{"product_id":"python-and-aws-cookbook-managing-your-cloud-with-python-and-boto-9781449305444","title":"Python and AWS Cookbook: Managing Your Cloud with Python and Boto","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you intend to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for remote computing and storage, Python is an ideal programming language for developing applications and controlling your cloud-based infrastructure. This cookbook gets you started with more than two dozen recipes for using Python with AWS, based on the author's boto library. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll find detailed recipes for working with the S3 storage service as well as EC2, the service that lets you design and build cloud applications. Each recipe includes a code solution you can use immediately, along with a discussion of why and how the recipe works. You also get detailed advice for using boto with AWS and other cloud services. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book's recipes include methods to help you: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLaunch instances on EC2, and keep track of them with tags \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAssociate an Elastic IP address with an instance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestore a failed Elastic Block Store volume from a snapshot \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStore and monitor your own custom metrics in CloudWatch \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a bucket in S3 to contain your data objects \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReduce the cost of storing noncritical data \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrevent accidental deletion of data in S3 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitch Garnaat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 7.01w x 0.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781449305444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitch Garnaat is a software developer at Eucalyptus Systems where he is responsible for the development of tools to make it easier to create and manage cloud computing resources. Previously, as a Principal Engineer at Xerox PARC he was the co-inventor and lead developer of DocuShare, a web-based document management product from Xerox. He is the creator of boto, an open source Python library for cloud computing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"O'Reilly Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44907013210227,"sku":"9781449305444","price":41.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_3bd51fdc-88a6-42ca-8fec-195247102949.jpg?v=1777482026","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/python-and-aws-cookbook-managing-your-cloud-with-python-and-boto-9781449305444","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}