aws_key.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import json, re, sys, os, json
import subprocess
from subprocess import call, check_output

lab_vars='lab_vars.py'
import lab_vars
from lab_vars import *

#1 - Create a Key Pair
print(name)
keypair_name=name
print(keypair_name)
region=region
outfile_key_pair = 'keypair_name' + '.json'

#1 - Create a Key Pair
#If it comes as .cer then you need to change it to .pem
#openssl x509 -inform der -in cert.cer -outform pem -out cert.pem
#aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name MyKeyPair --query 'KeyMaterial' --output text | out-file -encoding ascii -filepath MyKeyPair.pem
cmd_keypair='aws ec2 create-key-pair --region' + " " + "{}".format(region) + " " + '--key-name' + " " + "{}".format(keypair_name) + " " + '--query \'KeyMaterial\' --output text >' + " " + "{}".format(keypair_name) + '.pem'
output = check_output("{}".format(cmd_keypair), shell=True).decode().strip()
print("Output: \n{}\n".format(output))

with open(outfile_key_pair, 'w') as my_file:
    my_file.write(output)

#Must run describe key pairs
outfile_key_pair_id='key_pair_id.json'
cmd_get_key_pair_id = 'aws ec2 describe-key-pairs' + " " + '--region' " " + "{}".format(region) + " " + '--key-names' + " " + "{}".format(keypair_name)

output = check_output("{}".format(cmd_get_key_pair_id), shell=True).decode().strip()
print("Output: \n{}\n".format(output))


with open(outfile_key_pair_id, 'w') as my_file:
    my_file.write(output)

outfile_key_pair_id='key_pair_id.json'
with open (outfile_key_pair_id) as access_json:
    read_content = json.load(access_json)
    question_access=read_content['KeyPairs']
    question_data=question_access[0]
    replies_access=question_data['KeyPairId']
    keypairid=replies_access
    print(keypairid)