Python: using ini files

gistfile1.py

# See https://wiki.python.org/moin/ConfigParserExamples

import ConfigParser

Config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()

# [EBS]
# funnelback_volume_id: vol-5d61515f
# 
# [example]
# key: value

# Config.read("conf.ini")
# Get the 
response = urllib.urlopen("http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data")
userData = response.read()

Config.read(userData)

def ConfigSectionMap(section):
    dict1 = {}
    options = Config.options(section)
    for option in options:
        try:
            dict1[option] = Config.get(section, option)
            if dict1[option] == -1:
                DebugPrint("skip: %s" % option)
        except:
            print("exception on %s!" % option)
            dict1[option] = None
    return dict1

print Config.sections()

print ConfigSectionMap("EBS")

VOLUME_ID = ConfigSectionMap("EBS")['funnelback_volume_id']

print "EBS VOLUME_ID: %s." % (VOLUME_ID)