A little lightweight server management script I wrote

server.sh

#!/bin/bash

command -v aws >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require the AWS cli, but it is not installed."; exit 1; }
command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "I require jq, but it is not installed."; exit 1; }

#export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ACCESS_KEY_HERE_IF_NOT_ALREADY_IN_ENVIRONMENT
#export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=SECRET_KEY_HERE_IF_NOT_ALREADY_IN_ENVIRONMENT
#export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=REGION_HERE_IF_NOT_ALREADY_IN_ENVIRONMENT
INSTANCE_ID=INSTANCE_ID_HERE

COMMAND=none
FILTER=

if [[ $1 == "start" ]]; then
  COMMAND=start-instances
  FILTER=.StartingInstances[0]?.CurrentState.Name
elif [[ $1 = "stop" ]]; then
  COMMAND=stop-instances
  FILTER=.StoppingInstances[0]?.CurrentState.Name
elif [[ $1 = "status" ]]; then
  COMMAND=describe-instance-status
  FILTER=.InstanceStatuses[0]?.InstanceState.Name
else
  echo "Unknown command."
  exit 1
fi

aws ec2 $COMMAND --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID | jq $FILTER