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How to create an EC2 instance using boto3

Before we set out to create an EC2 instance with boto3, here are a few prerequisites:

• Python3 has to be installed on the system.
• Boto3 has to be installed on the system.
• AWS CLI should be installed and configured.

1. First, open a code editor and copy and paste the Python script. Then save the file.

   

   This python script creates a single AWS EC2 instance with the image ami-0dafa01c8100180f8 using the t2.micro Instance type.
2. Then, open the command-line and run the above file. Then, we will see the following message if the process is successful:

   EC2 Launched successfully
3. Next, open a browser and head to AWS Management Console, and log in.
4. Then. We have to search for ‘EC2’ in the search bar and click on the EC2 menu item.

   This will show us the newly-created instance.

How to stop, terminate or start an EC2 instance with Boto3

We can make the following changes as seen below:

Similarly, we can change it to  ec2.stop_instances to stop the instance. Additionally, we can change it to ec2.start_instances to start the instance.

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Conclusion

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