AWS Toolkit

The AWS Toolkit lets you interact with AWS directly from VS Code. Ready to install? See Getting Started.

Table of contents

1. View, modify, and deploy AWS resources
2. Troubleshoot AWS from the IDE
3. Write and edit code faster
4. Getting Started
5. Troubleshooting

View, modify, and deploy AWS resources

Multiple AWS accounts and regions

Access AWS resources across your accounts and regions.

S3 support

View, create, and edit S3 buckets, folders, and files.

Download & upload Lambda functions

Troubleshoot AWS from the IDE

Lambda

Step-through AWS Lambda functions using the VS Code debugger

CloudWatch Logs

Find logs generated by your AWS resources

ECS

Execute commands against running ECS containers (or open a terminal)

Write and edit code faster

Amazon CodeWhisperer

Build applications faster with automatic code recommendations based on the code and comments in VS Code.

Amazon CodeCatalyst

Launch VS Code in a cloud development environment, powered by Amazon CodeCatalyst.

CloudFormation

Autocompletion and syntax support for CloudFormation templates

More features

• Step Functions - work with asl files and render state machine visuals
• CloudFormation - view CloudFormation stacks
• API Gateway - invoke an API gateway endpoint
• S3 - view and create S3 folders and buckets, download and upload files, and edit supported files
• Lambda - debug locally, invoke on AWS, and create SAM applications
• ECS - open a terminal and run commands directly against running ECS containers
• CloudWatch Logs - find, view, and export CloudWatch logs
• Amazon CodeWhisperer - generate code, scan your code to help identify security vulnerabilities
• Amazon CodeCatalyst - locally clone CodeCatalyst repositories, launch VS Code in a cloud dev environment

For a full list of features, visit our documentation.

Getting Started

1. Open the AWS Toolkit extension
2. Add AWS credentials
   1. AWS resources - connect using IAM credentials or IAM Identity Center (formerly SSO)
   2. CodeWhisperer - connect using an AWS Builder ID or IAM Identity Center (formerly SSO)
   3. CodeCatalyst - connect using AWS Builder ID

Troubleshooting

Submit bug reports and feature requests on our Github repository.