Explore and manage AWS resources from a terminal in your browser

Why CloudShell?

With AWS CloudShell, you can manage, explore, and interact with AWS resources directly from a browser. Learn how to launch a new CloudShell environment and use the available features to build your AWS resources.

Benefits of CloudShell

Quickly sign in

Quickly sign in with your preconfigured AWS Management Console credentials.

Save time

Save time with preinstalled tools and automatic updates within a fully managed Amazon Linux 2 environment.

Run scripts and commands

Run scripts and commands at no extra cost, with up to 1 GB of persistent storage per AWS Region.

Customize your home directory

Customize your home directory with scripts, files, configuration preferences, and other tools.

Use cases

Optimize your daily tasks

Run your existing scripts and activate integrated documentation and command completion in the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

Simplify your workflow

Edit files with preinstalled text-based editors such as Vim, and upload and download files from your browser.

Simplify infrastructure management

Increase productivity, improve security, and reduce incident response time with streamlined authentication through credentials in the console.