Launching an EC2 instance in aws using Python

#/usr/bin/python

import boto.ec2

conn = boto.ec2.connect_to_region("us-west-2")

conn.run_instances(

    'ami-6ac2a85a',

    key_name='nitheesh_oregon',

    instance_type='t1.micro',

    security_groups=['nitheesh_oregon']

)

 

 

 

The above python script will connect to Amazon’s us-west region and launch an instance using AMI id: ami-6ac2a85a.