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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def is_alive(self):
 """Checks if the current node is up and running in the cloud. It only checks the status provided by the cloud interface. Therefore a node might be running, but not yet ready to ssh into it. """

        running = False
        if not self.instance_id:
            return False

        try:
            log.debug("Getting information for instance %s",
                      self.instance_id)
            running = self._cloud_provider.is_instance_running(
                self.instance_id)
        except Exception as ex:
            log.debug("Ignoring error while looking for vm id %s: %s",
                      self.instance_id, str(ex))
        if running:
            log.debug("node `%s` (instance id %s) is up and running",
                      self.name, self.instance_id)
            self.update_ips()
        else:
            log.debug("node `%s` (instance id `%s`) still building...",
                      self.name, self.instance_id)

        return running