In this article, we will show you how to setup and configure the s3cmd tool for Amazon S3. S3cmd is a command line tool for uploading, retrieving and managing data in Amazon S3.
Step 1 : Make directory for download files
| #mkdir s3cmd ; cd s3cmd |
Steo 2 : Download S3cmd tool
| #wget http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/s3tools/s3cmd/1.5.0-alpha3/s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3.tar.gz |
Step 3 : Install Python as a perquisite for installation of s3cmd tool
In Redhat/CentOS/Fedora
| # yum install python |
In Ubuntu/Debian
| # apt-get install python |
Step 4: Extract s3cmd tarball and install it
| # tar -xvzf s3cmd-1.5.0-alpha3.tar.gz# python setup.py install |
Step 5: Configure s3cmd by providing infomation so that it can access your S3 account
You have to enter your Access Key and Secret Key of your AWS account using s3cmd -configure command
Using s3cmd :
– mb :- This command is used for making new bucket.
Example: s3cmd mb s3://bucketname
– rb :- This command is used for removing for bucket.
Example: s3cmd rb s3://buckettoremove
– ls :- This command lists all file. You can also tell it to check a path/bucket
Example: s3cmd ls
Example 2: s3cmd ls s3://buckettocheck
– put :- This command puts/uploads a file to the path your specify
Example: s3cmd put ~/filetoupload.txt s3://buckettouploadto
– get :- This is the same as the put command but in reverse
Example: s3cmd get s3://bucket/filetodownload.txt ~/locationtoputit
– del :- This command deltes a file on the S3 server
Example: s3cmd del s3://bucket/filetodelete.txt
