Category: AWS CLI

Upgrading from AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v1 to AWS CLI v2 can be challenging and time-consuming due to changes introduced in AWS CLI v2 that can potentially break your existing workflows. If you don’t properly address breaking changes in your scripts or workflows, then executing these workflows after upgrading to AWS CLI v2 may result in unintended consequences, such as failing commands or misconfiguring resources in your AWS account.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is announcing two new features for the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2: structured error output and the “off” output format.

In alignment with our SDKs and Tools Maintenance Policy, version 1 of the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI v1) will enter maintenance mode on July 15, 2026 and reach end-of-support on July 15, 2027.

The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2 now supports OAuth 2.0 authorization code flows using the Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE) standard. As of version 2.22.0, this new standard is the default behavior when running the aws sso login or aws configure sso commands. The authorization code flow with PKCE is the recommended […]

Overview On 2024-11-13, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2 PKG installer and source distribution bundle will no longer support macOS 10.15 (Catalina), following the macOS support policy for the AWS CLI v2. This means that macOS 10.15’s compatibility with newer AWS CLI v2 versions will not be guaranteed. Migrating to macOS 11 or […]

Overview Today, Amazon Web Services is announcing the official Linux distribution support policy for the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2. In particular, this policy applies to Linux distributions based on the GNU C Library (glibc): the C standard library implementation by the GNU Project. Beginning September 16, 2024, the AWS CLI v2 will […]

Overview Today, Amazon Web Services is announcing the official macOS version support policy for the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2. On 2024-06-20, the AWS CLI v2 PKG installer and source distribution bundle will no longer support macOS versions 10.14 (Mojave) and prior. We may discontinue support sooner if it’s necessary to respond to […]

The AWS SDKs and Tools team is excited to announce improvements for configuration of the endpoint URL used for API service requests through the shared SDK configuration file and environment variables with the AWS SDKs and Tools. Previously, you could specify the endpoint URL used for AWS requests by setting the –endpoint-url command line parameter […]

We are excited to announce that official Docker images of the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2 are now available on Amazon Elastic Container Registry Public (Amazon ECR Public) gallery. Customers will now be able to pull all past and future images of the AWS CLI v2 from Amazon ECR Public. Previously, official AWS […]

We are excited to announce that the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) v2 is now available for download over IPv6 connections. Customers can now download the AWS CLI v2 installers for IPv6-only environments, such as Amazon EC2 running inside an IPv6-only Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. Previously, the AWS CLI v2 installation packages were only […]