Setting Up Euca2ools on a Mac

Note: If you are using Lion, you will need to install Distribute and the latest Mac OS Developer Tools before you can use easy_install. For more information, see http://www.sherman.ca/archives/2011/07/25/lion-broken-python-easy_install/.

1. Clone the euca2ools from git:

    git clone https://github.com/eucalyptus/euca2ools.git
   

2. Change to the directory where euca2ools was installed and install boto:

    sudo easy_install boto
   

3. Run the euca2ools installer:

    sudo python setup.py install
   

4. Install m2crypto:

    sudo easy_install m2crypto
   

5. Go to your euca admin gui and get your access key ID and secret key. For example:

    https://192.168.51.185:8443/#key
   

6. Unzip the the downloaded zip file with the credentials in it and open the eucarc file.

7. Edit the value for the EUCA_KEY_DIR property to the path where your credentials are stored (e.g., /Applications/euca2ools/creds).

8. Enter your access key as the value for EC2_ACCESS_KEY.

9. Enter your secret key as the value for EC2_SECRET_KEY.

10. Edit the value for the AWS_CREDENTIAL_FILE property to ${EUCA_KEY_DIR}/iamrc

11. Source the eucarc file.