How to handle multiple Storage accounts using gsutil?

[Micky Hulse]

Hello,

I have a personal and a work Google Cloud Storage account.

The only way I've been able to use gsutil on either account is to run
"gsutil config -b" and run through the setup.

Could someone point me towards documentation and/or post the steps I
would take to setup gsutil so I can work on two different accounts
without having to run through the config each time I want to switch
from one account to the other?

Many thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Micky

[Nathan Herring (Google Cloud Storage Team)]

The environment variable BOTO_CONFIG controls which configuration file is loaded by Boto (which is a library that gsutil uses). When I want a separate account, I use something along the lines of:

alias gsutil-other-account=BOTO_CONFIG=$HOME/.boto-other-account\ gsutil

This is in Linux, but should work with Mac OS X as well. A small Windows .bat wrapper to do the same seems likely to do the trick, though I have not tried it.

Cheers,

Nathan

Google Cloud Storage Team

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[Micky Hulse]

Hi Nathan! Thanks so much for the help, I really appreciate it. Sorry
for my late reply.

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Nathan Herring (Google Cloud Storage
Team) <gs-...@google.com> wrote:
> The environment variable BOTO_CONFIG controls which configuration file is
> loaded by Boto (which is a library that gsutil uses). When I want a separate
> account, I use something along the lines of:
> alias gsutil-other-account=BOTO_CONFIG=$HOME/.boto-other-account\ gsutil
> This is in Linux, but should work with Mac OS X as well. A small Windows
> .bat wrapper to do the same seems likely to do the trick, though I have not
> tried it.

Awesome! That looks like it will do the trick.

Also, just in case it helps anyone else down the road, when Googling
for "BOTO_CONFIG alias" I found this thread:

<https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gs-discussion/UMjqPKUNg6k/discussion>

... with similar suggestions.

Thanks again Nathan, it's much appreciated! :)

Have an excellent holiday.

Cheers,
Micky

[Micky Hulse]

On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Micky Hulse <rgm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome! That looks like it will do the trick.

Cool, it did work perfectly.

I added the below line to my .bash_profile:

alias gsutil-hulse=BOTO_CONFIG=$HOME/.boto-hulse\ gsutil

Now I can run (for example):

gsutil-hulse getcors gs://fonts.personal-site.com/

... and:

gsutil getcors gs://fonts.work-site.com/

Awesome! :)

Thanks again!

P.S. I'm really digging Google Cloud Storage! You Google guys and gals
are doing some amazing stuff. Keep up the excellent work!

Cheers,
Micky

[Micky Hulse]

Not sure if it will be useful to anyone, but I've added a "bonus"
section, with the alias info from this thread, to my Gist found here:

"Setting up Google Cloud Storage with CORS for Web Fonts.md"
<https://gist.github.com/4362104>

Thanks!
Micky