AWS

Basics

Command	Description
aws configure	configure the AWS CLI
aws help	display help for AWS CLI commands and options
aws version	display the version of the AWS CLI
aws sts get-caller-identity	display information about the AWS account

EC2

Command	Description
aws ec2 run-instances	launch EC2 instances
aws ec2 stop-instances	stop EC2 instances
aws ec2 start-instances	start stopped EC2 instances
aws ec2 terminate-instances	terminate EC2 instances
aws ec2 describe-instances	describe EC2 instances

S3

Command	Description
aws s3 ls	list S3 buckets or objects in a bucket
aws s3 cp	copy files to/from S3 buckets or objects
aws s3 mb	create an S3 bucket
aws s3 rb	delete an S3 bucket
aws s3 sync	sync files to/from S3 buckets or objects

IAM

Command	Description
aws iam create-user	create an IAM user
aws iam create-group	create an IAM group
aws iam create-policy	create an IAM policy
aws iam attach-user-policy	attach a policy to an IAM user
aws iam attach-group-policy	attach a policy to an IAM group

CloudFormation

Command	Description
aws cloudformation create-stack	create a CloudFormation stack
aws cloudformation delete-stack	delete a CloudFormation stack
aws cloudformation describe-stacks	describe CloudFormation stacks
aws cloudformation validate-template	validate a CloudFormation template
aws cloudformation update-stack	update a CloudFormation stack

Lambda

Command	Description
aws lambda create-function	create a Lambda function
aws lambda delete-function	delete a Lambda function
aws lambda invoke	invoke a Lambda function
aws lambda list-functions	list Lambda functions
aws lambda update-function-code	update a Lambda function's code

Advanced

Command	Description
aws configure set	set configuration values for the AWS CLI
aws ssm send-command	send a command to an EC2 instance using Systems Manager
aws ecs run-task	run a task on an ECS cluster
aws rds create-db-instance	create an RDS instance
aws ssm start-session	start an interactive session with an EC2 instance using Systems Manager