Is there any way to specify --endpoint-url in aws cli config file - amazon-web-services

Question

The aws command is
aws s3 ls --endpoint-url http://s3.amazonaws.com
can I load endpoint-url from any config file instead of passing it as a parameter?

Answer 1

This is an open bug in the AWS CLI. There's a link there to a cli plugin which might do what you need.
It's worth pointing out that if you're just connecting to standard Amazon cloud services (like S3) you don't need to specify --endpoint-url at all. But I assume you're trying to connect to some other private service and that url in your example was just, well, an example...

Answer 2

alias aws='aws --endpoint-url http://website'

Answer 3

Updated Answer
Here is an alternative alias to address the OP's specific need and comments above
alias aws='aws $([ -r "$SOME_CONFIG_FILE" ] && sed "s,^,--endpoint-url ," $SOME_CONFIG_FILE) '
The SOME_CONFIG_FILE environment variable could point to a aws-endpoint-override file containing
http://localhost:4566
Original Answer
Thought I'd share an alternative version of the alias
alias aws='aws ${AWS_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE:+--endpoint-url $AWS_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE} '
This idea I replicated from another alias I use for Terraform
alias terraform='terraform ${TF_DIR:+-chdir=$TF_DIR} '
I happen to use direnv with an /Users/darren/Workspaces/current-client/.envrc containing
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PATH_add bin
export AWS_PROFILE=saml
export AWS_REGION=eu-west-1
export TF_DIR=/Users/darren/Workspaces/current-client/infrastructure-project
...
A possible workflow for AWS-endpoint overriding could entail cd'ing into a docker-env directory, where /Users/darren/Workspaces/current-client/app-project/docker-env/.envrc contains
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...
export AWS_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE=http://localhost:4566
where LocalStack is running in Docker, exposed on port 4566.
You may not be using Docker or LocalStack, etc, so ultimately you will have to provide the AWS_ENDPOINT_OVERRIDE environment variable via a mechanism and with an appropriate value to suit your use-case.