ae

ae ("awscli extended") is a CLI tool aiming to simplify various AWS tasks, taking inspiration from kubectl, docker, docker-compose etc.

Features:

• Fast and consistent interface for:
  • Connecting and getting an interactive shell on instances/containers
  • Running commands on multiple instances/containers
  • Forwarding ports to instances/containers
• Viewing logs from one or more Cloudwatch log groups
• Easily using multiple AWS accounts and assumed IAM roles
• Extendible by adding custom subcommands from local files or pip packages

Installation

Requirements:

• Python and pip
• The AWS CLI
• AWS CLI Session manager plugin

Install or upgrade using pip:

• pip install --upgrade git+ssh://git@github.com/leigholiver/ae.git

Quick start

$ ae [-p/--profile <aws cli profile>] <command> [--help]

• Connect to an EC2 instance or ECS task container
  • ae connect <name>
• Run a command on an instance/container
  • ae run-command <name> -- command
• Forward a local port to an instance/container
  • ae port-forward <name> <local port>:<remote port>
• View CloudWatch logs from one or more log groups
  • ae logs [-f] <name> [<name>...]
• Select an AWS CLI profile to use
  • ae -p <aws cli profile> <command>

Full usage instructions can be found in the documentation