i did this about a year ago to run 3dsmax/vray on ec2 gpu instance via RDP. Worked ok-ish but i found it quite clunky to mess about with AWS interface to start

i did this about a year ago to run 3dsmax/vray on ec2 gpu instance via RDP. Worked ok-ish but i found it quite clunky to mess about with AWS interface to start and turn off an instance every time I wanted to use it. Has anyone managed to script something where you just press a button/run a local script and it does all the work, including saving your image to EBS before you turn the thing off and stop paying for the instance?