export AMI=`curl http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/releasesTable | python3 tools/get_ubunut_ami.py us-east-1 13.04 amd64 instance-store` ec2run $AMI -k mykey -t m1.small -z $AWS_AZ | tee instance.info export INSTANCE=`cat instance.info | grep INSTANCE | awk {'print $2'}` sleep 5 while [ 1 ] do export INSTANCE_IP=`ec2-describe-instances $INSTANCE | grep INSTANCE | awk {'print $14'}` if [ -z "$INSTANCE_IP" ] then echo "Waiting for $INSTANCE to start..." else exit fi sleep 6 done echo New instance started: $INSTANCE_IP