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NAME

Rex::Commands::Cloud - Cloud Management Commands

DESCRIPTION

With this Module you can manage different Cloud services. Currently it supports Amazon EC2, Jiffybox and OpenStack.

Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.

SYNOPSIS

cloud_service "Amazon";
cloud_auth "your-access-key", "your-private-access-key";
cloud_region "ec2.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com";
task "list", sub {
print Dumper cloud_instance_list;
print Dumper cloud_volume_list;
};
task "create", sub {
my $vol_id = cloud_volume create => { size => 1, zone => "eu-west-1a", };
cloud_instance create => {
image_id => "ami-xxxxxxx",
name => "test01",
key => "my-key",
volume => $vol_id,
zone => "eu-west-1a",
};
};
task "destroy", sub {
cloud_volume detach => "vol-xxxxxxx";
cloud_volume delete => "vol-xxxxxxx";
cloud_instance terminate => "i-xxxxxxx";
};

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

cloud_service($cloud_service)

Define which cloud service to use.

Services
Amazon
Jiffybox
OpenStack

cloud_auth($param1, $param2, ...)

Set the authentication for the cloudservice.

For example for Amazon it is:

cloud_auth($access_key, $secret_access_key);

For JiffyBox:

cloud_auth($auth_key);

For OpenStack:

cloud_auth(
tenant_name => 'tenant',
username => 'user',
password => 'password',
);

cloud_region($region)

Set the cloud region.

cloud_instance_list

Get all instances of a cloud service.

task "list", sub {
for my $instance (cloud_instance_list()) {
say "Arch : " . $instance->{"architecture"};
say "IP : " . $instance->{"ip"};
say "ID : " . $instance->{"id"};
say "State : " . $instance->{"state"};
}
};

There are some parameters for this function that can change the gathering of ip addresses for some cloud providers (like OpenStack).

task "list", sub {
my @instances = cloud_instance_list
private_network => 'private',
public_network => 'public',
public_ip_type => 'floating',
private_ip_type => 'fixed';
};

cloud_volume_list

Get all volumes of a cloud service.

task "list-volumes", sub {
for my $volume (cloud_volume_list()) {
say "ID : " . $volume->{"id"};
say "Zone : " . $volume->{"zone"};
say "State : " . $volume->{"state"};
say "Attached : " . $volume->{"attached_to"};
}
};

cloud_network_list

Get all networks of a cloud service.

task "network-list", sub {
for my $network (cloud_network_list()) {
say "network : " . $network->{network};
say "name : " . $network->{name};
say "id : " . $network->{id};
}
};

cloud_image_list

Get a list of all available cloud images.

cloud_upload_key

Upload public SSH key to cloud provider

private_key '~/.ssh/mykey
public_key '~/.ssh/mykey.pub';
task "cloudprovider", sub {
cloud_upload_key;
cloud_instance create => {
...
};
};

get_cloud_instances_as_group

Get a list of all running instances of a cloud service. This can be used for a group definition.

group fe => "fe01", "fe02", "fe03";
group ec2 => get_cloud_instances_as_group();

cloud_instance($action, $data)

This function controls all aspects of a cloud instance.

create

Create a new instance.

cloud_instance create => {
image_id => "ami-xxxxxx",
key => "ssh-key",
name => "fe-ec2-01", # name is not necessary
volume => "vol-yyyyy", # volume is not necessary
zone => "eu-west-1a", # zone is not necessary
floating_ip => "89.39.38.160" # floating_ip is not necessary
};

start

Start an existing instance

cloud_instance start => "instance-id";

stop

Stop an existing instance

cloud_instance stop => "instance-id";

terminate

Terminate an instance. This will destroy all data and remove the instance.

cloud_instance terminate => "i-zzzzzzz";

get_cloud_regions

Returns all regions as an array.

cloud_volume($action , $data)

This function controlls all aspects of a cloud volume.

create

Create a new volume. Size is in Gigabytes.

task "create-vol", sub {
my $vol_id = cloud_volume create => { size => 1, zone => "eu-west-1a", };
};

attach

Attach a volume to an instance.

task "attach-vol", sub {
cloud_volume attach => "vol-xxxxxx", to => "server-id";
};

detach

Detach a volume from an instance.

task "detach-vol", sub {
cloud_volume detach => "vol-xxxxxx", from => "server-id";
};

delete

Delete a volume. This will destroy all data.

task "delete-vol", sub {
cloud_volume delete => "vol-xxxxxx";
};

get_cloud_floating_ip

Returns first available floating IP

task "get_floating_ip", sub {
my $ip = get_cloud_floating_ip;
my $instance = cloud_instance create => {
image_id => 'edffd57d-82bf-4ffe-b9e8-af22563741bf',
name => 'instance1',
plan_id => 17,
floating_ip => $ip
};
};

cloud_network

create

Create a new network.

task "create-net", sub {
my $net_id = cloud_network create => { cidr => '192.168.0.0/24', name => "mynetwork", };
};

delete

Delete a network.

task "delete-net", sub {
cloud_network delete => '18a4ccf8-f14a-a10d-1af4-4ac7fee08a81';
};

get_cloud_availability_zones

Returns all availability zones of a cloud services. If available.

task "get-zones", sub {
print Dumper get_cloud_availability_zones;
};

get_cloud_plans

Retrieve information of the available cloud plans. If supported.

get_cloud_operating_systems

Retrieve information of the available cloud plans. If supported.

cloud_object

Returns the cloud object itself.