AWS Local Machine Bash Configuration

.bash_profile

# Load Amazon EC2 API tools
source ~/.ec2/setup_env.sh

Directory Structure

~/.ec2

ec2 tools stored in /base, aws accounts stored in /accounts
Install ec2-ssh through PyPy tools: easy_install ec2-ssh

|-- accounts
|   |-- awsaccount1
|   |   |-- cert-*.pem
|   |   |-- pk-*.pem
|   |   |-- aws-key
|   |   |-- yourawssshkeys.pem
|   |-- awsaccount2
|   |   |-- cert-*.pem
|   |   |-- pk-*.pem
|   |   |-- aws-key
|   |   |-- yourawssshkeys.pem
|-- base
|   |-- bin
|   |-- lib
|   |-- license.txt
|   |-- notice.txt
|   |-- THIRDPARTYLICENSE.TXT

setup_env.sh

#!/bin/bash
export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home/
export EC2_TOP=$( dirname $BASH_SOURCE )
export EC2_HOME=$EC2_TOP/base

ALL_ACCOUNTS=$( ls $EC2_TOP/accounts )
EC2_TOOLS=$( ls $EC2_HOME/bin | grep -v .cmd )

THIS_KEY=''
THIS_CERT=''

for a in $ALL_ACCOUNTS; do
        THIS_KEY=$( ls $EC2_TOP/accounts/$a/pk-*.pem )
        THIS_CERT=$( ls $EC2_TOP/accounts/$a/cert-*.pem )
	source $EC2_TOP/accounts/$a/aws-key

	alias $a-ec2-ssh="ec2-ssh -k $key -s $secret"
	alias $a-ec2-host="ec2-host -k $key -s $secret"

        for e in $EC2_TOOLS; do
                alias $a-$e="$EC2_HOME/bin/$e -K $THIS_KEY -C $THIS_CERT"
        done

        THIS_KEY=''
        THIS_CERT=''

done