vCloud Plugin

Cloudify vCloud plugin description and configuration

Description

The vCloud plugin allows users to use a vCloud based infrastructure for deploying services and applications.

Plugin Requirements:

• Python versions:
  • 2.7.x

Types

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Server

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.Compute

Properties:

• server key-value server configuration.
  • name server name.
  • template VApp template from which server will be spawned. For more information, see the Misc section - VApp template.
  • catalog VApp templates catalog.
  • guest_customization guest customization section
    • public_keys public keys to inject; list of key-value configurations
      • key public ssh key
      • user user name
    • computer_name vm hostname
    • admin_password root password
    • pre_script pre-customization script
    • post_script post-customization script
    • script_executor script executor, ‘/bin/bash’ by default
  • hardware key-value hardware customization section
    • cpu vm cpu count
    • memory vm memory size, in MB
• management_network management network name
• vcloud_config see the vCloud Configuration.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.create creates the VApp.
• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.start starts the VApp, if it’s not already started.
• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.stop stops the VApp, if it’s not already stopped.
• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.delete deletes the VApp and waits for termination.
• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates Server node parameters before creation.

Attributes:

• vcloud_vapp_name created VApp name

Two additional runtime-properties are available on node instances of this type once the cloudify.interfaces.host.get_state operation succeeds:

• networks server networks information.
• ip the private IP (ip on the internal network) of the server.

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Network

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.Network

Properties:

• network key-value network configuration.
  • edge_gateway edge gateway name
  • name network name
  • static_range static ip allocation pool range
  • netmask network netmask
  • gateway_ip network gateway
  • dns list of dns ip addresses
  • dns_suffix dns suffix
  • dhcp dhcp settings
    • dhcp_range DHCP pool range
    • default_lease deault lease in seconds
    • max_lease maximum lease in seconds
• use_external_resource a boolean for setting whether to create the resource or use an existing one. Defaults to false.
• resource_id name to give to the new resource or the name or ID of an existing resource when the use_external_resource property is set to true. Defaults to '' (empty string).
• vcloud_config see the vCloud Configuration.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.create creates the network
• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.delete deletes the network
• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates Network node parameters before creation

Attributes:

• vcloud_network_name network name

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Port

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.Port

Properties:

• port key-value server network port configuration.
  • network network name.
  • ip_allocation_mode ip allocation mode. Can be ‘dhcp’, ‘pool’ or ‘manual’.
  • ip_address ip address if ip allocation mode is ‘manual’.
  • mac_address interface MAC address.
  • primary_interface is interface primary (true or false).
• vcloud_config see the vCloud Configuration.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates Port node parameters

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.FloatingIP

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.VirtualIP

Properties:

• floatingip key-value floating ip configuration.
  • edge_gateway vCloud gateway name
  • public_ip public ip. If not specified public ip will be allocated from the pool of free public ips.
• vcloud_config see the vCloud Configuration.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates FloatingIP node parameters

Attributes:

• public_ip public ip address

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.PublicNAT

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.VirtualIP

Properties:

• nat key-value NAT configuration.
  • edge_gateway vCloud gateway name
  • public_ip public ip. If not specified public ip will be allocated from the pool of free public ips.
• rules key-value NAT rules configuration.
  • protocol network protocol. Can be ‘tcp’, ‘udp’ or ‘any’. Applies only for ‘DNAT’.
  • original_port original port. Applies only for ‘DNAT’.
  • translated_port translated port. Applies only for ‘DNAT’.
  • type list of NAT types. Can be ‘SNAT’, ‘DNAT’ or both.
• use_external_resource a boolean for setting whether to create the resource or use an existing one. Defaults to false.
• vcloud_config see the vCloud Configuration.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates PublicNAT node parameters

Attributes:

• public_ip public ip address

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.KeyPair

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.Root

Properties:

• private_key_path path to private ssh key file.
• public_key key-value public key configuration
  • key ssh public key
  • user user name
• private_key key-value private key configuration
  • create_file: whether to save the file or not, use with auto_generate: true.
• auto_generate: use if you want to auto-generate the key.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates KeyPair node parameters

cloudify.vcloud.nodes.SecurityGroup

Derived From: cloudify.nodes.SecurityGroup

Properties:

• security_group key-value SecurityGroup configuration
  • edge_gateway vCloud gateway name
• rules security group rules; list of key-value configurations
  • protocol ‘tcp’, ‘udp’, ‘icmp’ or ‘any’
  • source source of traffic to apply firewall rule on. Can be ‘internal’, ‘external’, ‘host’, ‘any’, ip address or ip range.
  • source_port port number or ‘any’
  • destination destination of traffic to apply firewall rule on. Can be ‘internal’, ‘external’, ‘host’, ‘any’, ip address or ip range.
  • destination_port port number or ‘any’
  • action ‘allow’ or ‘deny’
  • log_traffic capture traffic, ‘true’ or ‘false’
  • description rule description
• vcloud_config see the vCloud Configuration.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.lifecycle.creation_validation validates SecurityGroup node parameters

Relationships

cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_floating_ip

Description: A relationship for associating FloatingIP node with Server node.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.establish: associates FloatingIP with Server.
• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.unlink: dissociates FloatingIP from Server.

cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_port

Description: A relationship for connecting Server to Port. Note: This relationship has no operations associated with it; The server will use this relationship to connect to the port upon server creation.

cloudify.vcloud.port_connected_to_network

Description: A relationship for connecting Port to Network. Note: This relationship has no operations associated with it.

cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_network

Description: A relationship for connecting Server to Network. Note: This relationship has no operations associated with it; The server will use this relationship to connect to the network upon server creation. It will use DHCP for ip allocation.

cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_public_nat

Description: A relationship for associating PublicNAT and Server.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.establish: associates PublicNAT with Server.
• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.unlink: dissociates PublicNAT from Server.

cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_security_group

Description: A relationship for associating SecurityGroup and Server.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.establish: associates SecurityGroup with Server.
• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.unlink: dissociates SecurityGroup from Server.

cloudify.vcloud.net_connected_to_public_nat

Description: A relationship for associating PublicNAT and Network.

