function install_jq() {

if ! type jq > /dev/null ; then
  wget "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64"
  mv jq-linux64 /usr/local/bin/jq
  chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/jq
fi

}

function configure_aws_cli() {

local home_dir=$1
# Configure aws cli in case it is not yet configured
mkdir -p "$home_dir/.aws"
EC2_AVAIL_ZONE=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/placement/availability-zone)
EC2_REGION=${EC2_AVAIL_ZONE::-1}
cat >"$home_dir/.aws/config" <<CONFIGURE_AWS_CLI
default

region = $EC2_REGION output = json CONFIGURE_AWS_CLI }