"Cloud9" with local editor, terminal, and file system

devssh.py (Windows)

#!/usr/bin/python.exe -u
import subprocess

import boto3

# constants
INSTANCE_NAME = 'Development'
SSHFS_CMD = 'C:/Tools/sshfs/sshfs.exe'
PRIVATE_KEY_FILE = 'C:/Certs/aws.pem'
DRIVE_LETTER = 'n'

ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')

# get first instance by name
instance = [x for x in ec2.instances.filter(Filters=[{'Name': 'tag:Name',
                                                      'Values': [INSTANCE_NAME]}])][0]

print("Instance {} ({}) current state: {}".format(INSTANCE_NAME,
                                                  instance.id,
                                                  instance.state['Name']))

# ensure instance is running
if instance.state['Name'] == 'stopped':
    # start instance
    print('Starting instance')
    instance.start()
    instance.wait_until_running()
    print('Instance started')

host = instance.public_dns_name
print('Public DNS name: ', host)

# mount local sshfs
subprocess.Popen([SSHFS_CMD, '-d', DRIVE_LETTER,
                  '-r', '/home/ec2-user', '-h', host, '-u', 'ec2-user', '-k',
                  PRIVATE_KEY_FILE],
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True)

# start ssh
subprocess.call('ssh %s' % host, shell=True)