'Starts the node by passing in the node object, does not work with
instance store backed instances.
:param      node: The node to be used
:type       node: :class:`Node`
:rtype: ``bool``'

def ex_start_node(self, node):

    params = {'Action': 'StartInstances'}
    params.update(self._pathlist('InstanceId', [node.id]))
    res = self.connection.request(self.path, params=params).object
    return self._get_state_boolean(res)
