When working with the
aws command to perform CLI tasks, you often need to add options to ensure that the commands work as intended. The following table gives you an overview of these options so that you can gain access to them quickly.
| Option | Input | Description |
--debug |
boolean | Turn debug logging on or off. |
--endpoint-url |
string | Use a different URL from the standard URL. For example, you can use a localhost rather than the remote AWS copy when interacting with DynamoDB. |
--no-verify-ssl |
boolean | Disable SSL verification when communicating with AWS services. On the plus side, this option makes communication faster. On the negative side, it can open your system to attack. In general, using this particular option is a bad idea. |
--no-paginate |
boolean | Stop using pagination for output. The output streams from beginning to end so that you don't have to press the spacebar to display the next page of output. |
--output |
string | Defines the output style for responses. The acceptable output values are json, text, and table. |
--query |
string | Specifies the JSON Matching Expression Path (JMESPath) query to use when filtering response data. The site at http://jmespath.org/ tells you more about using this query method. |
--profile |
string | Determines the profile that the aws command uses when making queries. Normally, the aws command uses the default profile (generally, the first profile you create when performing setup). |
--region |
string | Determines which region the aws command uses when making queries. This option overrides the config/env settings. |
--version |
Displays the tool version. You don't need to supply any input value. | |
--color |
string | Turns color output on or off. The valid input values are on, off, and auto. |
--no-sign-request |
boolean | Sends requests without signing them. The requests will usually fail if you don't send credentials, so this is one method of testing security. |
--ca-bundle |
string | Specifies the CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. This option overrides the config/env settings. |
--cli-read-timeout |
int | Defines the maximum socket read time in seconds. This value helps you recover from requests that freeze for whatever reason. Setting this value to 0 will stop the request from timing out, which means that aws will wait forever for the request to succeed. |
--cli-connect-timeout |
int | Defines the maximum socket connect time in seconds. This value helps you recover from requests that freeze for whatever reason. Setting this value to 0 will stop the request from timing out, which means that aws will wait forever for the request to succeed. |
