Create an EC2 instance using Python

This Python script uses the boto3 library to launch an EC2 instance on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and retrieve the instance's information, including its public and private IP addresses.

Prerequisites

Before running this script, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

1. AWS Account: You need an active AWS account.
2. IAM User with Permissions: Make sure you have an AWS IAM user with the necessary permissions to create and manage EC2 instances.
3. AWS CLI configured: The script relies on boto3, which uses your local AWS CLI configuration. Make sure to run aws configure and provide your AWS Access Key ID, Secret Access Key, default region, and output format.
4. Key Pair: You need a key pair to be specified in key_name for connecting to the instance later.
5. Security Group: Ensure you have a security group ID that allows the necessary traffic (e.g., SSH, HTTP).

Features

• Launches an EC2 instance with the following parameters:
  • Image ID: Set by image_id (e.g., ami-0557a15b87f6559cf for Amazon Linux).
  • Instance Type: Set to t2.micro (eligible for free tier).
  • Key Pair: The script uses the key pair specified by key_name to enable SSH access to the instance.
  • Security Group: Associates the instance with a security group to define network access rules.
  • Subnet: Places the instance within a specified subnet for proper networking.

Requirements

• Python 3.x

• boto3: AWS SDK for Python You can install boto3 using pip:

  pip install boto3