import boto def vpc_for_stack_name(stack_name): cfn = boto.connect_cloudformation() resources = cfn.list_stack_resources(stack_name) for resource in resources: if resource.resource_type == 'AWS::EC2::VPC': return resource.physical_resource_id def stack_name_for_vpc(vpc_name): cfn_tag_key = 'aws:cloudformation:stack-name' vpc = boto.connect_vpc() resource = vpc.get_all_vpcs(vpc_ids=[vpc_name])[0] if cfn_tag_key in resource.tags: return resource.tags[cfn_tag_key] else: msg = "VPC({}) is not part of a cloudformation stack.".format(vpc_name) raise Exception(msg)