private static void LaunchInstance() { try { AmazonEC2 ec2 = AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonEC2Client(_awsKey, _awsSecretKey); StartInstancesRequest request = new StartInstancesRequest(); request.WithInstanceId(new string[] { _instanceId }); ec2.StartInstances(request); Mail(string.Format("Successfully started EC2 instance {0}", _instanceId)); } catch (Exception e) { MailError("Error launching instance", e); } }