list_all_AWS_instances.py

def list_all_instances(region):
	# make the connection to AWS with my creds
	conn = boto.ec2.connect_to_region(region_name			= region,
									  aws_access_key_id 	= aws_access_key_id,
									  aws_secret_access_key = aws_secret_access_key,
									  )

	reservations = conn.get_all_instances()
	for r in reservations:
		for instance in r.instances:
			print "Reservation:"+str(r.id)+"\n", "Instance:"+str(instance.id), instance.state