DevOps

AWS S3–7 CLI Commands That Will Make Your Life Easier

S3 offers a simple API, unlimited storage, and can work seamlessly with other AWS applications. Here are 7 useful S3 CLI commands.

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a storage service that you can use to store all types of data from simple documents to gigabytes of data archives. AWS S3 can be used for a range of use cases such as hosting websites, storing data for mobile applications, big data analytics, etc.

One popular use case of S3 is that you can use it to host websites and small web applications for free. I have recently written an article on how you can host a react web application on S3.

S3 uses a structure similar to directories called ‘Buckets’. An S3 bucket is a storage container with a globally unique name, making it easy to generate download links if you want to share your data with others.

AWS CLI is a command-line tool that you can use to interact with most of the AWS services. With the CLI, developers can quickly execute commands on their terminal that perform the required actions on the AWS platform. If you don’t have an AWS account or the CLI installed, this post will help you.