Contact the AWS administrator to get credentials for logging into the AWS console and (if necessary) interacting with AWS via the command line.
Once you have a login to the AWS console: if you wish to use the AWS-CLI, or use any other command line program which connects to AWS (e.g. git for CodeCommit) you will need to register/add an SSH key on your AWS-CLI account.
You can use an existing ssh key, or create a new one.
You need to install the AWS CLI if you, or a tool you use, needa to interact with AWS from the command line - for example:
To use terraform to maintain AWS
To deploy webapps to AWS
To modify AWS objects from the command line
Follow the instructions here.
You want to install the AWS-CLI on you local machine, not inside a container. Follow the Mac, Windows or Linux instructions accroding to the OS you are using.
Verify AWS is installed using LINUX console:
You should see an output something like:
If not then return to the "Install AWS-CLI" section above.
Obtain your secret access keys for AWS from the AWS administrator, and then create the AWS credentials file using the LINUX console:
Alternatively, you could create and edit the ~/.aws/credentials
file using any text editor.