Python script for amazon ec2 deployment.

This script:
1) Creates an image form an existing instance
2) Launches X amount of instances from image
3) Adds instances to the specified load balancer
4) Removes old instances from load balancer
5) Creates an image from one of the old instances.
6) Terminates old instances

python deploy.py -d [String. Config file directory path] -p [String. Production load balancer name] -t [Integer. Total number of instanced to produce. Optional - default 2] -m [Integer. Timeout in minutes for each step. Optional - default 5]

python deploy.py -d /var/log/deploy -p XXX-lb

Configuration file - deploy.conf, is to be located as specified in -d parameter.

ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'Your Amazon access key'
SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'Your Amazon secret key'
REGION = 'The region name. Eg. eu-west-1'
STAGER_ID = 'Instance id of your staging server. e.g. i-12345678'
INSTANCE_TYPE = 'Instance type. Eg, m1.small'
SECURITY_GROUP = 'Security group name. e.g. my-security-group'
KEY_PAIR = 'Key pair name'
BASE_PATH = 'Desired location for log. e.g. /var/log/deploy/'

Logger is set to legible secure state. To get full report set logging to DEBUG.
Log file must have write permissions