upgrading AWS Cli in RHEL servers

Question

aws-cli/1.16.280 Python/2.7.5 Linux/3.10.0-1160.92.1.el7.x86_64 botocore/1.13.16
/usr/local/bin/aws -> /usr/local/aws/bin/aws
above is the version before upgrading.

after upgrading it shows as 
aws-cli/2.9.16 Python/3.9.11 Linux/3.10.0-1160.92.1.el7.x86_64 exe/x86_64.rhel.7 prompt/off
/usr/local/bin/aws -> /usr/local/aws-cli/v2/current/bin/aws

what is prompt/off at the end means ?? 
and while upgrading , i changed the install directory . will that be a problem ? or should i keep the install directory same as old version ?
and does aws cli upgrade needs a restart ??

Answer

Hi,

Here are the answers to your questions:

**What is prompt/off at the end means ??**

Refer this documentation [Have the AWS CLI prompt you for commands](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-usage-parameters-prompting.html)

**And while upgrading , i changed the install directory . will that be a problem ? or should i keep the install directory same as old version ?**

It doesn't matter, but do make sure that when you run aws cli, you are using the latest version. You can check this by running following command:

aws --version

Also, run one of the following commands:

which aws

Or

whereis aws

This would give you the location, which awscli version is being picked. If you see old version being pointed, you can create symlink of newly installed binaries at this location, by following command:

cd /usr/local/bin

ln -s /usr/local/aws-cli/v2/current/bin/aws ./

In your case, it already seems reflected but just in case, you see it pointing to older version.

**And does aws cli upgrade needs a restart ??**

No, it doesn't require restart

Hope you find this information helpful.

Comment here if you have additional questions, happy to help.

Abhishek

upgrading AWS Cli in RHEL servers

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