Install AWSCLI on Mac and connect to your AWS instance

1. Install Brew on your Mac
http://osxdaily.com/2018/03/07/how-install-homebrew-mac-os/

2. Install AWSCLI using Homebrew on Mac

Make sure you have Python3 installed on your mac, you can the Python version using below command

$ python3.7 –version

$ brew install AWSCLI

3. Make you you have the PATH variable set correctly to access AWSCLI from the terminal

$ echo $PATH
$ which aws

Mostly awscli is installed in ‘/usr/local/bin’ so if it does not exist on your PATH variable, add it to the PATH variable in the profile

$ export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin

4. Connect to your AWS instance

Please note you need to have a user with access key ID and Access secret

$ aws –version
$ aws configure

Enter your credentials and your good to good

$ aws s3 ls

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Article by: Shadab Mohammad