AliCloud

Install AliCloud CLI and setup authentication

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Make sure you have installed pip (see the section above).

Run the following command to install aliyuncli(omit the ‘sudo’ on Windows)

1. Install python development tools: In Debian or Ubuntu:

  sudo apt-get install -y python-dev

In CentOS:

  sudo yum install python-devel

2. Install aliyuncli tool and python SDK for ECS:

  sudo pip install aliyuncli

To check if AliCloud is installed:

  aliyuncli --help

Install python SDK for ECS:

  sudo pip install aliyun-python-sdk-ecs

Check if aliyuncli ecs command is ready:

  aliyuncli ecs help

If you see the "usage" message, you should follow step 3. Otherwise, jump to step 4.

3. Dealing with an exception when it runs on some specific version of Ubuntu Get the python lib path: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

$ python
> from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
> get_python_lib()
'/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages'

Copy to the right directory(for the python version 2.7.X):

  sudo cp -r /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/aliyun* /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/

Check again:

  aliyuncli ecs help

4. Navigate to the AliCloud console to create access credentials: https://home.console.aliyun.com/#/ * Login first * Click on "AccessKeys" (top right) * Click on "Create Access Key", copy and store the "Access Key ID" and "Access Key Secret" to a safe place.

Configure the CLI using the Access Key ID and Access Key Secret from the previous step

  aliyuncli configure

Running a Single Benchmark

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Example run on AliCloud

  python pkb.py --cloud=AliCloud --machine_type=ecs.s2.large --benchmarks=iperf