# install aws cli
pip install awscli

# configure AWS CLI
aws configure

# describe instances in the current account
aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids i-01234567

# list public IP addresses of instances
aws ec2 describe-instances \
  --query "Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress" \
  --output=text

# start instance with the specified id
aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-12345678c

# copy directory to S3
aws s3 cp ${directory} s3://${bucket}/${directory} --recursive

# sync directory with S3
aws s3 sync ${directory} s3://${bucket}/${directory} --exclude *.tmp

# list s3 buckets
aws s3 ls

# remove s3 bucket
aws s3 rb --force s3://${bucket_name}

# get bucket logging
aws s3api get-bucket-logging --bucket ${bucket_name}

# AWS cloudformation list stacks
aws cloudformation list-stacks \
 --stack-status-filter [ CREATE_COMPLETE | UPDATE_COMPLETE | etc.. ]

# other useful commands:
# https://github.com/toddm92/aws/wiki/AWS-CLI-Cheat-Sheet