The `DigitalOcean`_ datasource consumes the content served from DigitalOcean's `metadata service`_. This metadata service serves information about the running droplet via HTTP over the link local address 169.254.169.254. The metadata API endpoints are fully described at `https://developers.digitalocean.com/metadata/ `_. Configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DigitalOcean's datasource can be configured as follows: datasource: DigitalOcean: retries: 3 timeout: 2 - *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 .. _DigitalOcean: http://digitalocean.com/ .. _metadata service: https://developers.digitalocean.com/metadata/ .. _Full documentation: https://developers.digitalocean.com/metadata/