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Code examples for Amazon EC2 using AWS SDKs

The following code examples show you how to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) with an AWS software development kit (SDK).

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The following code examples show how to get started using Amazon EC2.

.NET
AWS SDK for .NET
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

namespace EC2Actions; public class HelloEc2 { /// <summary> /// HelloEc2 lists the existing security groups for the default users. /// </summary> /// <param name="args">Command line arguments</param> /// <returns>A Task object.</returns> static async Task Main(string[] args) { // Set up dependency injection for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). using var host = Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args) .ConfigureServices((_, services) => services.AddAWSService<IAmazonEC2>() .AddTransient<EC2Wrapper>() ) .Build(); // Now the client is available for injection. var ec2Client = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IAmazonEC2>(); var request = new DescribeSecurityGroupsRequest { MaxResults = 10, }; // Retrieve information about up to 10 Amazon EC2 security groups. var response = await ec2Client.DescribeSecurityGroupsAsync(request); // Now print the security groups returned by the call to // DescribeSecurityGroupsAsync. Console.WriteLine("Security Groups:"); response.SecurityGroups.ForEach(group => { Console.WriteLine($"Security group: {group.GroupName} ID: {group.GroupId}"); }); } }
C++
SDK for C++
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

Code for the CMakeLists.txt CMake file.

# Set the minimum required version of CMake for this project. cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13) # Set the AWS service components used by this project. set(SERVICE_COMPONENTS ec2) # Set this project's name. project("hello_ec2") # Set the C++ standard to use to build this target. # At least C++ 11 is required for the AWS SDK for C++. set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11) # Use the MSVC variable to determine if this is a Windows build. set(WINDOWS_BUILD ${MSVC}) if (WINDOWS_BUILD) # Set the location where CMake can find the installed libraries for the AWS SDK. string(REPLACE ";" "/aws-cpp-sdk-all;" SYSTEM_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH}/aws-cpp-sdk-all") list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${SYSTEM_MODULE_PATH}) endif () # Find the AWS SDK for C++ package. find_package(AWSSDK REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${SERVICE_COMPONENTS}) if (WINDOWS_BUILD) # Copy relevant AWS SDK for C++ libraries into the current binary directory for running and debugging. # set(BIN_SUB_DIR "/Debug") # If you are building from the command line, you may need to uncomment this # and set the proper subdirectory to the executables' location. AWSSDK_CPY_DYN_LIBS(SERVICE_COMPONENTS "" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}${BIN_SUB_DIR}) endif () add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} hello_ec2.cpp) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${AWSSDK_LINK_LIBRARIES})

Code for the hello_ec2.cpp source file.

