SimpleDB in EC2 Ubuntu

I am showing here the How to guide for amazon-simpledb-cli(Command Line Interface)
This tool depends on the following Perl modules from CPAN:

      Getopt::Long
     Pod::Usage
     Digest::SHA1
     Digest::HMAC
     XML::Simple

You can install them using the "cpan" command on many Linux distros:

sudo cpan Getopt::Long
sudo cpan Pod::Usage
sudo cpan Digest::SHA1
sudo cpan Digest::HMAC
sudo cpan XML::Simple

This tool also depends on the Amazon::SDB modules provided by Amazon(not the one in CPAN). Amazon's modules can be found here:

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/entry.jspa?externalID=1136

Here is the How to for the above:
curl -Lo amazon-simpledb-perl-library.zip \
       http://amazon-simpledb-perl-library.notlong.com

unzip amazon-simpledb-perl-library.zip

     sitelib=$(perl -MConfig -le 'print $Config{sitelib}')
     sudo scp -r amazon-simpledb-*-perl-library/src/Amazon $sitelib

Finally, this command line interface can be installed with:

     sudo curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/simpledb http://simpledb-cli.notlong.com
     sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/simpledb

Now to test your installation::

1. Extract the amazon-simpledb-2007-11-07-perl-library.zip file into a working directory.
2. Edit desired sample. For example: src/Amazon/SimpleDB/Samples/CreateDomainSample.pl


• Set AWS Access Key ID and AWS Secret Access Key

 my $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID        = "";
my $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY    = "";
               



• Set request parameters. For example, find following pre-generated snippet:

 use Amazon::SimpleDB::Model::CreateDomain; 
# @TODO: set action. Action can be passed as Amazon::SimpleDB::Model::CreateDomain
# object or hash of parameters
# invokeCreateDomain($service, $action);
               



• And set action with DomainName parameter:

 use Amazon::SimpleDB::Model::CreateDomain; 
my $action = Amazon::SimpleDB::Model::CreateDomain->new;
invokeCreateDomain($service, $action->withDomainName("MyDomain"));
               



3. Run CreateDomain sample:

   perl src/Amazon/SimpleDB/Samples/CreateDomainSample.pl
           

4. You should see the output similar to the following:




    CreateDomainResponse
       ResponseMetadata
           RequestId
               95cdcb68-f46c-400b-8265-8c2de2a5c475
           



5. Experiment with samples. When ready, install library in the perl include path and use it.

SEE ALSO
    Amazon SimpleDB (SDB)
    http://www.amazon.com/SimpleDB-AWS-Service-Pricing/b/?node=342335011

    Amazon SimpleDB Developer Guide
    http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonSimpleDB/2007-11-07/DeveloperGui
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