gistfile1.rb

ZONE = "us-east-1b"

# Kill them all
for instance in EC2::Instance.all
  instance.terminate if instance.running?
end

instance = EC2::Instance.run("ami-71fd1a18", :availability_zone => ZONE, :key => "ec2-keypair").first
instance.wait!(:running)

address = if EC2::Address.any?
  EC2::Address.entries.first
else
  EC2::Address.allocate
end

volume = if EC2::Volume.any?
  EC2::Volume.entries.first
else
  EC2::Volume.create(:availability_zone => ZONE, :size => 10)
end

volume.attach_to(instance, "sdq")
address.associate_with(instance)

puts address
puts instance