aws-cli

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docker pull reg.mini.dev/aws-cli

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docker pull reg.mini.dev/aws-cli

AWS-CLI Overview

Secure your stack with a hardened AWS-CLI image freshly-built by Minimus. Minimus images always include the most up-to-date package version for all packages and dependencies contained in the image.

Use AWS-CLI when you need a unified command line tool to interact with AWS services and manage your AWS resources.

Try It Out

Take the Minimus AWS-CLI image for a test run by looking up its version information:

docker run --rm -it \
reg.mini.dev/aws-cli --version

You should see the printout with the aws-cli, Python, Linux, and source-exe versions. For example:

aws-cli/2.27.56 Python/3.13.5 Linux/5.15.0-1075-gcp source-exe/x86_64.minimos.20241031

For another test, you can run the following with your environment credentials to list your S3 buckets:

docker run --rm -it \
  -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... \
  -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... \
  -e AWS_REGION=... \
  reg.mini.dev/aws-cli s3 ls

Upload a file to an S3 bucket

To upload a local file to an S3 bucket run the following with your environment credentials. Before running the command, update the placeholders myfile.txt and mybucket with your file and bucket names:

docker run --rm -it \
  -v $(pwd):/workdir \
  -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... \
  -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... \
  -e AWS_REGION=... \
  reg.mini.dev/aws-cli s3 cp /workdir/{myfile.txt} s3://{mybucket}/

This mounts the current directory into the container and uploads myfile.txt to the specified S3 bucket.

Download a file from an S3 bucket

To download a file from an S3 bucket to the local directory. Before running the command, update the placeholders myfile.txt and mybucket with your file and bucket names:

docker run --rm -it \
  -v $(pwd):/workdir \
  -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=... \
  -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=... \
  -e AWS_REGION=... \
  reg.mini.dev/aws-cli s3 cp s3://{mybucket}/{myfile.txt} /workdir/

This mounts the current directory into the container and downloads the file myfile.txt into it.

Technical Considerations

The AWS-CLI image provided by Minimus is a slim, security-hardened alternative to the public image from Docker Hub. The images are largely interchangeable, with a few differences as noted below.

AWS-CLI built by Minimus:

Runs as non-root by default for a security-first approach that protects against privilege escalation attacks. The public image runs as root.
The working directory defaults to the root directory. The public image default working directory is /aws.
Drill down on the version specification tab to see the default user, listening ports, entrypoint, volumes, environment variables, etc.

The Payoff

A hardened, minimal image that will remain more secure for the long run and accrue vulnerabilities at a slower rate.

See the risk reduction dashboard for a detailed CVE comparison over the past 30 days.
Review the compliance report to see the default hardening and security configurations for the image.

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