Getting started: the compute service¶ ↑
The CloudAtCost UI is pretty terrible,its slow and it stops working most of the time.Moreover you cannot customize the machines.This is where the fog comes to play.
To use fog
You'll need a CloudAtCost account and an API token to use this provider.
Get one from panel.cloudatcost.com.
Click on the settings button in menu. Make sure you add your ip to the allowed ip field.
Write down the API Token.
Connecting, retrieving and managing server objects¶ ↑
First, create a connection to the host:
require 'fog' cac = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => 'CloudAtCost', :email => 'example@email.com', # Your email address :api_key => 'poiuweoruwoeiuroiwuer', # your API Token })
Listing servers¶ ↑
Listing servers and attributes:
cac do |server| puts server.ip puts server.servername puts server.vmname puts server.mode puts server.label end
Server creation and life-cycle management¶ ↑
Creating a new server :
server = cac.servers.create :cpu => 'foobar', # 1, 2, 4 :ram => 1024, # multiple of 4 min 512 :storage => 10, # 10G :template_id => 75 #Template id
The server is automatically started after that.
As you can see you need the template_id to create the server:
cac.templates.each do |image| puts image.id puts image.detail end
Power off a server:
server = cac.servers.first server.power_off
Power on a server:
server.power_on
Destroying the server:
server.destroy