This is a Knife plugin for Joyent CloudAPI. This plugin gives knife the ability to create, bootstrap, and manage servers on the Joyent Public Cloud as well as Cloud providers powered by Joyent's SmartDataCenter product offering.
For more information on Joyent CloudAPI, see: CloudAPI Documentation
With chef already installed (> 0.10.0):
gem install knife-joyent
For a list of commands:
knife joyent --help
Currently available commands:
knife joyent flavor list <options>
knife joyent image list <options>
knife joyent key add -f <keyfile> -k <name>
knife joyent key delete <name>
knife joyent key list
knife joyent server create (options)
knife joyent server list <options>
knife joyent server reboot <server_id>
knife joyent server resize <server_id> -f <flavor>
knife joyent server start <server_id>
knife joyent server stop <server_id>
knife joyent snapshot create <server_id> <snapshot_name>
knife joyent snapshot delete <server_id> <snapshot_name>
knife joyent snapshot list <server_id>
knife joyent tag create <server_id> <tag> <value>
knife joyent tag delete <server_id> <tag>
knife joyent tag delete <server_id> -A
knife joyent tag list <server_id>
The following options can be specified in your knife configuration file
knife.rb
You can authenticate against CloudAPI using either:
a username and password
knife[:joyent_username] = "Your Joyent CloudAPI username"
knife[:joyent_password] = "Your Joyent CloudAPI password"
or, your ssh key
knife[:joyent_username] = "Your Joyent CloudAPI username"
knife[:joyent_keyname] = "Name of key stored on Joyent"
knife[:joyent_keyfile] = "/path/to/your/private/key"
joyent_api_url
Specify a custom API endpoint, this is required if you want to specify where you want to provision your machines, or if you are using knife with a provider powered by SmartDataCenter.
# Defaults to https://us-west-1.api.joyentcloud.com/
knife[:joyent_api_url] = "https://us-sw-1.api.joyentcloud.com/"
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- Eric Saxby - ModCloth
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