def start_deploy(node_name, access_key, secret_key, run_list, instance_type): # Validate data if validate_cloud_data(node_name, access_key, secret_key, run_list, instance_type): # Add db entry NodeOnCloudInfo.add_deployment(node_name, access_key, secret_key, run_list, instance_type) # Create a thread object to execute shell_thread = ExecuteThread(node_name, access_key, secret_key, run_list, instance_type) shell_thread.start() return True else: return False