AWS CloudShell Documentation

Browser-based shell

Issue AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands, run scripts, access common command line utilities, and use other popular AWS CLIs to interact with your AWS resources without leaving your web browser.

Manages your credentials

CloudShell is designed to inherit the credentials of the user signed in to the AWS Management Console.

Managed

CloudShell is managed, including recent security patches and versions of the operating system and the installed tools.

CloudShell comes with persistent storage for your home directory. Persistent storage enables you to store your frequently used scripts and configuration files between CloudShell sessions.

Additional Information

For additional information about service controls, security features and functionalities, including, as applicable, information about storing, retrieving, modifying, restricting, and deleting data, please see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/index.html. This additional information does not form part of the Documentation for purposes of the AWS Customer Agreement available at http://aws.amazon.com/agreement, or other agreement between you and AWS governing your use of AWS’s services.