Provider settings¶

The following provider settings can be used to define settings for creating cloud-based or bare-metal clusters. The providers.yaml file can contain credentials and settings for multiple providers.

Provider settings
Sample providers file

Provider settings ¶

cloud_provider ¶

Name of the cloud provider (ec2, none). Use none for bare-metal clusters.

cloud_provider: ec2

keyname (optional)¶

Name of the key to authenticate with the cluster nodes. This setting is used with a cloud provider.

keyname: my-private-key

location (optional)¶

Region or location to use with a cloud provider.

location: us-east-1

private_key ¶

Path to the private SSH key on the client machine.

private_key: ~/.ssh/my-private-key.pem

secret_id (optional)¶

Secret ID to authenticate with a cloud provider.

secret_id: AKIA***************

secret_key (optional)¶

Secret key to authenticate with a cloud provider.

secret_key: RXE*************************************

Security Group to use with a cloud provider. Note that this is the “Group Name” in the AWS Console, not the “Name” or “Group ID”. Note that you will need access to ports 22, 4505, and 4506 from the client machine to the cluster nodes to provision the cluster via SSH and Salt. If this parameter is not specified, then a default Security Group will be created for you, called anaconda-cluster-default, with all ports open.

security_group: my-security-group

Sample providers file ¶

Below is a sample providers file located in the ~/.acluster/providers.yaml file that is configured with all required and optional settings. The providers.yaml file can contain credentials and settings for multiple providers. The sample providers file shown below defines two providers named aws_east and bare_metal for cloud-based and bare-metal clusters, respectively.

aws_east:
  cloud_provider: ec2
  keyname: my-private-key
  location: us-east-1
  private_key: ~/.ssh/my-private-key.pem
  secret_id: AKIAXXXXXX
  secret_key: XXXXXXXXXX
  security_group: my-security-group

bare_metal:
  cloud_provider: none
  private_key: ~/.ssh/my-private-key