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| author | Larry Hajali <larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]com> | 2012-05-13 09:09:25 -0400 |
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| committer | dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org> | 2012-05-13 09:09:25 -0400 |
| commit | df58a6966ae98a47f3ccfd2399daa91593c4fbc6 (patch) | |
| tree | b04983f7e7e7863d4f0386bbdb0dcf21468efed2 /python/boto/README.boto | |
| parent | 5f16d5268af69fcdab8d3e08991502deafd7f431 (diff) | |
python/boto: Added (Interface to Amazon Web Services)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/python/boto/README.boto b/python/boto/README.boto new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..8eb3041c15506 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/boto/README.boto @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +In order for boto to access an s3 resource it must be able to get the +access key and secret key for an s3 account. The 3 ways that boto can +obtain the keys are in the following order of precedence. + +1) Credentials passed into Connection class constructor +2) Credentials specified by environment variables +3) Credentials specified as options in a config file + +The easiest way for boto to read proper s3 credentials are from a +global config file in /etc/boto.cfg or on a user basis in +~/.boto. + +An example config file looks like the following: + +[Credentials] +aws_access_key_id = <your access key> +aws_secret_access_key = <your secret key> + +[Boto] +debug = 0 +num_retries = 10 + +proxy = myproxy.com +proxy_port = 8080 +proxy_user = foo +proxy_pass = bar |