STEP 1: First for windows, download the installer and install http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/tutorial-ec2-ubuntu.html
Verify if this is correctly installed by running this command below.
> aws –version
aws-cli/1.11.84 Python/3.5.2 Windows/7 botocore/1.5.47
Configure the AWS CLI
Use the commands below to configure AWS CLI, you will be prompted for security credentials in order to proceed.
– Click on EC2 dashboard
– Navigate to your name and select your security credential
This step depends on your AWS version: go to your name and use the drop down
– Select security credential
– click on the dashboard
– And use the drop-down button on rotate your access key
– Select manage your access-keys
– click on security credentials
– and click on create Access key
Type: command to activate AWS CLI
#AWS Configure
#Enter the Access key
#Enter the AWS Secret Access Key
#And enter the default AWS region name: eg us-west-2 or eu-central-1
Managing access-keys via the CLI: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_credentials_access-keys.html