Installing the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse

In this section, we will learn how to install the AWS Toolkit plugin in Eclipse. Go to the Eclipse menu's Help | Eclipse Marketplace.... Search for the AWS Toolkit:

Figure 13.1: Installing the AWS Toolkit for Eclipse

Install the plugin. We will see many features of this plugin later in this chapter. Visit http://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-eclipse/v1/user-guide/welcome.html for the complete documentation.

We need to configure the plugin with the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key we created in the previous section. Open Eclipse Preferences and go to AWS Toolkit preferences:

 
Figure 13.2: Setting ...

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