Please configure your AWS credentials, either through environment variables or ~/.aws/credentials config file. For example: export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX or in ~/.aws/credentials (make sure you chmod 600 ~/.aws/credentials): [default] aws_access_key_id = AKID1234567890 aws_secret_access_key = MY-SECRET-KEY You can switch between different sets in the credentials file by passing --profile to any command, or setting the environment variable AWS_PROFILE. For example: cli53 list --profile my_profile