Apache Libcloud

NOTE: For servers created on rackspace London/UK, the Provider must be RACKSPACE_NOVA_LON

Links

IRC #libcloud

Install

pip install apache-libcloud

Debugging

Create your python script, and run it as follows:

LIBCLOUD_DEBUG=/dev/stderr python my_script.py

Sample

Deploy to Rackspace using Libcloud

https://gist.github.com/3053325 misc/deploy_script.py

Site Example (out of date I think)

Example: Creating a Node from http://libcloud.apache.org/getting-started.html

from libcloud.compute.types import Provider
from libcloud.compute.providers import get_driver

INSTALL_OS = 'Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)'
INSTALL_SIZE = '512MB Standard Instance'

RACKSPACE_USER = 'yourusername'
RACKSPACE_KEY = 'yourkey'

driver = get_driver(Provider.RACKSPACE_NOVA_LON)
conn = driver(
    'connexionsw',
    'baa9a2b3f374a48e1888b136a344eff4',
    ex_force_auth_url='https://lon.identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0',
    ex_force_auth_version='2.0')

# retrieve available images and sizes
images = conn.list_images()
for i in images:
    print i.name