"Automate AWS with the CLI and Shell Scripting" with Wes Novack!

AWS tasks are often multi-step processes. Typically you have to issue a command, wait until the target object enters a particular state, and only then continue on by issuing yet another command, or by clicking something else in the web UI. In this talk, I will demonstrate how to take control of AWS tasks using the AWS CLI and bash shell scripting. By combining the strategies discussed in this talk, you will no longer have to wait on AWS, nor will you have to employ multi-step, manual processes. Instead, let your scripts do the work for you! We’ll start by introducing the AWS CLI and the basics. Next, I will demonstrate some simple aws cli commands, turn them into functions, and then move on to more complex scripting such as stopping and then starting an ec2 instance, all from one script. We’ll also learn about -filter, -query (JMESPath!), and a handful of other tips & tricks. At the end we'll do a Q&A.
About our Presenter:
Wes Novack (@WeslyTech) is an Architect and Engineer specializing in public cloud systems and web scale SaaS Operations. He designs, builds, and manages complex systems that are necessary to enable highly-available infrastructure, continuous delivery pipelines, and rapid releases in large, polyglot microservice ecosystems hosted on AWS and GCP. Wes makes extensive use of languages, frameworks, and tooling to define Infrastructure as Code, drive automation, and eliminate toil. He is vocal in the tech community by participating in mentorship, workshops and conferences, and is a Pluralsight video course author. Wes is an advocate for the CALMS of DevOps; Culture, Automation, Lean, Measurement, and Sharing.

[@big0561]

38:10 awasome

[@10isitch52]

Love the video. I'm trying to find the best solution for non-technical business users to run batch jobs on-demand (monte-carlo financial projections). Came across this CLI video. I'd appreciate any guidance.

[@karlforster4892]

This was a very informative video for me as I am just starting out. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikecmw8492]

Do you have any videos on ansible and AWS setup?

[@colbr6733]

Really informative presentation, enjoyed the round table at the end too. Thanks a bunch for presenting a really useful subject.

[@mamta3632]

Thank you so much! So informative!

[@nothingtoseehere5760]

Man it's long. If only it were indexed...

[@neumanla]

This was great, I've been using AWS console, but hope to start automating some of our processes so this is perfect to get me started.

[@B3T0M4N]

Wow! How I didn't see this before?!

[@amanuelyohannes7151]

Really Great!!! Thank you.

[@francistony7110]

please where can i find that book to buy

[@vaddisivakumar]

Great demo 👍🏻

[@mallubiradar2367]

Hello Thanks for this wonderful video I wanted to fetch Private Ip, Public Ip, Name and Region of a given instance along with owner ID aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-id --query Reservations[].Instances[].[Placement.AvailabilityZone,PrivateIpAddress,PublicIpAddress,Tags[0].Value] --output text Need to get OwenerId of given Instance