ec2_start_stop_instance.py

# Simple script to start/stop Amazon EC2 instances
import boto3
import sys

region = 'us-east-1'
instances = ['X-XXXXXXXX']
aws_id = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
aws_secret = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

def start_instance():
	ec2 = boto3.client('ec2', 
					aws_access_key_id = aws_id,
					aws_secret_access_key = aws_secret
					)
	print 'starting instance '
	ec2.start_instances(InstanceIds=instances)
	ec2resource = boto3.resource('ec2')
	instance = ec2resource.Instance(instances[0])
	instance.wait_until_running()
	instance.load()
	print 'started your instance: ' + str(instances)
	print(instance.public_dns_name)


def stop_instance():	
	ec2 = boto3.client('ec2', 
					aws_access_key_id = aws_id,
        			aws_secret_access_key = aws_secret,
					region_name = region
					)
	ec2.stop_instances(InstanceIds=instances)
	print 'stopped your instance: ' + str(instances)


if sys.argv[1] == 'start':
	start_instance()
elif sys.argv[1] == 'stop':
	stop_instance()
else:
	print('Invalid Command')