Starting AWS t2.micro instance using python script

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I am having three instances in AWS. I have to start each instance by logging into the account and then start it manually. I want to start it using python by just running a script so that I don't need to login to the AWS account and start the service manually. Here are my instance types.

Is there any way I could do it? I am new to AWS so not finding a way to do it.

John Rotenstein · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-14 05:48:43Z

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The easiest method would be to use the AWS Command-Line Interface (CLI):

aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids i-11111 i-2222 i-3333

If you have not previously used the AWS CLI, you will first need to run aws configure and provide your IAM User credentials (Access Key + Secret Key).

You can also use a Python script to do this, using the boto3 SDK and the start_instances() command.

answered Sep 14, 2020 at 5:48

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Jamshaid Over a year ago

while using boto3 sdk, do I need to use AWS cli or can directly use python?

balderman Over a year ago

you can do both. use boto3 or the aws cli

John Rotenstein Over a year ago

The AWS CLI is actually a Python program that uses boto underneath. You can certainly write your own Python script to do this OR you can use the AWS CLI. For such a simple task as starting a few instances, I'd recommend using the AWS CLI command. More complex tasks are best done in a language (such as Python) -- for example, iterating through instances and performing tasks on each instance.

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