ec2util

Performs common ec2 tasks on the command line. Written in Python, based on boto.

This is a naive implementation of the common tasks I have to perform regularly on ec2.

It has a nice command line interface thanks to docopt.

Installation

pip install ec2util

Usage

Type ec2util after installation to get the command line help. Usage should be straightforward.

laszlocph@laszlocph:~/github/ec2util$ ec2util
Usage:
  ec2util print (instances|snapshots|amis|sgroups)
  ec2util print volumes [<instance_id>]
  ec2util (start|stop) <instance_id>
  ec2util attach <volume_id> <instance_id> <mapping>
  ec2util detach <volume_id>
  ec2util enlarge <volume_id> <size>
  ec2util create snapshot <volume_id> <name>
  ec2util create volume <size> <zone> [<snapshot_id>]
  ec2util config
  ec2util (-h | --help)
  ec2util --version

For example the following command starts an instance:

laszlocph@laszlocph:~/github/infi.docopt_completion$ ec2util stop i-aea3d0c5
Stopping instance i-aea3d0c5
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
...stopping
stopped

Extensibility

Thanks to docopt and boto extending the code with new commands should be fairly simple

License

ec2util is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE file