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1. Installation: Use any of the following to install boto,
   1. sudo apt-get install python-boto
   2. pip install --U boto
   3. git clone https://github.com/boto/boto.git; cd boto; sudo python setup.py install
2. Configuration: Edit /etc/boto.cfg or ~/.boto to add,

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   [Credentials] aws_access_key_id= <cloudstack_api_key> aws_secret_access_key= <cloudstack_secret_key>

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   For more details on Boto configuration refer \[1\]

3. Connection: Make EC2 service connection against CloudStack management server. Use the connection to make any EC2 API call,
   Sample python code that uses Boto client to make EC2 DescribeImages API call against CloudStack,

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   import boto import boto.ec2 region = boto.ec2.regioninfo.RegionInfo(name="AmazonEC2", endpoint="<cloudstack_management_server_ip>") conn = boto.connect_ec2(aws_access_key_id="<cloudstack_api_key>", aws_secret_access_key="<cloudstack_secret_key>", is_secure=False, region=region, port=7080, path="/awsapi", api_version="2012-08-15") # run an instanceinstanceinstance instance = conn.run_instances('<image-id>', min_count=1, max_count=1) #  # response of the command (contains list of instances, owner of the instances etc. ) vars(instance) # list attribute values of one of the instances launchedvarslaunched vars(instance.instances[0]) # list details of the security group that the launched instances belong tovarsto vars(instance.groups)

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   For a complete list of Boto EC2 commands refer [^EC2_API_vs_Boto_commands.xlsx]. For details on each of the commands refer \[2\].

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