awsConnect

Currently, this is a OS X and linux based package only; It isn't tested for windows. For the functions in this package to work correctly:

• Ensure that AWS has been correctly added to the enviroment variable PATH. See add.aws.path helper function provided part of this package.
• Ensure that you set up the config file correctly, which is contained in your .aws folder (by default the .aws folder should be set up at ~/.aws). Specifically, in your config file, you must specify the aws_access_key_id; the aws_secret_access_key; and optionally the default region - unless you specify these value by setting the enviroment variables. For more info, see AWS CLI github readmepage

For installation of AWS CLI on windows, the reader should read the following blog post http://keithxm23.blogspot.ca/2013/10/how-to-set-up-aws-command-line.html

• For a quick-start tutorial, see http://lalas.github.io/quantitativeThoughts/r/2014/08/02/AWS_Tutorial1.html