salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer¶

SoftLayer Cloud Module¶

The SoftLayer cloud module is used to control access to the SoftLayer VPS system.

Use of this module only requires the apikey parameter. Set up the cloud configuration at:

/etc/salt/cloud.providers or /etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/softlayer.conf:

my-softlayer-config:
  # SoftLayer account api key
  user: MYLOGIN
  apikey: JVkbSJDGHSDKUKSDJfhsdklfjgsjdkflhjlsdfffhgdgjkenrtuinv
  driver: softlayer

The SoftLayer Python Library needs to be installed in order to use the SoftLayer salt.cloud modules. See: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SoftLayer

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.avail_images(call=None)¶

Return a dict of all available VM images on the cloud provider.

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.avail_locations(call=None)¶

List all available locations

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.avail_sizes(call=None)¶

Return a dict of all available VM sizes on the cloud provider with relevant data. This data is provided in three dicts.

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.create(vm_)¶

Create a single VM from a data dict

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.destroy(name, call=None)¶

Destroy a node.

CLI Example:

salt-cloud --destroy mymachine

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.get_configured_provider()¶

Return the first configured instance.

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.get_conn(service='SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest')¶

Return a conn object for the passed VM data

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.get_dependencies()¶

Warn if dependencies aren't met.

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.get_location(vm_=None)¶

Return the location to use, in this order:

• CLI parameter
• VM parameter
• Cloud profile setting

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.list_custom_images(call=None)¶

Return a dict of all custom VM images on the cloud provider.

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.list_nodes(call=None)¶

Return a list of the VMs that are on the provider

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.list_nodes_full(mask='mask[id]', call=None)¶

Return a list of the VMs that are on the provider

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.list_nodes_select(call=None)¶

Return a list of the VMs that are on the provider, with select fields

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.list_vlans(call=None)¶

List all VLANs associated with the account

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.script(vm_)¶

Return the script deployment object

salt.cloud.clouds.softlayer.show_instance(name, call=None)¶

Show the details from SoftLayer concerning a guest