From c8569ed3d544c446116d5effdf28b9c3c637c371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Donne Martin Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:45:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Added s3cmd intro and note about encryption and performance. --- commands/aws.ipynb | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/commands/aws.ipynb b/commands/aws.ipynb index 8524577..f1a03d9 100644 --- a/commands/aws.ipynb +++ b/commands/aws.ipynb @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ { "metadata": { "name": "", - "signature": "sha256:f59ffce0eaf78612d7d3a80cbeded6c9da4ff5cb53efa49c1d2ce8cba1663c8c" + "signature": "sha256:f75051e8768199fb18b1e41e2b9e76d496309c12f65bffda915754795767ecb3" }, "nbformat": 3, "nbformat_minor": 0, @@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "## Setup S3cmd" + "## Setup S3cmd\n", + "\n", + "I\u2019ve found S3cmd to be a great command line tool for interacting with S3 on AWS. S3cmd is written in Python, is open source, and is free even for commercial use. It offers more advanced features than those found in the AWS CLI." ] }, { @@ -157,7 +159,9 @@ "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "Configure s3cmd:" + "Running the following command will prompt you to enter your AWS access and AWS secret keys. To follow security best practices, make sure you are using an IAM account as opposed to using the root account.\n", + "\n", + "I also suggest enabling GPG encryption which will encrypt your data at rest, and enabling HTTPS to encrypt your data in transit. Note this might impact performance." ] }, {