Docker Machine Driver of Spotinst

Create instances on Spotinst using Docker-Machine.

docker-machine create -d spotinst

Requirements

For Docker-Machine to connect to Spotinst Elastigroup You will need:

• Spotinst Account
• Spotinst Token
• Elastigroup with:
  • Docker-Machine Supported OS AMI (Amazon-Linux isn't supported by Docker-Machine)
  • Security Group with inbound SSH (22) and Docker-Machine (2376) ports open
• All required parameters from the Options section fulfilled

creates docker instances on Spotinst Elastigroup

Installation

Please see latest version of the driver with instructions how to install in: Releases

Options

docker-machine create -d spotinst --help

Option Name	Description	required
--spotinst-account	Spotint Account ID	yes
--spotinst-elastigroup-id	ElastGroup ID in the relevant account to fill in servers	yes
--spotinst-token	Spotinst Token from you organization	yes
--spotinst-sshkey-path	Local path to the pem file of the Elastigroup	yes
--use-public-ip	Boolean flag (means do not get any value) that determines if to use public IP or private IP	No
--ssh-user	Username for server SSH connection using the pem	No

Examples

The following example creates a server called dev on Spotinst Elastigroup

docker-machine create -d spotinst --spotinst-account "act-12345" --spotinst-elastigroup-id "sig-12345" --spotinst-token "<Token>" --spotinst-sshkey-path "/home/ubuntu/pems/myssh.pem" --use-public-ip dev

To get debug message use the following example

docker-machine --debug create -d spotinst --spotinst-account "act-12345" --spotinst-elastigroup-id "sig-12345" --spotinst-token "<Token>" --spotinst-sshkey-path "/home/ubuntu/pems/myssh.pem" --use-public-ip dev