EC2: Waiting until a new instance is in running state

Question

I would like to create a new instance based on my stored AMI.

I achieve this by the following code:

RunInstancesRequest rir = new RunInstancesRequest(ima         


        

Answer 1

You can use boto3 waiters, https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/ec2.html#waiters

for this ex: https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/ec2.html#EC2.Waiter.InstanceRunning

Or in Java https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaSDK/latest/javadoc/ I am sure there are waiters implemented in all the AWS sdks.