Amazon CLI user guide document history
The following table describes important additions to the Amazon Command Line Interface User Guide, beginning in January 2019. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to the RSS feed.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Updated credential and authentication information. | Updated credential and authentication method instructions and examples. This
includes updating relevant
Getting started pages and configuration pages. To accommodate this
increase in documentation, relevant credential topics were moved to the new
Authentication and access
credentials | March 31, 2023 |
The new process to configure the Amazon CLI to authenticate users with Amazon IAM Identity Center (IAM Identity Center) using the SSO token provider configuration, which can automatically retrieve refreshed authentication tokens. | December 7, 2022 | |
Official Amazon ECR Public image for the Amazon CLI version 2
released | The official supported Amazon ECR Public image for the Amazon CLI version 2 is released for Linux, macOS, and Windows. | November 18, 2022 |
Expanded the breaking changes guide to include migration instructions to going from Amazon CLI version 1 to the Amazon CLI version 2. Includes updates to the Troubleshooting page to help with installation issues. | May 13, 2022 | |
New process to install or update from source to the latest release of the Amazon CLI on supported operating systems. | February 17, 2022 | |
Content for the Amazon CLI V1 and V2 are now separated into their respective guides | For clarity and ease, the Amazon CLI version 1 and Amazon CLI version 2 content is now separated into their own guides. For Amazon CLI version 1, see the Amazon CLI version 1 User Guide. | November 2, 2021 |
Added Amazon CLI alias information. Aliases are shortcuts you can create in the Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) to shorten commands or scripts that you frequently use. | March 11, 2021 | |
Updated information for filters and moved to their own page. | February 1, 2021 | |
Added Amazon CLI version 2 wizard information. | November 20, 2020 | |
Updated the Amazon CLI version 2 auto-prompt information with current features. | November 10, 2020 | |
Added an Amazon S3 lifecycle scripting example. | October 15, 2020 | |
Added an Amazon EC2 instance type scripting example. | October 15, 2020 | |
Added a retries page for features and behavior of retries in the Amazon CLI. | September 17, 2020 | |
Updated pagination information and centralized on a single page. | August 17, 2020 | |
Updated the high-level s3 commands page with new examples and resources. | July 30, 2020 | |
The install, update, and uninstall information for Linux, macOS, and Windows are updated. | May 19, 2020 | |
Added information for text file encoding on the
Amazon CLI version 2 | By default, Amazon CLI version 2 uses the same text file encoding as the local. You can now use environment variables to set text file encoding. | May 14, 2020 |
The official support Docker image for the Amazon CLI version 2 is released for all Linux, macOS, and Windows. | March 31, 2020 | |
Added information regarding client-side pagers for
Amazon CLI version 2 | By default, Amazon CLI version 2 uses the pager program | February 19, 2020 |
Amazon Command Line Interface (Amazon CLI) Version 2 is officially
released | The Amazon CLI version 2 is generally available and is the recommended version for customers to install. | February 10, 2020 |
macOS installer for Amazon CLI version 2 is now an Apple Package installer
| The macOS installer for Amazon CLI version 2 has been updated from a
| February 3, 2020 |
Added content for Amazon CLI version 2's improved default handling of S3 and STS Regional
endpoints | By default, Amazon CLI version 2 now directs requests for the Amazon S3 and Amazon STS services to the currently configured Regional endpoint instead of the global endpoint. | January 13, 2020 |
Announcing preview release of Amazon CLI version 2. Added instructions about installing version 2. Add Migration topic to discuss differences between versions 1 and 2. | November 7, 2019 | |
Added support for Amazon IAM Identity Center to Amazon CLI named profiles | Amazon CLI version 2 adds support for creating a named profile that can directly login to IAM Identity Center and get Amazon temporary credentials for use in subsequent Amazon CLI commands. | November 7, 2019 |
Added a new section describing how to access the CLI using multi-factor authentication and roles. | May 3, 2019 | |
Major improvements and additions to the usage instructions and procedures. | March 7, 2019 | |
Major improvements and additions to the Amazon CLI installation instructions and procedures. | March 7, 2019 | |
Major improvements and additions to the Amazon CLI configuration instructions and procedures. | March 7, 2019 |