AWS Command Line Interface

What do you like best?

You can do anything with the cli. It's the most reliable way to manage aws resources.

The documentation is top notch. It's very easy to find what you need and there are plenty of examples.

What do you dislike?

AWS has decided to separate functionality into different cli packages. I understand the reasoning but it requires understanding and a separate installation to manage certain services.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

If you are using AWS, you will be using the cli. Read the documentation and look at the examples. Them try to replicate what you are doing in the web console.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

We are automating software deployments. The cli makes it possible.