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robertpeteuil committed May 8, 2017
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- Linux
- macOS (OS X)
- Windows (see `Windows Prereqs`_)
- Windows (see `Windows Prereqs`_ for ssh functionality)

Installation
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Because Wiindows does not have a built-in ssh command, using the **awss ssh** command on windows requires:

- Installation of `PuTTY suite <http://www.putty.org/>`_

- use the "Windows Installer", install all options, and include it on your path

- Converting ssh keys from Amazon's ".pem" format to ".ppk" format

- keys can be converted using the `puttygen utility <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3190667/convert-pem-to-ppk-file-format>`_ (installed with PuTTY)

- Powershell must be on the system (installed by default in recent versions of Windows)
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- Keys should be stored in the **.aws** folder in your home directory

**AWS Credentials** can be stored in either:
**AWS Credentials** can be stored using *either one of these two methods*:

- Environment variables "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" and "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION"
- Files named "credentials" and "config" in the **.aws** folder in your home directory

- The Windows home directory is referred to by the environment variable %UserProfile%

**{HOME}/.aws/credentials**
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