run-instance.py

import boto
import boto.ec2
import ConfigParser
import os.path
import sys
import datetime
from optparse import OptionParser

check = os.path.isfile(os.path.expanduser('~/.aws.conf'))
if cmp(check,False) == 0:
    print "~/.aws.conf is missing"
config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
config.read(os.path.expanduser('~/.aws.conf'))
id = config.get("AWS", "consumer_key", raw=True)
key = config.get("AWS", "consumer_secret", raw=True)

parser = OptionParser()
parser.add_option("-i", "--imageid", dest="imageid", help="Image to be booted.", metavar="IMAGE_ID")
parser.add_option("-r", "--region", dest="region", help="Region to be connected", metavar="REGION_NAME")
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

region_obj = boto.ec2.get_region(options.region,aws_access_key_id=id,aws_secret_access_key=key)

conn = boto.connect_ec2(aws_access_key_id=id,aws_secret_access_key=key,region=region_obj)
instance = conn.run_instances(image_id=options.imageid)
print str(instance.instances)[10:-1]