Setup your dev environment for use with AWS

To complete this course, configure your system as per the instructions below per your OS.

Windows 10/11

Follow the below instructions to setup your dev environment for use with AWS.

1. Install Windows Terminal from Microsoft Store.
2. Install WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux 2) on you PC by following these instructions
3. Open Windows Terminal and run wsl to login to your WSL2 environment
4. Follow these instructions to install and configure AWS CLI
5. Install VSCode from Microsoft VSCode Website
6. Install Docker for Desktop

Then choose of the the below options as per your OS.

1. Linux
2. Mac
3. Windows

Linux

Follow these instructions to install and configure AWS CLI on Ubuntu Linux.

MacOS

To install AWS CLI on MacOS, first download the latest AWS CLI package from AWS by running

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"

Next, install the package by running

sudo installer -pkg AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /

Verify that AWS CLI has been installed & added to path by running

aws --version