Installing AWS command-line tools

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Installing EC2 command-line tools

1. Verify python version is greater than 2.6 with 'python --version'
2. Install pip using 'sudo yum -y install python-pip'
3. To install aws-cli use 'sudo pip install awscli'
4. To upgrade use 'pip install --upgrade awscli'
5. Create '~/.aws/config' file with following contents:

   [default]
   aws_access_key_id = <key-id>
   aws_secret_access_key = <key>
   region = <region>

6. If use of environment variables is desired instead of config files then use:

   export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=<region>
   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key-id>
   export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<key>

7. If there is need to access more than one AWS account then separate configuration file can be created for each at desired location and then use:

   export AWS_CONFIG_FILE=<config-file>

   to select desired config file

Try 'aws help', 'aws ec2 help', etc. to learn how to use command-line tools.

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