Creating EC2 from the CLI using Python

Question

Is there any way of automating the creation of EC2 via commands instead of using the Web Console. We want to run an instance of EC2 between 10AM and 6PM during the office hours and I would like to automate the same.

Answer 1

All the AWS Resources created using the Web Console can also be created programmatically using the AWS CLI. Here are the sequence of steps

• Install the AWS CLI for Windows or Linux
• Execute ‘aws configure’ to provide the security credentials and the AWS Region
• Use the examples provided in the AWS CLI Reference Guide to start and EC2.