gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
from libcloud.types import Provider 
from libcloud.providers import get_driver 
from libcloud.base import NodeImage, NodeSize
 
EC2_ACCESS_ID     = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
EC2_SECRET_KEY    = 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'
 
EC2Driver = get_driver(Provider.EC2) 
conn = EC2Driver(EC2_ACCESS_ID, EC2_SECRET_KEY)

i = NodeImage(id="ami-014da868", name="", driver="")
s = NodeSize(id="m1.small", name="Small Instance", ram=1740, disk=160, bandwidth=None, price=.095, driver="Amazon EC2 (us-east-1)")

# assumption: you already created 'my_keypair_name' via ElasticFox or AWS Console
node = conn.create_node(name='mytest', image=i, size=s, ex_keyname='my_keypair_name')