Boto is a Python SDK and API wrapper for Amazon Web Services. It serves as a programmatic interface for managing and automating cloud infrastructure, mapping cloud-side resources to native Python objects and methods.
The library provides tools for the programmatic control and orchestration of compute, storage, networking, and database resources. It enables the automation of infrastructure deployments and the management of virtual servers, container services, and serverless functions.
Capability areas include identity and access management, cloud monitoring and observability, and the administration of relational and NoSQL data stores. It also supports object storage management, network configuration for virtual private clouds, and the integration of messaging and notification services.