Thunder

Thor + Cloud = Thunder
Thunder is a Thor-implemented set of tools for cloud formation.

Setup Tips

Run

$ ./thunder config

Supply your credentials as prompted. The output is at ~/.thunder/config . It is yaml, so adjustments can be made easily without running the wizard again. Any empty string values will preserve the previous value.

• Can be run as an executable:

$ ./thunder                # gives a list of commands
$ ./thunder help [COMMAND] # gives description of command

Basic Launch Steps (AWS)

I recommend changing to a different key pair name, especially if there's a chance that you'll conflict with someone.

You'll need ipa-foundation.rb and ipa-foundation-parameters.yaml. If there's a chance of conflict, you ought to also use a different key pair name from "zoo." You'll have to both use different values in the commands below and use a modified ipa-foundation-key-change.yaml.

Create keypair

$ ./thunder keypair create zoo

Change permissions on keypair

$ chmod 700 ~/.ssh/zoo

Create and wait

$ ./thunder create foo ../foundation/ipa-foundation.rb ../foundation/ipa-foundation-parameters.yaml 
$ ./thunder poll events foo -B

At the bell...

$ ./thunder outputs foo | grep Control

...and that's the ip of your Control machine

$ ssh -i ~/.ssh/zoo root@IP_OF_CONTROL_MACHINE

Switching Between OpenStack and AWS on the fly.

./thunder config lets you choose whether you run OpenStack or AWS by default. If you want to change between them, use the -o or -a option, respectively.