Getting Started With DigitalOcean

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

Configuration

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.

# 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

注解

在 2015.8.0 版更改.

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:

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:

# 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:

# 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:

# 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.

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

Miscellaneous Information

注解

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.

注解

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.

注解

Additional documentation is available from DigitalOcean.