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Boto is a Python package that provides interfaces to Amazon Web Services.
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At the moment, boto supports:
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* Simple Storage Service (S3)
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* SimpleQueue Service (SQS)
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* Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
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* Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
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* Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
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* Elastic Map Reduce (EMR)
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* Relational Data Service (RDS)
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* Simple Notification Server (SNS)
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* Identity and Access Management (IAM)
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* Route53 DNS Service (route53)
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* Simple Email Service (SES)
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* Flexible Payment Service (FPS)
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* Amazon SimpleWorkflow
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The goal of boto is to support the full breadth and depth of Amazon
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Web Services. In addition, boto provides support for other public
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services such as Google Storage in addition to private cloud systems
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like Eucalyptus, OpenStack and Open Nebula.
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Boto is developed mainly using Python 2.6.6 and Python 2.7.1 on Mac OSX
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and Ubuntu Maverick. It is known to work on other Linux distributions
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and on Windows. Boto requires no additional libraries or packages
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other than those that are distributed with Python. Efforts are made
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to keep boto compatible with Python 2.5.x but no guarantees are made.
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## Finding Out More About Boto
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The main source code repository for boto can be found on
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[github.com](http://github.com/boto/boto)
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[Online documentation](http://docs.pythonboto.org/) is also
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available. The online documentation includes full API documentation
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as well as Getting Started Guides for many of the boto modules.
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Boto releases can be found on the [Python Cheese Shop](http://pypi.python.org/).
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Join our `IRC channel`_ (#boto on FreeNode).
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IRC channel: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=boto
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## Getting Started with Boto
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Your credentials can be passed into the methods that create
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connections. Alternatively, boto will check for the existance of the
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following environment variables to ascertain your credentials:
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AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID - Your AWS Access Key ID
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AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY - Your AWS Secret Access Key
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Credentials and other boto-related settings can also be stored in a
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[this](http://code.google.com/p/boto/wiki/BotoConfig) for details.
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Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Mitch Garnaat <mitch@garnaat.com>
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Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Eucalyptus Systems, Inc.
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Copyright (c) 2012 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
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