Question

i am using the boto python module for polling amazon ec2 instances, however it returns null values,

i can retrieve and list images using conn.get_all_images

import sys
from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection

conn = EC2Connection('access key','secret key')
inst = conn.get_all_instances()
for i in inst:
    print i

i tried it from python command line and it also has the same result

>>>import sys
>>>from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection
>>>conn = EC2Connection('access key','secret key')
>>> instances = conn.get_all_instances()
>>> instances
[]
>>>

any idea what the problem could be? thanks

Answer 1

i was looking at the wrong region, fixed when i used the correct one..

regions = boto.ec2.regions(aws_access_key_id=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,aws_secret_access_key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY,is_secure=False)
eu = regions[0]
conn_eu = eu.connect(aws_access_key_id=AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID,aws_secret_access_key=AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
        inst = conn_eu.get_all_instances()