/usr/bin/python2.7

written by Ego Joseph on 29/09/2021 for Alfred and Victoria

specify AWS keys

import boto.ec2 import sys

specify AWS keys

auth = {"aws_access_key_id": "<key_id>", "aws_secret_access_key": "<access_key>"}

def main(): # read arguments from the command line and # check whether at least two elements were entered if len(sys.argv) < 2: print "Usage: python aws.py {start|stop}\n" sys.exit(0) else: action = sys.argv[1]

if action == "start":
startInstance()
elif action == "stop":
	stopInstance()
else:
	print "Usage: python aws.py {start|stop}\n"

def startInstance(): print "Starting the instance..."

# change "eu-west-1" region if different
try:
    ec2 = boto.ec2.connect_to_region("eu-west-1", **auth)

except Exception, e1:
    error1 = "Error1: %s" % str(e1)
    print(error1)
    sys.exit(0)

# change instance ID appropriately  
try:
     ec2.start_instances(instance_ids="i-12345678")

except Exception, e2:
    error2 = "Error2: %s" % str(e2)
    print(error2)
    sys.exit(0)

def stopInstance(): print "Stopping the instance..."

try:
    ec2 = boto.ec2.connect_to_region("eu-west-1", **auth)

except Exception, e1:
    error1 = "Error1: %s" % str(e1)
    print(error1)
    sys.exit(0)

try:
     ec2.stop_instances(instance_ids="i-12345678")

except Exception, e2:
    error2 = "Error2: %s" % str(e2)
    print(error2)
    sys.exit(0)

if name == 'main': main()