Launch EC2 From AWS Lambda - This was done using an AWS Academy Learner Lab Account

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Published on November 9, 2022 1:39:38 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3wj75-riCU

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Using an AWS Academy Learner Lab account... We used a single sign-on URL to log in, and created a basic lambda function that is triggered by a web URL. We then added the ability to create a server when hitting that URL. You will need to change a few things. We showed how to choose the AMI, Instance Type, and KeyName. We may have found a bug that may allow us to run ec2 after the lab shuts down, but I think my lab just did not shut down properly.

Here is my lambda code:

import time, json, boto3
region = 'us-west-2'
ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
client = boto3.client('ec2')

def lambda_handler(event, context):
# TODO implement
instances = ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-09d3b3274b6c5d4aa', MinCount=1, MaxCount=1,InstanceType='t2.micro', KeyName='Main')
print('created your instances: ' + str(instances))
myjunkinstance=str(instances)
print(myjunkinstance)
myinstance=myjunkinstance[18:37]
print(myinstance)

#I hate to sleep, but it may not get an ip address immediately
#time.sleep(.1)
#response = client.describe_instances(InstanceIds=[myinstance])

return {
'statusCode': 200,
'body': json.dumps('Hello from Lambda! I have created the following ec2 instance for you... Enjoy ' + str(myinstance))

}