create an instance dynamically using boto

amazon.sh

#!/bin/sh
cat > create_image.py << heredoc

import boto.ec2


myami='ami-eba0f882'
mytype='t1.micro'
myvolume='vol-cf5d9282'

access='ABC'
secret='xyz+pqr'

conn = boto.ec2.connect_to_region("us-east-1", aws_access_key_id=access, aws_secret_access_key=secret)
#myreservation=conn.run_instances(myami, placement='us-east-1a', key_name='nov15a',instance_type=mytype,security_groups=['NuoDB-1-0-1-AutogenByAWSMP-'])

myreservation='r-6dad7e15'

public_dns=conn.get_all_instances(filters={'reservation-id':myreservation})[0].instances[0].public_dns_name
instance_id=conn.get_all_instances(filters={'reservation-id':myreservation})[0].instances[0]

try:
    conn.attach_volume (myvolume, instance_id, '/dev/sdx')
except:
    pass

print public_dns
print 'boto.ec2.connect_to_region("us-east-1", aws_access_key_id='+access+', aws_secret_access_key='+secret+')'
print instance_id

heredoc

python26 create_image.py > instance_details.txt 2> instance_details_err.txt

wget -N http://saraswaticlasses.net/sites/nov15a.pem > wget_standard.txt 2> wget_err.txt
chmod 700 nov15a.pem

public_ip=`head -1 instance_details.txt`
instance=`tail -1 instance_details.txt`
connectme=`tail -2 instance_details.txt | head -1`



echo "copy-pate the following lines somewhere safe"
echo "ssh -i nov15a.pem ec2-user@$public_ip"
echo "import boto"
echo $connectme
echo "conn.terminate_instances(instance_ids=[$instance])"