prepare-S3-transfer.sh

# update apt sources and distribution
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

# update pip
sudo apt-get install python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py 
sudo pip install --upgrade ndg-httpsclient 

# install aws tools
sudo apt-get install python-glanceclient
sudo pip install awscli
sudo apt-get install s3cmd

# preserve history between sessions
touch .bash_history