salt/doc/topics/cloud/digitalocean.rst

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Getting Started With DigitalOcean
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DigitalOcean is a public cloud host that specializes in Linux instances.


Configuration
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Using Salt for DigitalOcean requires a ``personal_access_token``, an ``ssh_key_file``,
and at least one SSH key name in ``ssh_key_names``. More ``ssh_key_names`` can be added
by separating each key with a comma. The ``personal_access_token`` can be found in the
DigitalOcean web interface in the "Apps & API" section. The SSH key name can be found
under the "SSH Keys" section.

.. code-block:: yaml

    # Note: This example is for /etc/salt/cloud.providers or any file in the
    # /etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/ directory.

    my-digitalocean-config:
      driver: digital_ocean
      personal_access_token: xxx
      ssh_key_file: /path/to/ssh/key/file
      ssh_key_names: my-key-name,my-key-name-2
      location: New York 1

.. note::
    .. versionchanged:: 2015.8.0

    The ``provider`` parameter in cloud provider definitions was renamed to ``driver``. This
    change was made to avoid confusion with the ``provider`` parameter that is used in cloud profile
    definitions. Cloud provider definitions now use ``driver`` to refer to the Salt cloud module that
    provides the underlying functionality to connect to a cloud host, while cloud profiles continue
    to use ``provider`` to refer to provider configurations that you define.

Profiles
========

Cloud Profiles
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Set up an initial profile at ``/etc/salt/cloud.profiles`` or in the
``/etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/`` directory:

.. code-block:: yaml

    digitalocean-ubuntu:
      provider: my-digitalocean-config
      image: 14.04 x64
      size: 512MB
      location: New York 1
      private_networking: True
      backups_enabled: True
      ipv6: True
      create_dns_record: True

Locations can be obtained using the ``--list-locations`` option for the ``salt-cloud``
command:

.. code-block:: bash

    # salt-cloud --list-locations my-digitalocean-config
    my-digitalocean-config:
        ----------
        digital_ocean:
            ----------
            Amsterdam 1:
                ----------
                available:
                    False
                features:
                    [u'backups']
                name:
                    Amsterdam 1
                sizes:
                    []
                slug:
                    ams1
    ...SNIP...

Sizes can be obtained using the ``--list-sizes`` option for the ``salt-cloud``
command:

.. code-block:: bash

    # salt-cloud --list-sizes my-digitalocean-config
    my-digitalocean-config:
        ----------
        digital_ocean:
            ----------
            512MB:
                ----------
                cost_per_hour:
                    0.00744
                cost_per_month:
                    5.0
                cpu:
                    1
                disk:
                    20
                id:
                    66
                memory:
                    512
                name:
                    512MB
                slug:
                    None
    ...SNIP...

Images can be obtained using the ``--list-images`` option for the ``salt-cloud``
command:

.. code-block:: bash

    # salt-cloud --list-images my-digitalocean-config
    my-digitalocean-config:
        ----------
        digital_ocean:
            ----------
            10.1:
                ----------
                created_at:
                    2015-01-20T20:04:34Z
                distribution:
                    FreeBSD
                id:
                    10144573
                min_disk_size:
                    20
                name:
                    10.1
                public:
                    True
    ...SNIP...


Profile Specifics:
------------------

ssh_username
------------

If using a FreeBSD image from Digital Ocean, you'll need to set the ``ssh_username``
setting to ``freebsd`` in your profile configuration.

.. code-block:: yaml

    digitalocean-freebsd:
      provider: my-digitalocean-config
      image: 10.2
      size: 512MB
      ssh_username: freebsd


Miscellaneous Information
=========================

.. note::

    DigitalOcean's concept of ``Applications`` is nothing more than a
    pre-configured instance (same as a normal Droplet). You will find examples
    such ``Docker 0.7 Ubuntu 13.04 x64`` and ``Wordpress on Ubuntu 12.10``
    when using the ``--list-images`` option. These names can be used just like
    the rest of the standard instances when specifying an image in the cloud
    profile configuration.

.. note::

    If your domain's DNS is managed with DigitalOcean, and your minion name
    matches your DigitalOcean managed DNS domain, you can automatically create
    A and AAA records for newly created droplets. Use ``create_dns_record: True``
    in your config to enable this. Adding ``delete_dns_record: True`` to also
    delete records when a droplet is destroyed is optional. Due to limitations
    in salt-cloud design, the destroy code does not have access to the VM config
    data. WHETHER YOU ADD ``create_dns_record: True`` OR NOT, salt-cloud WILL
    attempt to delete your DNS records if the minion name matches. This will
    prevent advertising any recycled IP addresses for destroyed minions.

.. note::

    Additional documentation is available from `DigitalOcean <https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/automated-provisioning-of-digitalocean-cloud-servers-with-salt-cloud-on-ubuntu-12-04>`_.