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Python Script to get the AWS EC2 Instance Details

Used python version 3.7 and Boto3, Kindly configure the AWS IAM Credentials in your local or workstation

AWS Profile Configuration

aws configure --profile name(my_proile)
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import boto3
import sys
import time

session=boto3.Session(profile_name="my_profile", region_name="us-east-1") #boto3 session, aws profile 

ec2_resource=session.resource(service_name="ec2") # resource object method

'''
client object method, commented because this script using resource object method
ec2_client=session.client(service_name="ec2")
'''

#using Resource Object
'''
for each_instances in ec2_resource.instances.all():
    print(each_instances.id, each_instances.state['Name'])
'''

for instance in ec2_resource.instances.all():
     print(
            "Id: {0}\nPlatform: {1}\nType: {2}\nPublic IPv4: {3}\nAMI: {4}\nState: {5}\n".format(
         instance.id, instance.platform, instance.instance_type, instance.public_ip_address, instance.image.id, instance.state
         )
     )
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