Provision is a Python module that enables users to deploy customized nodes, either via shell commands, or as a Python library. Building on Apache Libcloud, which provides a common API for various providers, Provision allows users to specify, for a new node, which files get installed, which scripts get run, and which public keys have access, in a flexible yet repeatable way.
In addition to basic configuration decisions (such as disk image, size, provider, location, and name), Provision supports four conceptually distinct components that determine how a node gets deployed.
1. Public keys that grant their respective private keys root access on the deployed node.
Files that get copied into their specified location on the node.
3. Script templates supporting run time variable substitution that get run on the node.
4. Minimal Python configuration code for setting secret keys, creating named bundles of scripts and files for specific functionality, etc.
Provision applications are themselves automatically configured from the provision/defaults directory and optional, additional configuration directories which themselves contain an __init__.py file, and possible subdirectories of files, scripts and public keys.
These additional configuration directories can be used to change the default configuration parameters in any way, and are typically used to set secret API keys, access keys, and define site-specific functionality bundles.
A Bundle is a named collection of files and scripts that will get installed and run on the deployed node. You can specify a default set of Bundle names that will get installed for every new node, as well as specifying which additional bundles to install via command line or library interface.
Installation:
Provision uses distribute.setuptools for installation and test running.
To install, cd to top level directory and run:
python setup.py install
To run tests, cd to top level directory and run:
python setup.py test
Usage:
In the following scenarios, it's assumed that there's a ~/.provision/secrets directory which sets the default authentication credentials.
The following commands are available after installation:
- deploy-node Typical usage: $ deploy-node -b dev deploy a node with 'dev' bundle
- list-nodes Typical usage: $ list-nodes print a list of nodes
- destroy-node Typical usage: $ deploy-node nodename destroy node named 'nodename'
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Requirements:
· Python
· apache-libcloud
· paramiko
· pycrypto
· Argparse
· python-cloudfiles
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