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diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst index 7e2854de..38ba75d8 100644 --- a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources.rst @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Follow for more information. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 + datasources/aliyun.rst datasources/altcloud.rst datasources/azure.rst datasources/cloudsigma.rst diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3f4f40ca --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rtd/topics/datasources/aliyun.rst @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.. _datasource_aliyun: + +Alibaba Cloud (AliYun) +====================== +The ``AliYun`` datasource reads data from Alibaba Cloud ECS. Support is +present in cloud-init since 0.7.9. + +Metadata Service +---------------- +The Alibaba Cloud metadata service is available at the well known url +``http://100.100.100.200/``. For more information see +Alibaba Cloud ECS on `metadata +<https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/zh/faq-detail/49122.htm>`__. + +Versions +^^^^^^^^ +Like the EC2 metadata service, Alibaba Cloud's metadata service provides +versioned data under specific paths. As of April 2018, there are only +``2016-01-01`` and ``latest`` versions. + +It is expected that the dated version will maintain a stable interface but +``latest`` may change content at a future date. + +Cloud-init uses the ``2016-01-01`` version. + +You can list the versions available to your instance with: + +.. code-block:: shell-session + + $ curl http://100.100.100.200/ + 2016-01-01 + latest + +Metadata +^^^^^^^^ +Instance metadata can be queried at +``http://100.100.100.200/2016-01-01/meta-data`` + +.. code-block:: shell-session + + $ curl http://100.100.100.200/2016-01-01/meta-data + dns-conf/ + eipv4 + hostname + image-id + instance-id + instance/ + mac + network-type + network/ + ntp-conf/ + owner-account-id + private-ipv4 + public-keys/ + region-id + serial-number + source-address + sub-private-ipv4-list + vpc-cidr-block + vpc-id + +Userdata +^^^^^^^^ +If provided, user-data will appear at +``http://100.100.100.200/2016-01-01/user-data``. +If no user-data is provided, this will return a 404. + +.. code-block:: shell-session + + $ curl http://100.100.100.200/2016-01-01/user-data + #!/bin/sh + echo "Hello World." + +.. vi: textwidth=78 |