diff --git a/scripts/library/aws.sh b/scripts/library/aws.sh
index 0896c2e9..7eee61d1 100644
--- a/scripts/library/aws.sh
+++ b/scripts/library/aws.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 aws_check_cli(){
   aws --version || return
@@ -8,3 +8,48 @@ aws_get_all_ec2(){
   aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=instance-state-name,Values=running --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].InstanceId' --output text | sed 's/\t/ /g'
   aws ec2 describe-instances --filters Name=tag:Name,Values=bastion --query 'Reservations[].Instances[].InstanceId' --output text
 }
+
+aws_get_instances() {
+  if [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; then
+      AWS_TAGS="*$1*"
+      echo "Setting AWS_TAGS = ${AWS_TAGS}"
+  fi
+  echo "AWS_PROFILE=${AWS_PROFILE}, AWS_REGION=${AWS_REGION}, AWS_TAGS=${AWS_TAGS}"
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  aws ec2 describe-instances --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --region="${AWS_REGION}" --filter Name=tag-value,Values="${AWS_TAGS}" --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].{Instance:InstanceId,State:State.Name,Name:Tags[?Key==`Name`]|[0].Value,DNS:PublicDnsName}' --output table
+}
+
+aws_start_instance() {
+  if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage:
+    $0 InstanceId"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  iid=$1
+  
+  read -p -r "Start instance ${iid}? <y/N> " prompt
+
+  if [[ $prompt =~ [yY](es)* ]]
+  then
+  echo "Starting instance ${iid}"
+  aws ec2 start-instances --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --region="${AWS_REGION}" --instance-ids="${iid}"
+  fi 
+}
+
+aws_stop_instance() {
+  if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage:
+    $0 InstanceId"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  iid=$1
+  
+  read -r -p "Stop instance ${iid}? <y/N> " prompt
+
+  if [[ $prompt =~ [yY](es)* ]]; then
+    echo "Stopping instance ${iid}"
+    aws ec2 stop-instances --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --region="${AWS_REGION}" --instance-ids="${iid}"
+  fi 
+}