Force aws instance start

force-instance-start.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Info: Script trys to start an aws instance, if the region is out of capacity
# Autor: Julian Meyer
# Version: 0.1
#
# USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! 

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 [instance-id] [...]"
    exit 1
fi

export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="eu-central-1"

COUNTER=0
RC=1

while [ $RC -gt 0  ]
do
 aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids $@ 2>/dev/null
 RC=$?
 let COUNTER=COUNTER+1
 echo "RC=$RC - `date` - Versuche: $COUNTER"
 echo ""
done