EMR_with_ReleaseLabel_and_SubnetID.py

import boto.emr
import boto.exception
from boto.emr.instance_group import InstanceGroup

__author__ = 'dedunu'

connection = boto.emr.connect_to_region(
    region_name='us-east-1',
    aws_access_key_id='<Your AWS Access Key>',
    aws_secret_access_key='<You AWS Secred Key>',
)

api_params = {
    'Instances.Ec2SubnetId': '<Your Subnet ID>',
    'ReleaseLabel': 'emr-4.2.0',
}

instance_groups = list()

instance_groups.append(InstanceGroup(
    num_instances=1,
    role="MASTER",
    type='m1.large',
    market="ON_DEMAND",
    name="Master nodes"))

instance_groups.append(InstanceGroup(
    num_instances=1,
    role="CORE",
    type='m1.large',
    market="ON_DEMAND",
    name="Slave nodes"))

cluster_id = connection.run_jobflow(
    name='test_emr_job_with_release_label',
    # availability_zone='us-east-1a',
    instance_groups=instance_groups,
    # ami_version='3.0.0',
    enable_debugging=False,
    visible_to_all_users=True,
    keep_alive=True,
    job_flow_role="EMR_EC2_DefaultRole",
    service_role="EMR_DefaultRole",
    api_params=api_params,
)

print (cluster_id)