AWS Toolkit for JetBrains

AWS Toolkit for JetBrains is a plugin for JetBrains IDEs that make it easier to write applications built on Amazon Web Services

The AWS Toolkit for JetBrains is open source because we want you to be involved. We appreciate issues, feature requests, pull requests, code reviews or any other contributions.

Feedback

We want your feedback!

• Vote on feature requests. Votes help us drive prioritization of features
• Request a new feature
• Ask a question
• File an issue
• Code contributions. See our contributing guide for how to get started.

Supported IDEs

All JetBrains IDEs 2023.3+

Installation

See Installing the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains in the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains User Guide.

To use this AWS Toolkit, you will first need an AWS account, a user within that account, and an access key for that user. To use the AWS Toolkit to do AWS serverless application development and to run/debug AWS Lambda functions locally, you will also need to install the AWS CLI, Docker, and the AWS SAM CLI. The installation guide covers setting up all of these prerequisites.

EAP Builds

We also offer opt-in Early Access Preview builds that are built automatically.

In order to opt-in:

• Add the URL https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugins/eap/aws.toolkit to your IDE’s plugin repository preferences by going to Plugins->Gear Icon->Manage Plugin Repositories and adding the URL to the list
• Check for updates.

Installing From Source

Please see CONTRIBUTING for instructions.

Features

General

• AWS Resource Explorer - tree-view of AWS resources available in your selected account/region. This does not represent all resources available in your account, only a sub-set of those resource types supported by the plugin. Learn More
• Authentication - Connect to AWS using static credentials, credential process, AWS Builder ID or AWS SSO. Learn more about authentication options

AWS CloudFormation

Powered by the CloudFormation Language Server, the toolkit provides rich CloudFormation template authoring, stack and resource management capabilities.

Template Authoring

• Language Support - Syntax validation, auto-completion, hover documentation, and go-to-definition for CloudFormation YAML/JSON templates
• Static Validation - Real-time diagnostics and error highlighting powered by cfn-lint and CloudFormation Guard

Stack Management

• CloudFormation Explorer - Browse stacks, resources, and change sets in a dedicated tool window
• Stack View - Inspect stack details across Overview, Resources, Events, and Outputs tabs
• Resource Explorer - Search, add, and browse live resource types and their properties

Validate and Deploy

• Early Validation - Create a change set to validate template for deployment readiness and receive diagnostics
• Change Set Diff View - Review resource-level and property-level changes before deploying, with side-by-side JSON diff
• Live-Aware Drift Detection - Inline drift annotations highlight resources that have changed outside of CloudFormation
• Execute and Delete Change Sets - Deploy or clean up change sets directly from the diff view or explorer tree

Services

CloudWatch Logs

• View and search your CloudWatch log streams

  AWS Lambda

Many of these features require the AWS SAM CLI to be installed, see the Serverless Application Model (SAM) website for more information on installation of the SAM CLI.

SAM features support Java, Python, Node.js, and .NET Core

• Run/Debug Local Lambda Functions - Locally test and step-through debug functions in a Lambda-like execution environment provided by the SAM CLI. Learn More
• Invoke Remote Lambda Functions - Invoke remote functions using a sharable run-configuration Learn More
• Package & Deploy Lambda Functions - Ability to package a Lambda function zip and create a remote lambda Learn More
• Sync SAM-based Applications - Sync & track SAM-based applications Learn More

Note: Python features are available in both PyCharm and IntelliJ with the Python Plugin installed.

Amazon RDS/Redshift

• Connect to RDS/Redshift databases using temporary credentials with IAM/SecretsManager, no copy paste required

Note: database features require using a paid JetBrains product

Amazon S3

• View and manage your S3 buckets
• Upload/Download to from buckets
• Learn more

Experimental Features

Sometimes we’ll introduce experimental features that we’re trying out. These may have bugs, usability problems or may not be fully functional, and because these aren’t ready for prime-time we’ll hide them behind an experimental feature flag.

Experimental features can be enabled in the settings/preferences (Settings -> Tools -> AWS -> Experimental Features) or via the Addtional Settings () in the AWS Explorer Tool Window.

Please note that experimental features may be disabled / removed at any time.

Licensing

The plugin is distributed according to the terms outlined in our LICENSE.