Sync Your Stuff to S3
Mac, Snippets, Tutorials June 24th, 2010
This is a receipe how I save stuff to S3 from my Mac:
1.) Signup with S3: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ (check pricing!). This will give you access to the AWS Management Console.
2.) Create a Bucket: This can be done via the AWS Management console. If you are not familiar with the concept of ‘buckets’ check-out the S3 documentation. Simply put, it is a virtual storage device that has a fixed geographical location.
3.) Go to ‘Security Credentials’ in your account settings in the AWS Management console and create an accesskey.
4.) Download JetS3t. You then have the following directory on your Mac:
/Applications/jets3t-0.7.3
Open the Terminal and change into the bin directory:
$ cd bin;
Create a file named synchronize.properties there:
$ nano synchronize.properties;
and save the following content using your keys from step 3:
accesskey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX secretkey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
5.) To sync the contents in the path /Users/marco/MySyncStuff with the bucket myBucketName use this command:
$ ./synchronize.sh UP myBucketName /Users/marco/MySyncStuff/ –properties synchronize.properties;
Of course you can create as many buckets as you like and script and schedule your data syncs now from here as you wish. Use the command
$ ./synchronize.sh –help
to see what the synchronize.sh else has on offer.
6.) Browsing buckets: JetS3t has its own S3 browser. To start and use it do the following:
$ cp cockpitlite.sh cockpitlite.command;
$ ./cockpitlite.command &;
You should see the Java coffee cup on your task bar. Use your keys to log in and browse your buckets.
You can also use the free S3 Browser for Mac.
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