Getting Started With Scaleway¶

Scaleway is the first IaaS host worldwide to offer an ARM based cloud. It’s the ideal platform for horizontal scaling with BareMetal SSD servers. The solution provides on demand resources: it comes with on-demand SSD storage, movable IPs , images, security group and an Object Storage solution. https://scaleway.com

Configuration¶

Using Salt for Scaleway, requires an access key and an API token. API tokens are unique identifiers associated with your Scaleway account. To retrieve your access key and API token, log-in to the Scaleway control panel, open the pull-down menu on your account name and click on "My Credentials" link.

If you do not have API token you can create one by clicking the "Create New Token" button on the right corner.

# Note: This example is for /etc/salt/cloud.providers or any file in the
# /etc/salt/cloud.providers.d/ directory.

my-scaleway-config:
  access_key: 15cf404d-4560-41b1-9a0c-21c3d5c4ff1f
  token: a7347ec8-5de1-4024-a5e3-24b77d1ba91d
  driver: scaleway

Note

Changed in version 2015.8.0.

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:

scalewa-ubuntu:
  provider: my-scaleway-config
  image: Ubuntu Trusty (14.04 LTS)

Images can be obtained using the --list-images option for the salt-cloud command:

#salt-cloud --list-images my-scaleway-config
my-scaleway-config:
  ----------
  scaleway:
      ----------
      069fd876-eb04-44ab-a9cd-47e2fa3e5309:
          ----------
          arch:
              arm
          creation_date:
              2015-03-12T09:35:45.764477+00:00
          default_bootscript:
              {u'kernel': {u'dtb': u'', u'title': u'Pimouss 3.2.34-30-std', u'id': u'cfda4308-cd6f-4e51-9744-905fc0da370f', u'path': u'kernel/pimouss-uImage-3.2.34-30-std'}, u'title': u'3.2.34-std #30 (stable)', u'id': u'c5af0215-2516-4316-befc-5da1cfad609c', u'initrd': {u'path': u'initrd/c1-uInitrd', u'id': u'1be14b1b-e24c-48e5-b0b6-7ba452e42b92', u'title': u'C1 initrd'}, u'bootcmdargs': {u'id': u'd22c4dde-e5a4-47ad-abb9-d23b54d542ff', u'value': u'ip=dhcp boot=local root=/dev/nbd0 USE_XNBD=1 nbd.max_parts=8'}, u'organization': u'11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111', u'public': True}
          extra_volumes:
              []
          id:
              069fd876-eb04-44ab-a9cd-47e2fa3e5309
          modification_date:
              2015-04-24T12:02:16.820256+00:00
          name:
              Ubuntu Vivid (15.04)
          organization:
              a283af0b-d13e-42e1-a43f-855ffbf281ab
          public:
              True
          root_volume:
              {u'name': u'distrib-ubuntu-vivid-2015-03-12_10:32-snapshot', u'id': u'a6d02e63-8dee-4bce-b627-b21730f35a05', u'volume_type': u'l_ssd', u'size': 50000000000L}
...

Execute a query and return all information about the nodes running on configured cloud providers using the -Q option for the salt-cloud command:

# salt-cloud -F
[INFO    ] salt-cloud starting
[INFO    ] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): api.scaleway.com
my-scaleway-config:
  ----------
  scaleway:
      ----------
      salt-manager:
          ----------
          creation_date:
              2015-06-03T08:17:38.818068+00:00
          hostname:
              salt-manager
...

Note

Additional documentation about Scaleway can be found at https://www.scaleway.com/docs.