How do I use Boto3 to launch an EC2 instance with an IAM role?
Just an addition to the great answer by helloV (I can not comment due to reputation limitations). I encountered the same error message of "The parameter iamInstanceProfile.name
may not be used in combination with iamInstanceProfile.arn
. So only one key is allowed. I experimented with both and using
IamInstanceProfile={ 'Name': 'ExampleInstanceProfile' }
works for me, but not using
IamInstanceProfile={'Arn':'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instanceprofile/ExampleInstanceProfile'}
I am using boto3 version 1.4.4
Note: Some Boto3 versions accept either Arn
or Name
but all versions accept Name
. I suggest using the role name only.
IamInstanceProfile={
'Arn': 'string',
'Name': 'string'
}
If your profile name is ExampleInstanceProfile
and the ARN is arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instance-profile/ExampleInstanceProfile
ec2.create_instances(ImageId='ami-1e299d7e',
InstanceType='t2.micro',
MinCount=1, MaxCount=1,
SecurityGroupIds=['Mysecuritygroup'],
KeyName='mykeyname',
IamInstanceProfile={
'Arn': 'arn:aws:iam::123456789012:instanceprofile/ExampleInstanceProfile'
'Name': 'ExampleInstanceProfile'
})