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@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ Create your own fleet of servers with Digital Ocean and salt-cloud
:slug: create-your-own-fleet-of-servers-with-digital-ocean-and-salt-cloud
:status: published
Have you heard about Digital Ocean? They offer a polished user
interface, KVM guests with SSD storage, and an API to interact with a
cloud of hypervisors. API integration got you down? Don't worry,
salt-cloud has already integrated Digital Ocean among it's list of
providers! The rest of this post illustrates the steps I took to
configure salt-cloud to work with Digital Ocean.
Have you heard about Digital Ocean?
They offer a polished user interface, KVM guests with SSD storage, and an API to interact with a cloud of hypervisors.
API integration got you down?
Don't worry, salt-cloud has already integrated Digital Ocean among it's list of providers!
The rest of this post illustrates the steps I took to configure salt-cloud to work with Digital Ocean.
This guide assumes the following: You already have a salt-master. You
already have a `Digital
Ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=27e015299dc7%20>`__
account.
This guide assumes you already have a:
**Step one,** install the most recent version of salt-cloud
(salt-cloud==2015.5.0) on the salt-master:
* salt-master
* `Digital Ocean <https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=27e015299dc7%20>`__ account.
**Step one,** install the most recent version of salt-cloud.
On the salt-master:
::
@ -31,16 +31,13 @@ account.
# last verify it was successfully installed
salt-cloud --version
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</p>
**Step two,** configure salt-cloud.
**Step two,** configure salt-cloud. Salt-cloud uses the following files
YAML files for configuration:
Salt-cloud uses the following files YAML files for configuration:
| */etc/salt/cloud.conf.d/main.conf*
|     This is the main configuration file. I have the following
statements:
*/etc/salt/cloud.conf.d/main.conf*:
This is the main configuration file. I have the following statements:
::
@ -48,8 +45,8 @@ YAML files for configuration:
master: master.foxhop.net
append_domain: foxhop.net
| */etc/salt/cloud.providers/do.conf*
|     This is a provider configuration file for Digital Ocean (do).
*/etc/salt/cloud.providers/do.conf*:
    This is a provider configuration file for Digital Ocean (do).
Collect your client\_key and personal\_access\_token (api\_key) from
the Digital Ocean user dashboard. Also create an SSH key and add the
public key using the dashboard:
@ -64,8 +61,8 @@ YAML files for configuration:
ssh_key_file: /keys/digital-ocean-salt-cloud
ssh_key_name: digital-ocean-salt-cloud.pub
| */etc/salt/cloud.profiles/do.conf*
|     This is the Digital Ocean profiles configuration file. We will
*/etc/salt/cloud.profiles/do.conf*:
    This is the Digital Ocean profiles configuration file. We will
create just two profiles for now, but you can create unlimited named
combinations.
@ -83,36 +80,29 @@ YAML files for configuration:
size: 512mb
location: nyc1
| *ssh\_key\_file*
|     This is your private SSH key located on your salt-master
*ssh\_key\_file*:
    This is your private SSH key located on your salt-master
| *ssh\_key\_name*
|     This is the name of the public key you added in your Digital
Ocean dashboard
*ssh\_key\_name*:
    This is the name of the public key you added in your Digital Ocean dashboard
| *size*
|     The size or plan you would like to provision,
| 512mb is the smallest plan
*size*:
    The size or plan you would like to provision, 512mb is the smallest plan
| *location*
|     The geographical region, location, and/or data center
*location*:
    The geographical region, location, and/or data center
| *image*
|     The operating system image
*image*:
    The operating system image
After you configure the do provider in /etc/salt/cloud.providers you
gain access to the following commands:
::
gain access to the following commands::
salt-cloud --list-sizes do
salt-cloud --list-locations do
salt-cloud --list-images do
salt-cloud --help
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</p>
**Lets provision a new cloud server!**