if you like to use amazon web services, their linux command line interface is a pretty funky tool you might want to use. here’s how to install it
dependancy - python 2.6.3
install pip
$ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py > get-pip.py $ python get-pip.py
install awscli
$ pip install awscli $ aws --version
to upgrade to a newer version
$ pip install awscli --upgrade $ aws --version
configure awscli installation
$ aws configure
fill in the prompts, you inputs are saved into a settings file in ~/.aws/config and can also be set as environment variables. if you have both, the environment variables will be read first
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=samplekey export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=samplesecret export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=myregion