{"id":27400,"date":"2017-03-08T12:48:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27400"},"modified":"2017-03-08T12:48:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:48:03","slug":"awless-a-mighty-cli-for-aws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/08\/awless-a-mighty-cli-for-aws\/","title":{"rendered":"awless &#8211; a Mighty CLI for AWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/awless-demo.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/08\/awless-a-mighty-cli-for-aws\/awless-demo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/awless-demo.gif?fit=662%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"662,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"awless-demo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/awless-demo.gif?fit=660%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27401\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/awless-demo-500x264.gif?resize=500%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/wallix\/awless\">awless<\/a> is a command line interface to the <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\">Amazon AWS<\/a>. \u00a0While Amazon AWS already has its own set of <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/cli\/\">tools for command line interface<\/a>, awless makes things even simpler, with the following features:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>run frequent actions by using simple commands<\/li>\n<li>easily explore your infrastructure and cloud resources inter relations via CLI<\/li>\n<li>ensure smart defaults &amp; 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