Follow the instructions below to configure the CLI access for your
AWS Academy account
1) Install the AWS CLI for your operating system using the link given below
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html
2) Run the command aws configure in your computer’s terminal/Git Bash/PowerShell and
enter the fields with random inputs for the access key and secret access key. For the
region enter as 'us-east-1' and output as 'json'.
This command should create your credential file.
After which, you can edit the Credentials file.as shown in the image below
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3) Retrieve the CLI credentials for your AWS Academy account as shown in the images
below. Please make sure to start the lab first.
a)
Click on the AWS Details tab and then click on Show to reveal the CLI
credentials
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4) Copy the entire highlighted text above and paste it into the following locations (Remove the
random text entered earlier)
a) Linux: .aws/credentials
b) MacOS: /Users/<user_name>/.aws/credentials
c) Windows : C:\Users\<user_name>\.aws\credentials
Please note that the credentials file will have to have the Access key, the Secret Key and the
Session Token as shown in the diagram below.
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