How to Install AWS CLI on RockyLinux

The awscli package is available from the EPEL repository, which is not enabled by default on RockyLinux.

Enable the EPEL repo by installing epel-release pacakge.

$ sudo dnf install epel-release

Once the EPEL repo is successfully enabled, we can install awscli package.

$ sudo dnf install awscli

Enable and verify that the awscli is installed on the system.

$ aws --version
aws-cli/1.18.156 Python/3.6.8 Linux/4.18.0-425.10.1.el8_7.x86_64 botocore/1.18.15

As a bonus, here is how to configure the AWS credential.

$ aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: ANEXAMPLE2OO4LNPBOXX
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: NTq44tRFRYYSexampleKeyPlr7Nas98P1M/1cYcS
Default region name [None]: ap-southeast-2
Default output format [None]:

Lastly, we can verify that the creditionals has been configured correctly:

$ aws sts get-caller-identity
{
    "UserId": "ANEXAMPLE2OO4LNPBOXX",
    "Account": "144666666666",
    "Arn": "arn:aws:iam::144666666666:user/awsome-user"
}

References:

• How to enable EPEL repo on CentOS 8
• How to install AWS CLI on Linux
• Quick configuration with aws configure