Access to AWS

• AWS Management Console (password + MFA)
• AWS Command Line Interface (CLI): protected by access keys
• AWS Software Developer kit (SDK): for code protected by access keys

• Access key ID == username
• Secret Access Key == password
• AWS Management Console generates access keys
• Access keys are secret like password

AWS CLI

• Interact with AWS services using commands in command line shell
• Direct access to public APIs of AWS services
• Can develop scripts to manage resources

AWS SDK

• AWS Software Developer kit
• Language specific APIs (libraries)
• Enables to access and manage AWS services programmatically
• Not in terminal! Embedded within application
  - Javascript, Python, Java ..
  • Mobile
  • IoT
• AWS CLI is built on AWS SDK for Python