE'].[StackName, StackStatus]" \
    --output text
DevECS	CREATE_COMPLETE
DevLBALBInt	CREATE_COMPLETE
SecuritySubaccount	CREATE_COMPLETE
BastionForDev	CREATE_COMPLETE
DevRoute53	CREATE_COMPLETE

List stacks with status `CREATE_COMPLETE` and name starting with a certain string:

$ aws cloudformation list-stacks \
    --query "StackSummaries[?StackStatus=='CREATE_COMPLETE']|[?(starts_with(StackName, 'TstSand'))].[StackName, StackStatus]" \
    --output text
TstSandCloudFront       CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandS3       CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandLBALBExt CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandCW       CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandLambda   CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandIAM      CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandECSMgmt  CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandBastion  CREATE_COMPLETE
TstSandVPCEndpoint      CREATE_COMPLETE

S3

Get the canonical id for an AWS account

$ aws s3api list-buckets --query Owner.ID
"lkdfjgiewoirlkqejfflkjdlkfjsdlkfasjdlfkjasdfktkbhdkkfkjhfkasjdhf"

Get a list of all S3 buckets in an account

$ aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].Name' --output text
bucket_01 bucket_02 ....

Enable AES-256 encryption on a bucket

$ aws s3api put-bucket-encryption --bucket bucketname \
                                  --server-side-encryption-configuration '{ "Rules": [ { "ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault": { "SSEAlgorithm": "AES256" } } ] }'

Enable AES-256 encryption on all buckets in an account

Remember that this not change existing object. Only newly created objects n the bucket will be encrypted.

for bucket in $(aws s3api list-buckets --query 'Buckets[*].Name' --output text)
do
  aws s3api put-bucket-encryption --bucket ${bucket} \
                                  --server-side-encryption-configuration '{ "Rules": [ { "ApplyServerSideEncryptionByDefault": { "SSEAlgorithm": "AES256" } } ] }'
done

Retrieve the value of a named tag on a S3 object

aws s3api get-object-tagging \
  --bucket ${S3_BUCKET} \
  --key ${S3_KEY} --query "TagSet[*]|[?Key == 'KEYNAME'].Value" --output text

ELBv2

Show listener rules

Step 1: Find loadbalancer arn

$ aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers --query 'LoadBalancers[*].LoadBalancerArn'
[
    "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-central-1:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-dev-ALBExt/2976f0dc67ff78d2",
    "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-central-1:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-dev-ALBInt/66b7f2f18789362f"
]

Step 2: Find the listener arn

$ aws elbv2 describe-listeners --query 'Listeners[*].ListenerArn' \
     --load-balancer-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-central-1:123456789012:loadbalancer/app/lb-dev-ALBExt/2976f0dc67ff78d2
[
    "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-central-1:123456789012:listener/app/lb-dev-ALBExt/2976f0dc67ff78d2/6536d2cca73d2452",
    "arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-central-1:123456789012:listener/app/lb-dev-ALBExt/2976f0dc67ff78d2/b8fef364af91e52c"
]

Step 3: List the listener rules and print the priority

$ aws elbv2 describe-rules --query 'Rules[*].Priority' \
   --listener-arn arn:aws:elasticloadbalancing:eu-central-1:123456789012:listener/app/lb-dev-ALBExt/2976f0dc67ff78d2/6536d2cca73d2452`
[
    "100",
    "101",
    "102",
    "103",
    "210",
    "211",
    "212",
    "215",
    "216",
    "220",
    "221",
    "default"
]

RDS

RDS Snapshots

Retrieve the ARN of the most recent DB Snapshot

$ aws rds describe-db-snapshots \
    --query 'reverse(sort_by(DBSnapshots,&SnapshotCreateTime))[0].[DBSnapshotArn][0]' \
    --output text
arn:aws:rds:eu-central-1:123456789012:snapshot:rds:my-db-id-2018-08-26-02-35

SSM

Retrieve the AMI `image_id` for the recommended ECS AMI

$ aws ssm get-parameters-by-path \
    --path /aws/service/ecs/optimized-ami/amazon-linux-2/recommended \
    --query "Parameters[*]|[?contains(Name, 'image_id')][Value]" --output text
ami-09577c19fbe1bd7fa

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