Basic boto script to talk to CloudStack

ec2test.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import os
import boto
import boto.ec2

region = boto.ec2.regioninfo.RegionInfo(name="ROOT",endpoint="localhost")
apikey='KEbkKWtYIz_q_fnpOdwnHoZUJt5tiBNiHvf-oApytBd0adU-s-DRP3an1pqL6TutyUCzjRB9UNrBybVr3kcZ6Q'
secretkey='lXaWYrdJfwP6brE2tOxGnOSN8z_Evt7yyCg95jI__ywhmAFcZdhovAQX7-nGeG54thLtFI3HSFVa2dOPKsWcPQ'

def main():
        '''Establish connection to EC2 cloud'''
        conn =boto.connect_ec2(aws_access_key_id=apikey,
                       aws_secret_access_key=secretkey,
                       is_secure=False,
                       region=region,
                       port=7080,
                       path="/awsapi",
                       api_version="2010-11-15")

        '''Get list of images that I own'''
        images = conn.get_all_images()
        print images
        myimage = images[0]
        '''Pick an instance type'''
        vm_type='m1.small'
        reservation = myimage.run(instance_type=vm_type,security_groups=['default'])

if __name__ == '__main__':
        main()