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authorDavid Dymko <dymkod@gmail.com>2021-04-13 14:15:34 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-04-13 14:15:34 -0400
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Add Vultr support (#827)
This PR adds in support so that cloud-init can run on instances deployed on Vultr cloud. This was originally brought up in #628. Co-authored-by: Eric Benner <ebenner@vultr.com>
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-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst1
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst2
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst35
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/network-config.rst5
4 files changed, 42 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst
index f58b2b38..f3e13edc 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/availability.rst
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ environments in the public cloud:
- AltCloud
- SmartOS
- UpCloud
+- Vultr
Additionally, cloud-init is supported on these private clouds:
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst
index 228173d2..497b1467 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ The following is a list of documents for each supported datasource:
datasources/smartos.rst
datasources/upcloud.rst
datasources/zstack.rst
-
+ datasources/vultr.rst
Creation
========
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e73406a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/vultr.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+.. _datasource_vultr:
+
+Vultr
+=====
+
+The `Vultr`_ datasource retrieves basic configuration values from the locally
+accessible `metadata service`_. All data is served over HTTP from the address
+169.254.169.254. The endpoints are documented in,
+`https://www.vultr.com/metadata/
+<https://www.vultr.com/metadata/>`_
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+Vultr's datasource can be configured as follows:
+
+ datasource:
+ Vultr:
+ url: 'http://169.254.169.254'
+ retries: 3
+ timeout: 2
+ wait: 2
+
+- *url*: The URL used to aquire the metadata configuration from
+- *retries*: Determines the number of times to attempt to connect to the
+ metadata service
+- *timeout*: Determines the timeout in seconds to wait for a response from the
+ metadata service
+- *wait*: Determines the timeout in seconds to wait before retrying after
+ accessible failure
+
+.. _Vultr: https://www.vultr.com/
+.. _metadata service: https://www.vultr.com/metadata/
+
+.. vi: textwidth=78
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/network-config.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/network-config.rst
index 07cad765..5f7a74f8 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/network-config.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/network-config.rst
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ The following Datasources optionally provide network configuration:
- `UpCloud JSON metadata`_
+- :ref:`datasource_vultr`
+
+ - `Vultr JSON metadata`_
+
For more information on network configuration formats
.. toctree::
@@ -262,5 +266,6 @@ Example output converting V2 to sysconfig:
.. _OpenStack Metadata Service Network: https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/nova-specs/specs/liberty/implemented/metadata-service-network-info.html
.. _SmartOS JSON Metadata: https://eng.joyent.com/mdata/datadict.html
.. _UpCloud JSON metadata: https://developers.upcloud.com/1.3/8-servers/#metadata-service
+.. _Vultr JSON metadata: https://www.vultr.com/metadata/
.. vi: textwidth=78