AWS CloudShell - User Guide

User Guide

AWS CloudShell

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AWS CloudShell

User Guide

AWS CloudShell: User Guide

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AWS CloudShell

User Guide

Table of Contents

What is AWS CloudShell? ................................................................................................................ 1

AWS CloudShell features ............................................................................................................................ 1

AWS Command Line Interface ............................................................................................................. 2

Shells and development tools .............................................................................................................. 2

Persistent storage ................................................................................................................................... 2

CloudShell VPC environments ..............................................................................................................

Security ......................................................................................................................................................

Customization options ...........................................................................................................................

Session restore .........................................................................................................................................

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Pricing for AWS CloudShell ........................................................................................................................ 4

How to get started with AWS CloudShell? ............................................................................................. 4

Key AWS CloudShell topics ........................................................................................................................ 7

FAQs ................................................................................................................................................................. 7

How do I get started using AWS CloudShell? ................................................................................... 9

What do I need to access AWS CloudShell? ...................................................................................... 9

What is AWS CloudShell on the Console Toolbar? .......................................................................... 9

How do I launch AWS CloudShell on the Console Toolbar? ........................................................... 9

Which AWS Regions is AWS CloudShell available in? ...................................................................... 9

Which AWS Region is assigned if AWS CloudShell isn't available in the selected Region

when you launch CloudShell on the Console Toolbar? ................................................................... 9

What types of shells can I use in AWS CloudShell? ....................................................................... 10

What web browsers can I use with AWS CloudShell? ................................................................... 10

How do I create and manage my AWS CloudShell environment? .............................................. 10

Which web browsers can I use when I launch AWS CloudShell on the Console Toolbar? ....... 10

Can I download ?les from AWS CloudShell? .................................................................................. 10

What software is pre-installed on my shell environment? ........................................................... 11

Can I install software that's not available in the shell environment? ........................................

Can I restrict the actions that users can do in AWS CloudShell? ................................................

How can I move data from my home directory if I want to change the AWS Region where

I'm using AWS CloudShell? .................................................................................................................

Can I increase the limit that determines when AWS CloudShell times out because of user

inactivity? ................................................................................................................................................

Can I access AWS CloudShell in the AWS Console Mobile Application from the home

screen? .....................................................................................................................................................

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How can I launch AWS CloudShell in the AWS Console Mobile Application? ........................... 12

Can I use modi?er keys on my iOS and Android keyboards when using AWS CloudShell in

the AWS Console Mobile Application? .............................................................................................

Can I split the AWS CloudShell tab display into multiple tabs on the AWS Console Mobile

Application? ............................................................................................................................................

Can I access AWS CloudShell on the Console Toolbar on a mobile device? ..............................

What are my costs running CloudShell to my Amazon VPC? ......................................................

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Can I request to increase the limit to create VPC environments per IAM principal to more

than two? ................................................................................................................................................ 13

Getting started .............................................................................................................................. 14

Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................................ 14

Contents ....................................................................................................................................................... 15

Step 1: Sign in to AWS Management Console ..................................................................................... 15

Step 2: Select a Region, launch AWS CloudShell, and choose a shell ............................................. 18

Step 3: Download a ?le from AWS CloudShell .................................................................................... 21

Step 4: Upload a ?le to AWS CloudShell .............................................................................................. 22

Step 5: Remove a ?le from AWS CloudShell ....................................................................................... 23

Step 6: Create a home directory backup .............................................................................................. 23

Step 7: Restart a shell session ................................................................................................................ 25

Step 8: Delete a shell session home directory ..................................................................................... 26

Step 9: Edit your ?le's code and run it using the command line ..................................................... 27

Step 10: Use AWS CLI to add the ?le as an object in an Amazon S3 bucket ................................. 29

Related topics ............................................................................................................................................. 30

Tutorials ......................................................................................................................................... 31

Tutorial: Copying multiple ?les ............................................................................................................... 31

Uploading and downloading multiple ?les using Amazon S3 ..................................................... 32

Uploading and downloading multiple ?les using zipped folders ............................................... 35

Tutorial: Using CodeCommit .................................................................................................................... 36

Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................................... 37

Step 1: Create and clone a CodeCommit repository ..................................................................... 37

Step 2: Stage and commit a ?le before pushing it to your CodeCommit repository ............... 38

Tutorial: Creating presigned URLs .......................................................................................................... 39

Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................................... 39

Step 1: Create an IAM role to grant access to Amazon S3 bucket .............................................. 39

Generate the presigned URL .............................................................................................................. 41

Tutorial: Building a Docker container inside AWS CloudShell and pushing to Amazon ECR ........ 42

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Prerequisites ........................................................................................................................................... 42

Tutorial procedure ................................................................................................................................

Clean up ..................................................................................................................................................

Tutorial: Deploying a Lambda function using the AWS CDK ............................................................

Prerequisites ...........................................................................................................................................

Tutorial procedure ................................................................................................................................

Clean up ..................................................................................................................................................

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Working with AWS CloudShell .....................................................................................................

Navigating the AWS CloudShell interface ............................................................................................

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Working in AWS Regions ..........................................................................................................................

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Specifying your default AWS Region for AWS CLI ......................................................................... 51

Working with ?les and storage ............................................................................................................... 52

Working with Docker ................................................................................................................................. 53

Accessibility features ..................................................................................................................... 55

Keyboard navigation in CloudShell ........................................................................................................ 55

CloudShell terminal accessibility features ............................................................................................ 55

Choosing font sizes and interface themes in CloudShell .................................................................. 55

Working with AWS services .......................................................................................................... 56

AWS CLI command line examples for selected AWS services ........................................................... 56

DynamoDB .............................................................................................................................................. 57

AWS Cloud9 ........................................................................................................................................... 57

Amazon EC2 ........................................................................................................................................... 58

S3 Glacier ................................................................................................................................................ 58

AWS Elastic Beanstalk CLI ........................................................................................................................ 58

Amazon ECS CLI ......................................................................................................................................... 59

AWS SAM CLI .............................................................................................................................................. 59

Customizing AWS CloudShell ....................................................................................................... 60

Splitting the command line display into multiple tabs ..................................................................... 60

Changing font size ..................................................................................................................................... 61

Changing the interface theme ................................................................................................................ 61

Using Safe Paste for multiline text ........................................................................................................ 61

Using tmux to session restore ................................................................................................................. 62

Using AWS CloudShell in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) .................................... 63

Operating constraints ................................................................................................................................ 63

Creating a CloudShell VPC environment ............................................................................................... 64

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