#include <aws/core/Aws.h> #include <aws/ec2/EC2Client.h> #include <aws/ec2/model/DescribeInstancesRequest.h> #include <iomanip> #include <iostream> /* * A "Hello EC2" starter application which initializes an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) client and describes * the Amazon EC2 instances. * * main function * * Usage: 'hello_ec2' * */ int main(int argc, char **argv) { Aws::SDKOptions options; // Optionally change the log level for debugging. // options.loggingOptions.logLevel = Utils::Logging::LogLevel::Debug; Aws::InitAPI(options); // Should only be called once. int result = 0; { Aws::Client::ClientConfiguration clientConfig; // Optional: Set to the AWS Region (overrides config file). // clientConfig.region = "us-east-1"; Aws::EC2::EC2Client ec2Client(clientConfig); Aws::EC2::Model::DescribeInstancesRequest request; bool header = false; bool done = false; while (!done) { auto outcome = ec2Client.DescribeInstances(request); if (outcome.IsSuccess()) { if (!header) { std::cout << std::left << std::setw(48) << "Name" << std::setw(20) << "ID" << std::setw(25) << "Ami" << std::setw(15) << "Type" << std::setw(15) << "State" << std::setw(15) << "Monitoring" << std::endl; header = true; } const std::vector<Aws::EC2::Model::Reservation> &reservations = outcome.GetResult().GetReservations(); for (const auto &reservation: reservations) { const std::vector<Aws::EC2::Model::Instance> &instances = reservation.GetInstances(); for (const auto &instance: instances) { Aws::String instanceStateString = Aws::EC2::Model::InstanceStateNameMapper::GetNameForInstanceStateName( instance.GetState().GetName()); Aws::String typeString = Aws::EC2::Model::InstanceTypeMapper::GetNameForInstanceType( instance.GetInstanceType()); Aws::String monitorString = Aws::EC2::Model::MonitoringStateMapper::GetNameForMonitoringState( instance.GetMonitoring().GetState()); Aws::String name = "Unknown"; const std::vector<Aws::EC2::Model::Tag> &tags = instance.GetTags(); auto nameIter = std::find_if(tags.cbegin(), tags.cend(), [](const Aws::EC2::Model::Tag &tag) { return tag.GetKey() == "Name"; }); if (nameIter != tags.cend()) { name = nameIter->GetValue(); } std::cout << std::setw(48) << name << std::setw(20) << instance.GetInstanceId() << std::setw(25) << instance.GetImageId() << std::setw(15) << typeString << std::setw(15) << instanceStateString << std::setw(15) << monitorString << std::endl; } } if (!outcome.GetResult().GetNextToken().empty()) { request.SetNextToken(outcome.GetResult().GetNextToken()); } else { done = true; } } else { std::cerr << "Failed to describe EC2 instances:" << outcome.GetError().GetMessage() << std::endl; result = 1; break; } } } Aws::ShutdownAPI(options); // Should only be called once. return result; }
Java
SDK for Java 2.x
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

public static void describeSecurityGroups(Ec2Client ec2, String groupId) { try { DescribeSecurityGroupsRequest request = DescribeSecurityGroupsRequest.builder() .groupIds(groupId) .build(); // Use a paginator. DescribeSecurityGroupsIterable listGroups = ec2.describeSecurityGroupsPaginator(request); listGroups.stream() .flatMap(r -> r.securityGroups().stream()) .forEach(group -> System.out .println(" Group id: " +group.groupId() + " group name = " + group.groupName())); } catch (Ec2Exception e) { System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage()); System.exit(1); } }
JavaScript
SDK for JavaScript (v3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import { DescribeSecurityGroupsCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-ec2"; import { client } from "./libs/client.js"; // Call DescribeSecurityGroups and display the result. export const main = async () => { try { const { SecurityGroups } = await client.send( new DescribeSecurityGroupsCommand({}), ); const securityGroupList = SecurityGroups.slice(0, 9) .map((sg) => ` • ${sg.GroupId}: ${sg.GroupName}`) .join("\n"); console.log( "Hello, Amazon EC2! Let's list up to 10 of your security groups:", ); console.log(securityGroupList); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } };
Kotlin
SDK for Kotlin
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

suspend fun describeEC2SecurityGroups(groupId: String) { val request = DescribeSecurityGroupsRequest { groupIds = listOf(groupId) } Ec2Client { region = "us-west-2" }.use { ec2 -> val response = ec2.describeSecurityGroups(request) response.securityGroups?.forEach { group -> println("Found Security Group with id ${group.groupId}, vpc id ${group.vpcId} and description ${group.description}") } } }
Python
SDK for Python (Boto3)
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There's more on GitHub. Find the complete example and learn how to set up and run in the AWS Code Examples Repository.

import boto3 def hello_ec2(ec2_resource): """ Use the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) to create an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) resource and list the security groups in your account. This example uses the default settings specified in your shared credentials and config files. :param ec2_resource: A Boto3 EC2 ServiceResource object. This object is a high-level resource that wraps the low-level EC2 service API. """ print("Hello, Amazon EC2! Let's list up to 10 of your security groups:") for sg in ec2_resource.security_groups.limit(10): print(f"\t{sg.id}: {sg.group_name}") if __name__ == "__main__": hello_ec2(boto3.resource("ec2"))