Using the Amazon Snowball Edge Client
The Snowball Edge client is a standalone terminal application that you run on your local
server to unlock your Amazon Snowcone device and get credentials, logs, and status information. While
using the Snowball Edge client, you can get additional support information by running the
snowballEdge help
command.
When you read and write data to the Amazon Snowcone device, you use the file interface. You can also use the Amazon OpsHub for Snow Family application to manage Snow Family devices, including Snowcone devices. For more information, see Using Amazon OpsHub for Snow Family to Manage Devices.
Downloading and Installing the Snowball Edge Client
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Microsoft Windows – When the client has been installed, you can run it from any directory without any additional preparation.
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Linux – The Snowball Edge client must be run from the
~/snowball-client-linux-
directory. Note that the Snowball Edge client is only supported on 64-bit Linux distributions.build_number
/bin/ -
macOS – The
install.sh
script copies folders from the Snowball Edge client .tar file to the/usr/local/bin/snowball
directory. If you run this script, you can then run the Snowball Edge client from any directory if/usr/local/bin
is a path in yourbash_profile
. You can verify your path with theecho $PATH
command.