import boto.ec2
from boto.ec2.autoscale import (AutoScalingGroup,
                                LaunchConfiguration, ScalingPolicy)
from boto.ec2.cloudwatch import MetricAlarm


# Create connections to Auto Scaling and CloudWatch
as_conn = boto.ec2.autoscale.connect_to_region("us-east-1")
cw_conn = boto.ec2.cloudwatch.connect_to_region("us-east-1")

# Name for auto scaling group and launch configuration
as_name = "VM1"

# Create launch configuration
lc = LaunchConfiguration(name=as_name,
                         image_id="ami-76f0061f",  # AMI ID of your instance
                         key_name="your_key_name",
                         security_groups="your_group_name",
                         instance_type="t1.micro",
                         instance_monitoring=True)

as_conn.create_launch_configuration(lc)

# Create Auto Scaling group
ag = AutoScalingGroup(group_name=as_name,
                      availability_zones=["us-east-1b"],
                      launch_config=lc, min_size=0,
                      max_size=2,
                      connection=as_conn)

as_conn.create_auto_scaling_group(ag)

# Create scaling policies
scale_up_policy = ScalingPolicy(
    name='scale_up', adjustment_type='ChangeInCapacity',
    as_name=as_name, scaling_adjustment=1, cooldown=180)

scale_down_policy = ScalingPolicy(
    name='scale_down', adjustment_type='ChangeInCapacity',
    as_name=as_name, scaling_adjustment=-1, cooldown=180)

as_conn.create_scaling_policy(scale_up_policy)
as_conn.create_scaling_policy(scale_down_policy)

scale_up_policy = as_conn.get_all_policies(
    as_group=as_name, policy_names=['scale_up'])[0]

scale_down_policy = as_conn.get_all_policies(
    as_group=as_name, policy_names=['scale_down'])[0]

# Set dimensions for CloudWatch alarms
# Monitor on a specific instance
alarm_dimensions = {"InstanceId": "your_instance_id"}

# Monitor instances within the Auto Scaling group cluster
alarm_dimensions_as = {"AutoScalingGroupName": as_name}

# Create metric alarms
scale_up_alarm = MetricAlarm(
    name='scale_up_on_cpu_' + as_name, namespace='AWS/EC2',
    metric='CPUUtilization', statistic='Average',
    comparison='>', threshold="80",
    period='60', evaluation_periods=2,
    alarm_actions=[scale_up_policy.policy_arn],
    dimensions=alarm_dimensions)

scale_down_alarm = MetricAlarm(
    name='scale_down_on_cpu_' + as_name, namespace='AWS/EC2',
    metric='CPUUtilization', statistic='Average',
    comparison='<', threshold="20",
    period='60', evaluation_periods=2,
    alarm_actions=[scale_down_policy.policy_arn],
    dimensions=alarm_dimensions)

# Create alarm in CloudWatch
cw_conn.create_alarm(scale_up_alarm)
cw_conn.create_alarm(scale_down_alarm)