[cs615asa] Some questions about env setup and X.509 certificate

[hchen29]

Correct, just as Georgios Kapoglis said. Professor had said that all our 
work should be done under linux-lab environment. However, if you want to 
have a try to install the tools on your computer, that will be a good 
experience.

best,
Hanxiong Chen

On 01/29/2015 9:32 PM, gkapogli wrote:
> Zhizhuo if I am not mistaken we are supposed to do all the work using
> linux-lab. I don’t think that the professor wants us to document how
> we install the aws tools on our computer. If I am not mistaken I say
> again, I am not sure.
> 
> Regards, Georgios Kapoglis
> 
> On 2015-01-29 21:28, zding4 wrote:
>> That make a lot of sense, thank you very much, I will try to install
>> the aws tools on my own computer.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Zhizhuo
>> 在 01/29/2015 9:16 PM，hchen29 写道：
>>> On 01/29/2015 7:38 PM, zding4 wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone and professor,
>>>> 
>>>> I follow the documentation of AWS
>>>> CLI(http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-getting-set-up.html), and I already launch my OmniOS instance.
>>>> But I found I didn't do anything like changing to your shell's 
>>>> startup
>>>> files, environment variables and X.509 certificate.
>>>> Do I miss something or it's automatically done when I run $ aws 
>>>> configure?
>>>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Zhizhuo
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>>> 
>>> Hello Zhizhuo,
>>> If you use the linux-lab to do these work, you do not need to do
>>> preperations. The aws tools have been installed on the linux-lab
>>> system. That's the reason why you do not need to configure the
>>> environment variables. But if you do that on your personal computer,
>>> you should follow those steps. The certificate and the private key, I
>>> think, are used to make sure you are the person who is allowed to use
>>> the AWS service. If you do not have the certification, you cannot use
>>> Amazon Web Service; in specific, you cannot use "aws" command to
>>> deploy your instances. The aws configure asks you to enter your 
>>> access
>>> key, that does the same work.
>>> Those are my personal opinions. If there are something wrong, please
>>> correct it. Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Hanxiong Chen
>>> 
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