---
id: aws
version: "0.2.5"
license: BSD
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# aws — Utility to manage your Amazon Web Services and run Fabric against filtered set of EC2 instances.

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 167.4K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is a command-line wrapper around Boto and Fabric designed to simplify AWS management tasks. It provides a CLI interface to list EC2 instances and Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) resources, and integrates with Fabric to execute remote tasks across filtered sets of EC2 hosts. The tool is configured via environment variables for AWS credentials and an optional settings file for SSH and region configuration.

The package was last updated on 2013-06-10 and is no longer maintained. It targets Python 2.7 and was designed when Boto was the primary AWS SDK. Modern AWS development has largely moved to other tools, making this package obsolete for current infrastructure work.

Use it for:

- List EC2 instances and ELB resources via command line without writing custom code
- Run Fabric deployment tasks across all EC2 instances or instances behind a specific load balancer
- Filter EC2 hosts by ELB membership before executing remote commands
- Query AWS infrastructure state from shell scripts or automation workflows

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Command-line tool to manage Amazon EC2 and ELB instances and run Fabric tasks against filtered sets of EC2 hosts.

No. The package is abandoned (last commit 2013-06-10), targets Python 2.7, and depends on outdated libraries. Install friction is high and maintenance is nonexistent. Do not use for new projects.

## Install

pip install aws
uv add aws
poetry add aws

## Installing aws

Before you install: High install friction and abandoned maintenance—last release was 2013-06-10 with no updates since. Targets Python 2.7 and depends on external libraries not declared in metadata.

License in practice: BSD license (permissive) places no restrictions on use, modification, or redistribution.

Quickstart:

pip install aws

Set environment variables:
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_key
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret

Then use the command line:
aws ec2 list
aws elb list
aws ec2 fab mymethod

Requires Python 2.7; depends on external Boto and Fabric libraries; AWS credentials must be set via environment variables or configuration file

Verify before relying:

- Whether Boto and Fabric are declared as runtime dependencies but missing from metadata
- Compatibility with modern Python versions and current AWS API
- Whether the CLI interface remains functional with current library versions

## Package facts

- License: BSD (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: high
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 167.4K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

aws ec2 command line management, fabric ec2 instance automation, boto wrapper cli, elb ec2 instance listing, aws infrastructure management tool, fabric remote execution aws, ec2 instance orchestration, aws-legacy, ec2-management, abandoned

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