Boto3/AWS: "ImageId doesn't exist" when creating Instance

Question

I've made a copy of an AMI and I'm trying to run it with this code:

import boto3

instance_id=("i-0e2bbdf4fc43bf6db")

client = boto3.client("ec2",region_name="us-west-2")
ec2 = boto3.resource("ec2")

ec2.create_instances(ImageId="ami-9d623ee5",MinCount=1,MaxCount=1)

A ClientError is returned:

ClientError: An error occurred (InvalidAMIID.NotFound) when calling the RunInstances operation: The image id '[ami-9d623ee5]' does not exist

What could the issue be? Thanks!

Answer 1

Assuming that the AMI is in the same region ...

Your code is wrong: Change to be similar to the following:

import boto3

instance_id=("i-0e2bbdf4fc43bf6db")

session = boto3.Session("ec2",region_name="us-west-2")
ec2 = session.resource("ec2")

OR

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2', region_name='us-west-2')

ec2.create_instances(ImageId="ami-9d623ee5",MinCount=1,MaxCount=1)