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+import getpass
+# import os
+# import libcloud.security
+
+import time
+from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
+from libcloud.compute.types import Provider, NodeState
+
+# reqs:
+#   services: EC2 (nova, glance, neutron)
+#   resources: 2 instances (m1.small), 2 elastic ips (1 keypair, 2 security groups)
+
+
+# default region
+# region_name = 'eu-central-1'
+region_name = 'us-east-2'
+#region_name = 'ap-south-1'
+
+
+def main():
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # get credentials
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    access_id = getpass.win_getpass("Enter your access_id:")
+    secret_key = getpass.win_getpass("Enter your secret_key:")
+    # access_id = "AXY..."
+    # secret_key = "j1zomy61..."
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # create connection
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    provider = get_driver(Provider.EC2)
+    conn = provider(access_id,
+                    secret_key,
+                    region=region_name)
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # clean up resources from previous demos
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    # destroy running demo instances
+    for instance in conn.list_nodes():
+        if instance.name in ['all-in-one', 'app-worker-1', 'app-worker-2', 'app-worker-3', 'app-controller',
+                             'app-services', 'app-api-1', 'app-api-2']:
+            print('Destroying Instance: %s' % instance.name)
+            conn.destroy_node(instance)
+
+    # wait until all nodes are destroyed to be able to remove depended security groups
+    nodes_still_running = True
+    while nodes_still_running:
+        nodes_still_running = False
+        time.sleep(3)
+        instances = conn.list_nodes()
+        for instance in instances:
+            # if we see any demo instances still running continue to wait for them to stop
+            if instance.name in ['all-in-one', 'app-worker-1', 'app-worker-2', 'app-worker-3', 'app-controller',
+                                 'app-services', 'app-api-1', 'app-api-2']:
+                if instance.state.value is not 'terminated':
+                    nodes_still_running = True
+        print('There are still instances running, waiting for them to be destroyed...')
+
+    # delete security groups
+    for group in conn.ex_list_security_groups():
+        if group in ['control', 'worker', 'api', 'services']:
+            print('Deleting security group: %s' % group)
+            conn.ex_delete_security_group(group)
+
+    # release elastic ips
+    for elastic_ip in conn.ex_describe_all_addresses():
+        if elastic_ip.instance_id is None:
+            print('Releasing unused elastic ip %s' % elastic_ip)
+            conn.ex_release_address(elastic_ip, domain=elastic_ip.domain)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/example-projects/demo3-microservice-in-aws.py b/example-projects/demo3-microservice-in-aws.py
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+import getpass
+# import os
+
+from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver
+from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
+
+# reqs:
+#   services: EC2 (nova, glance, neutron)
+#   resources: 2 instances, 2 elastic ips (1 keypair, 2 security groups)
+
+# The image to look for and use for the started instance
+ubuntu_image_name = 'ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server-20200408'
+#ubuntu_image_id = "ami-0e342d72b12109f91" # local ami id for resent ubuntu 18.04 20200408 in eu-central-1
+
+# The public key to be used for SSH connection, please make sure, that you have the corresponding private key
+#
+# id_rsa.pub should look like this (standard sshd pubkey format):
+# ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAw+J...F3w2mleybgT1w== user@HOSTNAME
+
+keypair_name = 'srieger-pub'
+pub_key_file = '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub'
+
+flavor_name = 't2.nano'
+
+# default region
+region_name = 'eu-central-1'
+# region_name = 'us-east-2'
+#region_name = 'ap-south-1'
+
+
+def main():
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # get credentials
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    access_id = getpass.win_getpass("Enter your access_id:")
+    secret_key = getpass.win_getpass("Enter your secret_key:")
+    # access_id = "AXY..."
+    # secret_key = "j1zomy61..."
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # create connection
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    provider = get_driver(Provider.EC2)
+    conn = provider(access_id,
+                    secret_key,
+                    region=region_name)
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # get image, flavor, network for instance creation
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    images = conn.list_images()
+    # image = ''
+    # for img in images:
+    #    # if img.name == ubuntu_image_name:
+    #    if img.extra['owner_alias'] == 'amazon':
+    #        print(img)
+    #    if img.id == ubuntu_image_name:
+    #        image = img
+    image = [i for i in images if i.name == ubuntu_image_name][0]
+    print(image)
+
+    flavors = conn.list_sizes()
+    flavor = [s for s in flavors if s.id == flavor_name][0]
+    print(flavor)
+
+    # networks = conn.ex_list_networks()
+    # network = ''
+    # for net in networks:
+    #    if net.name == project_network:
+    #        network = net
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # create keypair dependency
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    print('Checking for existing SSH key pair...')
+    keypair_exists = False
+    for keypair in conn.list_key_pairs():
+        if keypair.name == keypair_name:
+            keypair_exists = True
+
+    if keypair_exists:
+        print('Keypair ' + keypair_name + ' already exists. Skipping import.')
+    else:
+        print('adding keypair...')
+        conn.import_key_pair_from_file(keypair_name, pub_key_file)
+
+    for keypair in conn.list_key_pairs():
+        print(keypair)
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # create security group dependency
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    print('Checking for existing worker security group...')
+    worker_security_group_exists = False
+    worker_security_group_name = 'worker'
+    for security_group in conn.ex_get_security_groups():
+        if security_group.name == worker_security_group_name:
+            worker_security_group_id = security_group.id
+            worker_security_group_exists = True
+
+    if worker_security_group_exists:
+        print('Worker Security Group ' + worker_security_group_name + ' already exists. Skipping creation.')
+    else:
+        worker_security_group_result = conn.ex_create_security_group('worker', 'for services that run on a worker node')
+        worker_security_group_id = worker_security_group_result['group_id']
+        conn.ex_authorize_security_group_ingress(worker_security_group_id, 22, 22, cidr_ips=['0.0.0.0/0'],
+                                                 protocol='tcp')
+
+    print('Checking for existing controller security group...')
