Getting the Tools and Curl Script

To get and prepare the curl script

1. Download the cfcurl.pl file from the CloudFront sample code area on the Resource Center.

2. Place the cfcurl.pl file in any location on your machine.

3. Prepare an.aws-secrets file to store your AWS access identifiers.

   The curl script will not accept your Secret Access Key on the command line, so you must store your identifiers in a file.

   	Caution
   	You must be the owner of the .aws-secrets file, and it must be readable by only you.

   1. In a text editor, create a file with the following contents, and replace the id and key values with your own AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. If you have only a single AWS account, you can delete the section for the secondary account.

      The friendly names you use to identify the keys (e.g., "primary" and "secondary") are arbitrary; you can use any names you want.

      %awsSecretAccessKeys = (
          # primary account
          primary => {
              id => '<Your primary AWS Access Key ID>',
              key => '<Your primary Secret Access Key>',
          },
      							
          # secondary account
          secondary => {
              id => '<Your secondary AWS Access Key ID>',
              key => '<Your secondary Secret Access Key>',
          },
      );

   2. Name the file .aws-secrets and place it in your home directory.

      For Windows users, your home directory is the value of the HOME environment variable.