1 from boto.ec2 import connect_to_region
 2 def get_connection(region):
 3     conn = connect_to_region(
 4             region_name=region,
 5             aws_access_key_id='<AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID>',
 6             aws_secret_access_key='<AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>'
 7     )
 8     return conn
 9 
10 def launch_instance(region, ami_image_id):
11     conn = get_connection(region)
12     conn.run_instances(ami_image_id)

1 def launch_instance(region, ami_image_id):
2     conn = get_connection(region)
3     reservation = conn.run_instances(ami_image_id)
4     instance = reservation.instances[0]
5     print instance.id

1 def get_ami_id(region, role):
2     conn = get_connection(region)
3     my_images = conn.get_all_images(owners='<ACCOUNT_NO>')
4     for image in my_images:
5         if image.tags['role'] == role:
6             return image.id
7     return None

1 def get_ami_id(region, role):
2     conn = get_connection(region)
3     my_images = conn.get_all_images(owners='<ACCOUNT_NO>')
4     for image in my_images:
5         if image.tags['role'] == role:
6             return image.id
7     return None

1 def launch_instance(region, role):
2     conn = get_connection(region)
3     ami_id = get_ami_id(region, role)
4     reservation = conn.run_instances(ami_id)
5     instance = reservation.instances[0]
6     instance.add_tag('role', role)
7     print 'Instance launched!'