Gandi CLI

Use $ gandi to easily create and manage web resources from the command line.

• $ gandi domain to buy and manage your domain names
• $ gandi paas to create and deploy your web applications
• $ gandi vm to spin up and upgrade your virtual machines
• $ gandi to list all available commands
• Detailed examples
• All commands

Table of contents

• Requirements
• Installation
• Getting started
• Use cases
  • Registering a Domain Name
  • Creating a Virtual Machine
  • Deploying a Web Application
• Advanced Usage
  • All Commands
  • Build manpage
  • Configuration
  • Development
• Contributing
• License

Requirements

• A compatible operating system (Linux, BSD, Mac OS X/Darwin, Windows)
• Python 2.6/2.7/3.2/3.4

Recommended tools

• pip
• virtualenv

Installation

Install with pip and virtualenv

$ virtualenv /some/directory/gandi.cli
$ source /some/directory/gandi.cli/bin/activate
$ pip install gandi.cli

Build from source

$ cd /path/to/the/repository
$ python setup.py install --user

From the Debian package

$ ln -sf packages/debian debian && debuild -us -uc -b && echo "Bisou"

Getting started

1. To get started, you can create a free Gandi account and get your Gandi Handle
2. Generate your Production API Token from the account admin section
3. You may also want to top-up your prepaid account

Then run the setup

$ gandi setup
> API Key: x134z5x4c5c          # copy-paste your api key
> Environment [production] :    # press enter for Production, the default
> SSH key [~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub] : # your SSH public key for hosting instances and servers

See the Advanced Usage section for more details on configuration.

Use cases

• Registering a domain name
• Creating a virtual machine
• Deploying a web application

Registering a Domain Name

Gandi is a domain name registrar since 1999. The oldest in France and one of the world's leading, Gandi is recognized for its No Bullshit™ trademark and approach to domain names.

You can now buy and manage domains in any of the 500+ TLD's that Gandi offers from the command line.

Know more about Gandi Domains on the website.

1. Buy a domain using the interactive prompt

$ gandi domain create
> Domain: example.com      # enter the domain name here
> example.com is available
> Duration [1] : 1         # enter the duration in years

This will create a domain and use your default information for Ownership, Admin, Technical and Billing info.

2. Buy a domain in one line

$ gandi domain create --domain example.com --duration 1

3. Buy a domain with custom contacts

$ gandi domain create --domain example.com --duration 1 --owner XYZ123-GANDI --admin XYZ123-GANDI --tech XYZ123-GANDI --bill XYZ123-GANDI

You can use the information of Gandi handles associated to Contacts in your account to setup Owner, Admin, Technical and Billing info.

3. List your domains

$ gandi domain list

4. Get information about a domain

$ gandi domain info example.com

Creating a Virtual Machine

Gandi Server offers powerful Xen- and Linux-based virtual machines since 2007.

Virtual machines can be configured and upgraded on the fly to your liking. For example, you can start with 1GB of RAM, and run a command to add 2GB of RAM and 2 CPUs without even having to restart it.

Gandi Server measures consumption by the hour and uses a prepaid credit system. To learn more, check out the Gandi Server website.

1. Create and access a VM

$ gandi vm create
> datacenter: FR
> memory: 256
> cores: 1
> ip_version: 4
> bandwidth: 102400
> login: admin
> hostname: tempo

Create a virtual machine with the default configuration and a random hostname.

2. Upgrade a VM

$ gandi vm update tempo --memory 2024 --cores 2

Set the VM's RAM to 2GB and add a CPU core on the fly.

3. Create a custom VM

$ gandi vm create --datacenter US --hostname docker --cores 2 --ram 3036GB --disk 10GB --image "Ubuntu 14.04 64 bits" --run "curl -s https://get.docker.io/ubuntu | sh"
> datacenter: US
> memory: 3036
> cores: 2
> ip_version: 4
> bandwidth: 102400
> login: admin
> hostname: docker
> image: Ubuntu 14.04 64 bits

This command will setup the above VM, and install docker by running curl -s https://get.docker.io/ubuntu | sh after creation.

4. View your ressources

$ gandi vm list

5. Get all the details about a VM

$ gandi vm info docker

Deploying a Web Application

Gandi Simple Hosting is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) offering fast code deployment and easy scaling, powering over 50,000 apps since its inception in 2012.

Instances can run apps in 4 languages (PHP, Python, Node.js and Ruby) along with one of 3 popular databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB) and operate on a managed platform with built-in http caching.

Plans cover all scales, from small to world-class projects. Check out the website for more information.

1. Create an instance for your app

$ gandi paas create --name myapp --type phpmysql --size S --datacenter FR --duration 1

2. Update code and deploy

$ cd myapp
$ git init .
$ git add .
$ git commit -m 'first commit'
$ git push gandi master
$ gandi deploy

Advanced Usage

All Commands

To list all available commands, type $ gandi --help

For extended instructions, check out the man page.

Build manpage

Install python-docutils and run:

$ rst2man --no-generator gandicli.man.rst > gandi.1.man

Then to read the manpage:

$ man ./gandi.1.man

Configuration

Run $ gandi setup to configure your settings (see Getting started)

Use $ gandi config to set and edit custom variables. The default variables are:

• sshkey # path to your public ssh key
• api.host # the URL of the API endpoint to use (i.e OTE or Production)
• api.key # the relevant API key for the chosen endpoint

Development

To add a new command to the CLI:

• check if there's an existing namespace to either add a command or an option to an already existing one
• each command is composed of 2 python files, located in the commands/ and modules/ directories
  • commands/ contains everything that is related to shell arguments, parameter validation, default values
  • modules/ contains code that uses the Gandi API and can be used by other python scripts, or in the python shell.
  • packages/ contains packaging code (see packages/README.rst)

Code must follow PEP8 recommendations: http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/

Docstrings should follow PEP257 recommendations: http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/

Contributing

Create a git branch with your new feature or bugfix and either:

• mail the patch to feedback@gandi.net,
• send the URL for your branch and we will review/merge it if correct,
• open a merge request on GitHub

License / Copying

Copyright © 2014 Gandi S.A.S

Gandi CLI is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Gandi CLI is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Gandi CLI. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.