Comparison of OCI Cloud Shell and AWS CloudShell
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In the previous article, we gave you an overview of OCI Cloud Shell.
At the end of 2020, a service called "AWS CloudShell" was released. It offers similar functionality to OCI Cloud Shell, but what is the difference between OCI Cloud Shell and AWS CloudShell? Let's compare the differences between the two. (It's easy to overlook, but AWS's "CloudShell" has no space.) )
First, the comparison of the exterior is as follows.
OCI Cloud Shell
AWS CloudShell
AWS CloudShell is available only in some, but not all, Regions. If you switch to an unavailable region before launching CloudShell, for example, if you change from Tokyo to Osaka, the CloudShell icon in the top menu bar will be hidden. After launching CloudShell from an available region, the unavailable regions are grayed out in the menu.
Overall comparison
| OCI Cloud Shell | AWS CloudShell | |
|---|---|---|
| release | February 2020 | December 2020 |
| Storage (under Home) | 5GB | 1GB |
| Switching display languages | Yes | No (Englishonly) |
| Display User Name | IAM Username,Federated user name(dots are replaced with underscores) | "cloudshell-user"(pinned view) |
| File Transfer(Download/Upload) | Yes | Yes |
| "Drag & Drop"Upload a file | Yes | No(Conducted from the menu) |
| Multiple files at onceupload | Yes | No(one piece at a time) |
| Maximum transfer file size | 4GB | 1GB |
| Running a Docker container | Yes | No |
| Serial ConsoleConnecting to | Yes(New feature, September 2021) | No |
| sudo command | No | Yes |
| New Tab, Row/Column Split | No | Yes |
| Maximum session length | 24 time | 12 hours |
| Inactive session timeout | 20 minutes | 20–30 minutes |
| Available Regions | All Regions | Some regions only(See alsoGo here). |
| Supported Browsers | Google Chrome 84 or laterSafari 13.1 or laterFirefox 68.10 or later (Private)mode is not supported)IE11 is not supported | Google Chrome,Mozilla Firefox,Microsoft Edge,Apple Safari.The latest three versions of each of the above browsers |
OCI provides far more permanent storage (under the home) than AWS. You can also use drag and drop to upload multiple files at once. This is a very useful feature.
Installed Software
There is a lot of software already installed in OCI Cloud Shell, and it is a developer-friendly environment.
| OCI Cloud Shell | AWS CloudShell | |
|---|---|---|
| Shell | bash | bashPowerShell, Z Shell |
| CLI | OCI CLI | AWS CLIEB CLI, ECS CLI, SAM CLI |
| git | Yes | Yes |
| python (2 and 3) | Yes | Yes |
| Node.js | Yes | Yes |
| Java | Yes | No |
| SQL Plus | Yes | No |
| MySQL Shell | Yes | No |
| kubectl | Yes | No |
| helm | Yes | No |
| maven | Yes | No |
| gradle | Yes | No |
| Terraform | Yes | No |
| ansible | Yes | No |
| Go | Yes | No |
| TypeScript | Yes | No |
| Ruby | Yes | No |
The above information is current as of September 16, 2021.
more than
Official document OCI Cloud Shell Cloud Shell Cloud Shell FAQ - OCI Cloud Shell (Doc ID 2736099.1)
AWS CloudShell User Guide AWS CloudShell FAQs
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