Useful AWS CLI Commands
Some useful commands to get you started with AWS CLI. They are all describe commands, so no possibility of creating or deleting something.
aws ec2 describe-account-attributes
aws ec2 describe-addresses
aws ec2 describe-availability-zones
aws ec2 describe-bundle-tasks
aws ec2 describe-classic-link-instances
aws ec2 describe-conversion-tasks
aws ec2 describe-customer-gateways
aws ec2 describe-dhcp-options
aws ec2 describe-export-tasks
aws ec2 describe-image-attribute
aws ec2 describe-images
aws ec2 describe-instance-attribute
aws ec2 describe-instances
aws ec2 describe-instance-status
aws ec2 describe-internet-gateways
aws ec2 describe-keypairs
aws ec2 describe-licenses
aws ec2 describe-network-acls
aws ec2 describe-network-interface-attribute
aws ec2 describe-network-interfaces
aws ec2 describe-placement-groups
aws ec2 describe-regions
aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances
aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances-listings
aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances-modifications
aws ec2 describe-reserved-instances-offerings
aws ec2 describe-route-tables
aws ec2 describe-security-groups
aws ec2 describe-snapshot-attribute
aws ec2 describe-snapshots
aws ec2 describe-spot-datafeed-subscription
aws ec2 describe-spot-instance-requests
aws ec2 describe-spot-price-history
aws ec2 describe-subnets
aws ec2 describe-tags
aws ec2 describe-volume-attribute
aws ec2 describe-volumes
aws ec2 describe-volumes-modifications
aws ec2 describe-volume-status
aws ec2 describe-vpc-attribute
aws ec2 describe-vpc-classic-link
aws ec2 describe-vpc-classic-link-dns-support
aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoint-connection-notifications
aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoint-connections
aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoints
aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoint-service-configurations
aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoint-service-permissions
aws ec2 describe-vpc-endpoint-services
aws ec2 describe-vpc-peering-connections
aws ec2 describe-vpcs
aws ec2 describe-vpn-connections
aws ec2 describe-vpn-gateways
Written on January 29, 2019