linusthe3rd

from boto.dynamodb2 import connect_to_region
from boto.provider import Provider

aws_settings_provider = Provider('aws')

def create_connection():
    aws_region = # get the AWS region of the EC2 instance

    # connect_to_region passes along the named arguments to the DynamoDBConnection class that gets created
    return connect_to_region(

wilcollins

#!/bin/bash -e
# -e means exit if any command fails
DBHOST=address.to.your.server
DBUSER=username
DBPASS=password # do this in a more secure fashion
DBNAME=DBNAME
GITREPO=/where/is/your/repo
DUMP=$GITREPO/where/you/store/dumps
NEW=$DUMP/schema.sql
OLD=$NEW.old

dloman

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: Xvfb
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop:
# X-Start-Before:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Loads X Virtual Frame Buffer
### END INIT INFO