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[ aws . configure ]

get

Description

Get a configuration value from the config file.

The aws configure get command can be used to print a configuration value in the AWS config file. The get command supports two types of configuration values, unqualified and qualified config values.

Note that aws configure get only looks at values in the AWS configuration file. It does not resolve configuration variables specified anywhere else, including environment variables, command line arguments, etc.

Unqualified Names

Every value in the AWS configuration file must be placed in a section (denoted by [section-name] in the config file). To retrieve a value from the config file, the section name and the config name must be known.

An unqualified configuration name refers to a name that is not scoped to a specific section in the configuration file. Sections are specified by separating parts with the "." character (section.config-name). An unqualified name will be scoped to the current profile. For example, aws configure get aws_access_key_id will retrieve the aws_access_key_id from the current profile, or the default profile if no profile is specified. You can still provide a --profile argument to the aws configure get command. For example, aws configure get region --profile testing will print the region value for the testing profile.

Qualified Names

A qualified name is a name that has at least one "." character in the name. This name provides a way to specify the config section from which to retrieve the config variable. When a qualified name is provided to aws configure get, the currently specified profile is ignored. Section names that have the format [profile profile-name] can be specified by using the profile.profile-name.config-name syntax, and the default profile can be specified using the default.config-name syntax.

Synopsis

aws configure get varname [--profile profile-name]

Options

varname (string) The name of the config value to retrieve.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command's default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

• json
• text
• table

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

• on
• off
• auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

Examples

Suppose you had the following config file:

[default]
aws_access_key_id=default_access_key
aws_secret_access_key=default_secret_key

[preview]
cloudsearch=true

[profile testing]
aws_access_key_id=testing_access_key
aws_secret_access_key=testing_secret_key
region=us-west-2

The following commands would have the corresponding output:

$ aws configure get aws_access_key_id
default_access_key

$ aws configure get default.aws_access_key_id
default_access_key

$ aws configure get aws_access_key_id --profile testing
testing_access_key

$ aws configure get profile.testing.aws_access_key_id
testing_access_key

$ aws configure get preview.cloudsearch
true

$ aws configure get preview.does-not-exist
$
$ echo $?
1