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AWS CLI Add Tags to IAM User

How to add tags to an existing IAM user via AWS CLI.

aws iam tag-user \
--user-name john.doe \
--tags '{"Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting"}'

Multiple tags.

aws iam tag-user \
--user-name john.doe \
--tags '[{"Key": "Department", "Value": "Accounting"},{"Key": "Manager", "Value": "jane.doe"}]'

AWS CLI EC2 Impaired Instances

Here’s how to get a list of EC2 instances with a status of impaired.

aws ec2 describe-instance-status \
--filters Name=instance-status.status,Values=impaired

Migrate EFS to another VPC

Migrating a EFS from one VPC to another is quite simple. There’s no need to delete it. Just click on “manage file systems access” and remove all mount targets and Save. Once the targets are removed, you can choose another VPC from the dropdown. Once a VPC is selected. Add the subnets and security groups. Save and you are done!

AWS CLI EC2 Instance Status

How to display AWS EC2 instance statuses.

aws ec2 describe-instance-status \
--query 'InstanceStatuses[].[InstanceId,SystemStatus.Status]' \
--include-all-instances \
--region us-east-2
--profile abcdef \

Query and Filter.

aws ec2 describe-instance-status \
--query 'InstanceStatuses[].[InstanceId,SystemStatus.Status]' \
--filter 'Name=instance-state-name,Values=stopped' \
--region us-east-2
--profile abcdef \

Filter event.code equal to instance-reboot.

aws ec2 describe-instance-status \
--query 'InstanceStatuses[].[InstanceId,SystemStatus.Status]' \
--filter 'Name=eventcode,Values=instance-reboot' \
--region us-east-2
--profile abcdef \