CreateInstance.go

// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
package main

import (
    "flag"
    "fmt"

    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
    "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2/ec2iface"
)

// MakeInstance creates an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance
// Inputs:
//     svc is an Amazon EC2 service client
//     key is the name of the tag to attach to the instance
//     value is the value of the tag to attach to the instance
// Output:
//     If success, nil
//     Otherwise, an error from the call to RunInstances or CreateTags
func MakeInstance(svc ec2iface.EC2API, name, value *string) (*ec2.Reservation, error) {
    result, err := svc.RunInstances(&ec2.RunInstancesInput{
        ImageId:      aws.String("ami-e7527ed7"),
        InstanceType: aws.String("t2.micro"),
        MinCount:     aws.Int64(1),
        MaxCount:     aws.Int64(1),
    })
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    _, err = svc.CreateTags(&ec2.CreateTagsInput{
        Resources: []*string{result.Instances[0].InstanceId},
        Tags: []*ec2.Tag{
            {
                Key:   name,
                Value: value,
            },
        },
    })
    if err != nil {
        return nil, err
    }

    return result, nil
}

func main() {
    name := flag.String("n", "", "The name of the tag to attach to the instance")
    value := flag.String("v", "", "The value of the tag to attach to the instance")
    flag.Parse()

    if *name == "" || *value == "" {
        fmt.Println("You must supply a name and value for the tag (-n NAME -v VALUE)")
        return
    }

    sess := session.Must(session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
        SharedConfigState: session.SharedConfigEnable,
    }))

    svc := ec2.New(sess)

    result, err := MakeInstance(svc, name, value)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Got an error creating an instance with tag " + *name)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Created tagged instance with ID " + *result.Instances[0].InstanceId)
}