AWS SDK for JavaでEC2のインスタンスを上げたり落としたり取得したり ref: http://qiita.com/soundTricker/items/b5a9045d251d47744107

AwsCredentials.properties

# Fill in your AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key
# http://aws.amazon.com/security-credentials
accessKey= Your AWS Access Key ID
secretKey= Your Secret Access Key

EC2SampleTest.java

package com.amazonaws.samples;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.amazonaws.auth.ClasspathPropertiesFileCredentialsProvider;
import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2Client;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstanceStatusRequest;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstanceStatusResult;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstancesRequest;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstancesResult;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.Filter;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.Instance;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.InstanceStateName;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.InstanceStatus;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.InstanceType;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.Reservation;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.RunInstancesRequest;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.RunInstancesResult;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.TerminateInstancesRequest;

public class EC2SampleTest {


    /** EC2クライアント */
    AmazonEC2 ec2;

    /**
     * EC2クライアントをpropertiesファイルから作成します。
     */
    @Before
    public void setupEC2Client() {
        ec2 = new AmazonEC2Client(new ClasspathPropertiesFileCredentialsProvider());        
        ec2.setRegion(Region.getRegion(Regions.AP_NORTHEAST_1));
        System.out.println("client has been setup");
    }

    /**
     * テスト実行後起動中のすべてのEC2インスタンスを削除します
     */
    @After
    public void terminateEC2Instance() {        
        DescribeInstancesResult describeInstances = ec2.describeInstances(
                new DescribeInstancesRequest()
                        .withFilters(
                                new Filter()
                                .withName("instance-state-name")
                                .withValues(
                                        InstanceStateName.Running.toString()
                                )
                        )
                );

        List<String> instances = new ArrayList<String>();

        for (Reservation res : describeInstances.getReservations()) {
            for (Instance i : res.getInstances()) {
                if(InstanceStateName.Running.toString().equals(i.getState().getName())) {
                    instances.add(i.getInstanceId());
                }
            }
        }
        System.out.println(instances);

        if(!instances.isEmpty()) ec2.terminateInstances(new TerminateInstancesRequest(instances));
    }

    /**
     * 新しいEC2インスタンスをAMIからt1microに作成します。
     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void createNewEC2Instance() throws Exception {

        //EC2インスタンスの設定
        RunInstancesRequest request = new RunInstancesRequest()         
            .withImageId("ami-0d13700c") //amazon-linux 64bit
            .withMaxCount(1)
            .withMinCount(1)
            .withSecurityGroups("default")
            .withKeyName("demo-key")
            .withInstanceType(InstanceType.T1Micro);

        //インスタンスの作成リクエストを発行
        RunInstancesResult result = ec2.runInstances(request);

        //作成したインスタンスIDを取得
        List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
        for(Instance instance : result.getReservation().getInstances()) {
            list.add(instance.getInstanceId());
        }

        System.out.println(list);

        boolean pending = true;

        //作成したインスタンスのStateがrunningになるまで待機
        while(pending) {
            DescribeInstancesResult dir = ec2.describeInstances(new DescribeInstancesRequest().withInstanceIds(list));

            List<Reservation> reservations = dir.getReservations();

            for (Reservation reservation : reservations) {
                List<Instance> instances = reservation.getInstances();

                for (Instance instance : instances) {
                    System.out.println(instance.getState());

                    if(InstanceStateName.Running.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(instance.getState().getName())) {
                        pending = false;
                    }
                }
            }

            Thread.sleep(1000);
        }   

        //状態を再取得
        DescribeInstanceStatusResult instanceStatuses = ec2.describeInstanceStatus(new DescribeInstanceStatusRequest().withInstanceIds(list));

        List<InstanceStatus> statuses = instanceStatuses.getInstanceStatuses();

        //ステータスがrunningになっているかassert
        for (InstanceStatus instanceStatus : statuses) {
            System.out.println(String.format("%s %s", instanceStatus.getInstanceId(), instanceStatus.getInstanceState()));
            assertThat(instanceStatus.getInstanceState().getName(), equalTo(InstanceStateName.Running.toString()));
        }
    }
}