AWS CloudShell

AWS CloudShell Cheat Sheet

• A terminal that you can access from the AWS Management Console to interact with your AWS resources without installing any software on your local computer. 
• To run AWS CLI commands, you can use any command-line interpreter: 
  • • Bash (bash)
    • PowerShell (pwsh)
    • Z shell (zsh)
• The compute environment is built on Amazon Linux 2.
  • • 1 vCPU
    • 2 GiB RAM
    • 1 GB persistent storage

Features

• The shell environment is pre-configured with tools, utilities, runtimes, and AWS SDKs.
• You can use up to 1 GB of persistent storage (home directory) in each AWS Region to save frequently used scripts and configuration files between sessions.
• While temporary storage (outside the home directory) is recycled at the end of a session.
• Inactive and long-running sessions are automatically terminated and recycled.
• Uses tmux to restore the sessions across single or multiple browser tabs.
• Supports the following web browsers:
  • • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Apple Safari
• To upload or download a single file between your local machine and the AWS CloudShell environment, you can use the following options:
  • • Amazon S3 buckets
    • Zip Files
• You can use environment variables to specify configuration options and credentials required to access AWS services using AWS CLI.
• You can also customize the following aspects in CloudShell:
  • • Tabs layout – divide the command line interface into multiple columns and rows.
    • Font size – change the size of the command line text.
    • Color theme – switch between the light and dark themes.
    • Safe Paste – turn on or off a feature that requires you to confirm multiline text before it is pasted.
    • Tmux session restore – use tmux to restore your session until it is no longer in use.

Security

• Uses the same credentials as the user signed in to the AWS Management Console, simplifying authentication and reducing operational burden.
• Using IAM policies, you can grant and deny permissions to AWS CloudShell users.
• Safe Paste is enabled by default to verify multiline text doesn’t contain malicious scripts.

Pricing

• You are only charged for the AWS resources that you create or run on CloudShell.

AWS CloudShell Cheat Sheet References:

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/latest/userguide/welcome.html

https://aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/