Blog Posts, Articles, Tutorials
Stuff we say about things
Amazon to Require Signed Requests by August 15th
Starting August 15th, 2009, Amazon will required all Product Advertising API calls to be properly signed.
Amazon Products API Request Signing
Anyone using the Amazon Product Advertising API (previously known as the Amazon Associates Web Service) should be aware that on August 15th Amazon will start requiring all incoming requests to be signed in accordance with their API documentation. Subscribers to the service should have received an email from Amazon, but if not let this serve as a PSA as well as a tutorial. So far we have implemented solutions for a handful of clients using a variety of languages, and I wanted to share our results with the hope that it will save some headaches.
SimpleDB Primer with Python and Boto
Hello World
We have been posting tutorials to help get you started with AWS and we will be releasing more. We know we aren’t the only ones trying to save money and make applications that have global reach so feel free to follow us on twitter or contact us directly to start a conversation about anything AWS related.
Bundling A Custom AMI
A guide to bundling your very own AMI
Accessing EC2 from Windows with Putty
Using Putty (a free SSH client for Windows), we cover how to import your EC2 keypair so you can log into your EC2 instance from Windows.
Generating a Keypair for Amazon EC2
A guide for generating a keypair for accessing instances on Amazon EC2. Includes instructions using Elasticfox as well as the EC2-API-tools command line utility.
