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VEXXHOST provides a public cloud computing service that's based on OpenStack in Canada. The following patch provides documentation on how to use salt-cloud with the VEXXHOST public cloud.
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Getting Started with VEXXHOST
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`VEXXHOST <http://vexxhost.com>`_ is an cloud computing provider which provides
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`Canadian cloud computing <http://vexxhost.com/cloud-computing>`_ services
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which are based in Monteral and uses the libcloud OpenStack driver. VEXXHOST
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currently runs the Havana release of OpenStack. When provisioning new
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instances, they automatically get a public IP and private IP address.
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Therefore, you do not need to assign a floating IP to access your instance
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once it's booted.
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Cloud Provider Configuration
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To use the `openstack` driver for the VEXXHOST public cloud, you will need to
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set up the cloud provider configuration file as in the example below:
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``/etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/vexxhost.conf``:
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In order to use the VEXXHOST public cloud, you will need to setup a cloud
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provider configuration file as in the example below which uses the OpenStack
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driver.
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.. code-block:: yaml
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vexxhost:
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# Set the location of the salt-master
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#
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minion:
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master: saltmaster.example.com
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# Configure VEXXHOST using the OpenStack plugin
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#
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identity_url: http://auth.api.thenebulacloud.com:5000/v2.0/tokens
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compute_name: nova
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# Set the compute region:
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#
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compute_region: na-yul-nhs1
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# Configure VEXXHOST authentication credentials
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#
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user: your-tenant-id
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password: your-api-key
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tenant: your-tenant-name
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# keys to allow connection to the instance launched
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#
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ssh_key_name: yourkey
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ssh_key_file: /path/to/key/yourkey.priv
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provider: openstack
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Authentication
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All of the authentication fields that you need can be found by logging into
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your VEXXHOST customer center. Once you've logged in, you will need to click
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on "CloudConsole" and then click on "API Credentials".
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Cloud Profile Configuration
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In order to get the correct image UUID and the instance type to use in the
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cloud profile, you can run the following command respectively:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# salt-cloud --list-images=vexxhost-config
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# salt-cloud --list-sizes=vexxhost-config
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Once you have that, you can go ahead and create a new cloud profile. This
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profile will build an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS `nb.2G` instance.
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``/etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/vh_ubuntu1204_2G.conf``:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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vh_ubuntu1204_2G:
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provider: vexxhost
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image: 4051139f-750d-4d72-8ef0-074f2ccc7e5a
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size: nb.2G
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Provision an instance
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To create an instance based on the sample profile that we created above, you
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can run the following `salt-cloud` command.
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.. code-block:: bash
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# salt-cloud -p vh_ubuntu1204_2G vh_instance1
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Typically, instances are provisioned in under 30 seconds on the VEXXHOST public
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cloud. After the instance provisions, it will be set up a minion and then
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return all the instance information once it's complete.
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Once the instance has been setup, you can test connectivity to it by running
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the following command:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# salt vh_instance1 test.ping
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You can now continue to provision new instances and they will all automatically
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be set up as minions of the master you've defined in the configuration file. |