+    controller_security_group_exists = False
+    controller_security_group_name = 'control'
+    controller_security_group_id = ''
+    for security_group in conn.ex_get_security_groups():
+        if security_group.name == controller_security_group_name:
+            controller_security_group_id = security_group.id
+            controller_security_group_exists = True
+
+    if controller_security_group_exists:
+        print('Controller Security Group ' + controller_security_group_name + ' already exists. Skipping creation.')
+    else:
+        controller_security_group_result = conn.ex_create_security_group('control',
+                                                                         'for services that run on a control node')
+        controller_security_group_id = controller_security_group_result['group_id']
+        conn.ex_authorize_security_group_ingress(controller_security_group_id, 22, 22, cidr_ips=['0.0.0.0/0'],
+                                                 protocol='tcp')
+        conn.ex_authorize_security_group_ingress(controller_security_group_id, 80, 80, cidr_ips=['0.0.0.0/0'],
+                                                 protocol='tcp')
+        conn.ex_authorize_security_group_ingress(controller_security_group_id, 5672, 5672,
+                                                 group_pairs=[{'group_id': worker_security_group_id}], protocol='tcp')
+
+    # for security_group in conn.ex_list_security_groups():
+    #    print(security_group)
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # create app-controller
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    # https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/faafo/plain/contrib/install.sh
+    # is currently broken, hence the "rabbitctl" lines were added in the example
+    # below, see also https://bugs.launchpad.net/faafo/+bug/1679710
+    #
+    # Thanks to Stefan Friedmann for finding this fix ;)
+
+    userdata = '''#!/usr/bin/env bash
+    curl -L -s https://gogs.informatik.hs-fulda.de/srieger/cloud-computing-msc-ai-examples/raw/master/faafo/contrib/install.sh | bash -s -- \
+        -i messaging -i faafo -r api
+    rabbitmqctl add_user faafo guest
+    rabbitmqctl set_user_tags faafo administrator
+    rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p / faafo ".*" ".*" ".*"
+    '''
+
+    print('Starting new app-controller instance and wait until it is running...')
+    instance_controller_1 = conn.create_node(name='app-controller',
+                                             image=image,
+                                             size=flavor,
+                                             ex_keyname=keypair_name,
+                                             ex_userdata=userdata,
+                                             ex_security_groups=[controller_security_group_name])
+
+    conn.wait_until_running(nodes=[instance_controller_1], timeout=120, ssh_interface='public_ips')
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # assign app-controller elastic ip
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    # AWS offers elastic ips, that have the same function as floating IPs in OpenStack. However elastic IPs cost money,
+    # and instances typically already have public IP in AWS, what a luxury ;)
+    print('Checking for unused Elastic IP...')
+    unused_elastic_ip = None
+    for elastic_ip in conn.ex_describe_all_addresses():
+        if not elastic_ip.instance_id:
+            unused_elastic_ip = elastic_ip
+            break
+
+    if not unused_elastic_ip:
+        print('Allocating new Elastic IP')
+        unused_elastic_ip = conn.ex_allocate_address()
+    conn.ex_associate_address_with_node(instance_controller_1, unused_elastic_ip)
+    print('Controller Application will be deployed to http://%s' % unused_elastic_ip.ip)
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # getting id and ip address of app-controller instance
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    # instance should not have a public ip? floating ips are assigned later
+    # instance_controller_1 = conn.ex_get_node_details(instance_controller_1.id)
+    # if instance_controller_1.public_ips:
+    #    ip_controller = instance_controller_1.public_ips[0]
+    # else:
+    ip_controller = instance_controller_1.private_ips[0]
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # create app-worker-1
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    userdata = '''#!/usr/bin/env bash
+    curl -L -s https://gogs.informatik.hs-fulda.de/srieger/cloud-computing-msc-ai-examples/raw/master/faafo/contrib/install.sh | bash -s -- \
+        -i faafo -r worker -e 'http://%(ip_controller)s' -m 'amqp://faafo:guest@%(ip_controller)s:5672/'
+    ''' % {'ip_controller': ip_controller}
+
+    print('Starting new app-worker-1 instance and wait until it is running...')
+    instance_worker_1 = conn.create_node(name='app-worker-1',
+                                         image=image,
+                                         size=flavor,
+                                         ex_keyname=keypair_name,
+                                         ex_userdata=userdata,
+                                         ex_security_groups=[worker_security_group_name])
+
+    conn.wait_until_running(nodes=[instance_worker_1], timeout=120, ssh_interface='public_ips')
+
+    ###########################################################################
+    #
+    # assign app-worker elastic ip
+    #
+    ###########################################################################
+
+    # AWS offers elastic ips, that have the same function as floating IPs in OpenStack. However elastic IPs cost money,
+    # and instances typically already have public IP in AWS, what a luxury ;)
+    print('Checking for unused Elastic IP...')
+    unused_elastic_ip = None
+    for elastic_ip in conn.ex_describe_all_addresses():
+        if not elastic_ip.instance_id:
+            unused_elastic_ip = elastic_ip
+            break
+
+    if not unused_elastic_ip:
+        print('Allocating new Elastic IP')
+        unused_elastic_ip = conn.ex_allocate_address()
+    conn.ex_associate_address_with_node(instance_worker_1, unused_elastic_ip)
+    print('The worker will be available for SSH at %s' % unused_elastic_ip.ip)
+
+    print('You can use ssh to login to the controller using your private key. After login, you can list available '
+          'fractals using "faafo list". To request the generation of new fractals, you can use "faafo create". '
+          'You can also see other options to use the faafo example cloud service using "faafo -h".')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()