Object Storage Benchmark

Create and Configure a .boto file for object storage benchmarks

In order to run object storage benchmark tests, you need to have a properly configured ~/.boto file.

Here is how:

Create the ~/.boto file (If you already have ~/.boto, you can skip this step. Consider making a backup copy of your existing .boto file.)

To create a new ~/.boto file, issue the following command and follow the instructions given by this command:

  gsutil config

As a result, a .boto file is created under your home directory.

Open the .boto file and edit the following fields:
In the [Credentials] section:

gs_oauth2_refresh_token: set it to be the same as the refresh_token field in your gcloud credential file (~/.config/gcloud/credentials), which was setup as part of the gcloud auth login step.

aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key: set these to be the AWS access keys you intend to use for these tests, or you can use the same keys as those in your existing AWS credentials file (~/.aws/credentials).

In the [GSUtil] section:

default_project_id: if it is not already set, set it to be the google cloud storage project ID you intend to use for this test. (If you used gsutil config to generate the .boto file, you should have been prompted to supply this information at this step).

In the [OAuth2] section: client_id, client_secret: set these to be the same as those in your gcloud credentials file (~/.config/gcloud/credentials), which was setup as part of the 'gcloud auth login' step.