DigitalOcean¶

Synopsis¶

Cloud hosting describes a method of configuring servers in a flexible way to allow for the most affordable, scalable, and reliable web infrastructure.

DigitalOcean is a Cloud hosting provider which provides developer-to-developer forums and tutorials on open source and sysadmin topics.

Help Command¶

This command helps to determine the usage of DigitalOcean. The user will come to know about the different way/format to execute this module. This command guides the end user to know the purpose of this command. Below given are the command and the screenshot of the same.

       ptconfigure DigitalOcean help

kevell@corp:/# ptconfigure DigitalOcean help


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   This is an extension provided for Handling Servers on Digital Ocean.

   DigitalOcean, digitaloceanv1, digital-ocean-v1

       - box-add
       Lets you add boxes to Digital Ocean, and adds them to your papyrusfile
       example: ptconfigure digital-ocean box-add
                   --yes
                   --digital-ocean-ssh-key-path="/home/dave/.ssh/bastion.pub"
                   --digital-ocean-ssh-key-name="bastion"

       - box-destroy
       Will destroy box/es in an environment for you, and remove them from the papyrus file
       example: ptconfigure digital-ocean box-destroy --yes --guess --digital-ocean-ssh-key-path="/home/dave/.ssh/bastion.pub" --digital-ocean-ssh-key-name="bastion"

       - box-destroy-all
       Will destroy all boxes in your digital ocean account - Careful - its irreversible
       example: ptconfigure digital-ocean box-destroy-all --yes --guess

       - save-ssh-key
       Will let you save a local ssh key to your Digital Ocean account, so you can ssh in to your nodes
       securely and without a password
       example: ptconfigure digital-ocean save-ssh-key
                   --yes
                   --digital-ocean-ssh-key-path="/home/dave/.ssh/bastion.pub"
                   --digital-ocean-ssh-key-name="bastion"

       - list
       Will display data about your digital ocean account
       example: ptconfigure digital-ocean list
       example: ptconfigure digital-ocean list --yes
                   --guess # use project saved connection details if possible
                   --type=sizes # droplets, sizes, images, domains, regions, ssh_keys

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Box-add¶

This command helps to add boxes to Digital Ocean, and adds them to your papyrusfile. The below given command will execute the process.

ptconfigure digital-ocean box-add --yes --digital-ocean-ssh-key-path="/home/dave/.ssh/bastion.pub" --digital-ocean-ssh-key-name="bastion"

Box-destroy¶

This command helps to destroy box/es in an environment for you, and remove them from the papyrus file. The below given command will execute the process.

ptconfigure digital-ocean box-destroy --yes --guess --digital-ocean-ssh-key-path="/home/dave/.ssh/bastion.pub" --digital-ocean-ssh-key-name="bastion"

Box-destroy-all¶

This command helps to destroy all boxes in your digital ocean account. The most critical part is it is irreversible.

ptconfigure digital-ocean box-destroy-all --yes --guess

Save-ssh-key¶

This command helps to a local ssh key to your Digital Ocean account, so you can ssh in to your nodes securely and without a password. The below given command will execute the process.

ptconfigure digital-ocean save-ssh-key --yes --digital-ocean-ssh-key-path="/home/dave/.ssh/bastion.pub" --digital-ocean-ssh-key-name="bastion"

List¶

This command helps to display data about your digital ocean account. The below given command will execute the process.

example: ptconfigure digital-ocean list
example: ptconfigure digital-ocean list --yes
            --guess # use project saved connection details if possible
            --type=sizes # droplets, sizes, images, domains, regions, ssh_keys

ptconfigure digital-ocean list

ptconfigure digital-ocean list --yes --guess # use project saved connection details if possible --type=sizes # droplets, sizes, images, domains, regions, ssh_keys

Alternative Parameter¶

There are three alternative parameters which can be used in command line.

DigitalOcean, digitaloceanv1, digital-ocean-v1

Benefits¶

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