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aws-preflight-checks

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Safeguard AWS actions with preflight checks

Software Engineering#aws#validation#cli#permissions#preflight#quotas
Authoraws-samples
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

AWS operations frequently fail due to missing resources, insufficient permissions, or tight quotas. This skill performs preflight validations before executing AWS CLI commands to catch issues early.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Validate resource existence (S3 buckets, EC2 instances, RDS instances, Lambda functions) prior to actions.
  • Verify IAM permissions and simulate access to ensure the caller can perform the intended operation.
  • Check service quotas to prevent over-allocations and deployment failures.
  • Confirm deployment dependencies (subnets, security groups, KMS keys) are in place for smooth operations.
  • Use case: You plan to deploy a new EC2 fleet; run preflight checks to ensure the target resources exist, permissions are adequate, quotas will not be breached, and dependencies are configured.

Quick Start

Run the preflight check before any AWS CLI action to verify resource existence, permissions, quotas, and dependencies are satisfied.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: aws-preflight-checks
Download link: https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-migration-agentic-cli-assistant/archive/main.zip#aws-preflight-checks

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