def from_boto_instance(cls, instance):
        """
        Loads a ``HostEntry`` from a boto instance.

        :param instance: A boto instance object.
        :type instance: :py:class:`boto.ec2.instanceInstance`

        :rtype: :py:class:`HostEntry`
        """
        return cls(
            name=instance.tags.get('Name'),
            private_ip=instance.private_ip_address,
            public_ip=instance.ip_address,
            instance_type=instance.instance_type,
            instance_id=instance.id,
            hostname=instance.dns_name,
            stack_id=instance.tags.get('aws:cloudformation:stack-id'),
            stack_name=instance.tags.get('aws:cloudformation:stack-name'),
            logical_id=instance.tags.get('aws:cloudformation:logical-id'),
            security_groups=[g.name for g in instance.groups],
            launch_time=instance.launch_time,
            ami_id=instance.image_id,
            tags={k.lower(): v for k, v in six.iteritems(instance.tags)}
        )