Lambda to create EC2 machine using boto3

Question

I am using lambda to create ec2 machine using boto3. I need to give the instance an IAM role. In boto3 we give the IAM role via InstanceProfiles but when we create a role that has access to Lambda no instance profiles come up.

So how do we achieve this?

Answer 1

You would need to:

• Use create_instance_profile() to create a named profile
• Use add_role_to_instance_profile() to associate an IAM Role with the Instance Profile
• Provide the Instance Profile when launching the Amazon EC2 instance