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Difficulty: EasyMethods of Deploying and Operating in AWS

A system administrator needs to run a quick command from a local terminal to list all active Amazon EC2 instances in an AWS account. Which of the following is the most appropriate tool to use for this task?

  1. AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)Answer
  2. B
    AWS Management Console
  3. C
    AWS CloudFormation
  4. D
    AWS Software Development Kit (AWS SDK)

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AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is the tool designed to enable direct interaction with AWS services using commands in a command-line shell (such as bash or zsh), making it the most suitable tool for executing quick commands from a local terminal.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify that the requirement is to run a command directly from a local terminal shell.
Limits the tool selection to command-line interfaces rather than graphical web interfaces or coding libraries.
Terminal execution requires a command-line interface tool.
2
Select the tool designed for quick, direct command execution and administrative scripting in a terminal.
The AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) is selected.
The AWS CLI is explicitly built to control AWS services from the terminal using simple commands.

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AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
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