Mapped Operations:

• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.establish: associates PublicNAT with Network.
• cloudify.interfaces.relationship_lifecycle.unlink: dissociates PublicNAT from Network.

Examples

Example I

This example will show how to use some of the types of this plugin.

  
example_server:
    type: cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Server
    properties:
        server:
            name: example-server
            catalog: example-catalog
            template: example-vapp-template
            hardware:
                cpu: 2
                memory: 4096
            guest_customization:
                public_keys:
                    - key: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCi64cS8ZLXP9xgzscr+m7bKBDdnhTxXaarJ8hIVgG5C7FHkF1Yj9Za+JIMqGjlwsOugFt09ZTvR1kQcIXdZQhs5HWhnG8UY7RkuUwO4FOFpL2VtMAleP/ZNXSZIGwwy4Sm/wtYOo8V5GPrJNbQnVtsW2NJNt6mB1geJzlshbl9wpshHlFSOz6jV2L8k2kOq32nt/Wa3qpDk20IbKnO9wJYWHVzvyJ4bTOyHowStAABFEj8O7XmoQp8jdUuTj+qAOgCROTAQh93XbS3PJjaQYBhxLOOreYYeqjKG/8IUlFxtRdUn7MLS6Rd15AP2HnjhjKad2KqnOuFZqiTLBu+CGWf
                      user: ubuntu
                computer_name: { get_input: manager_server_name }
        management_network: existing-network
        vcloud_config: { get_property: [vcloud_configuration, vcloud_config] }
    relationships:
        - target: example_port
          type: cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_port
        - target: example_port2
          type: cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_port
        - target: manager_floating_ip
          type: cloudify.vcloud.server_connected_to_floating_ip

manager_floating_ip:
    type: cloudify.vcloud.nodes.FloatingIP
    properties:
        floatingip:
            edge_gateway: M000000000-1111
            public_ip: 24.44.244.44
        vcloud_config: { get_property: [vcloud_configuration, vcloud_config] }

example_port:
    type: cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Port
    properties:
        port:
            network: existing-network
            ip_allocation_mode: dhcp
            primary_interface: true
        vcloud_config: { get_property: [vcloud_configuration, vcloud_config] }
    relationships:
        - target: example_network
          type: cloudify.vcloud.port_connected_to_network

example_network:
    type: cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Network
    properties:
        use_external_resource: true
        resource_id: existing-network
        vcloud_config: { get_property: [vcloud_configuration, vcloud_config] }

example_port2:
    type: cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Port
    properties:
        port:
            network: new-network
            ip_allocation_mode: manual
            ip_address: 10.10.0.2
            mac_address: 00:50:56:01:01:49
            primary_interface: false
        vcloud_config: { get_property: [vcloud_configuration, vcloud_config] }
    relationships:
        - target: example_network2
          type: cloudify.vcloud.port_connected_to_network

example_network2:
    type: cloudify.vcloud.nodes.Network
    properties:
        network:
            edge_gateway: M000000000-1111
            name: new-network
            static_range: 10.10.0.2-10.10.0.64
            netmask: 255.255.255.0
            gateway_ip: 10.10.0.1/24
            dns: ['10.0.0.1', '8.8.8.8']
            dns_suffix: test
            dhcp:
                dhcp_range: 10.0.0.65-10.0.0.254
                default_lease: 3600
                max_lease: 7200
        vcloud_config: { get_property: [vcloud_configuration, vcloud_config] }

vcloud_configuration:
    type: vcloud_configuration
    properties:
        vcloud_config:
            username: user
            password: pw
            url: https://vchs.vmware.com
            service_type: subscription
            service: M000000000-1111
            vdc: M000000000-1111
            org: M000000000-1111
  

vCloud Configuration

The vCloud plugin requires credentials in order to authenticate and interact with vCloud.

This information will be gathered by the plugin from the following sources, each source possibly partially or completely overriding values gathered from previous ones:

1. JSON file at ~/vcloud_config.json or at a path specified by the value of an environment variable named VCLOUD_CONFIG_PATH
2. values specified in the vcloud_config property for the node whose operation is currently getting executed (in the case of relationship operations, the vcloud_config property of either the source or target nodes will be used if available, with the source’s one taking precedence).

The structure of the JSON file in section (1), as well as of the vcloud_config property in section (2), is as follows:

  
{
    "username": "",
    "password": "",
    "url": "",
    "org": "",
    "vdc": "",
    "service": "",
    "service_type": "",
    "api_version": "",
    "instance": "",
    "org_url": "",
    "ssl_verify": ""
}
  

• username vCloud account username.
• password vCloud account password.
• url vCloud url.
• org Organization name. Required only for ondemand and subscription service types.
• instance Instance uuid. Required only for ondemand service type.
• vdc Virtual Datacenter name.
• service vCloud Service name.
• service_type service type. Can be subscription, ondemand, vcd or private. Private is alias for vcd and both of this types can be used with private vcloud environment without any differences. Defaults to subscription.
• api_version vCloud API version. For Subscription defaults to 5.6, for OnDemand - to 5.7.
• region region name. Applies for OnDemand.
• org_url organization url. Required only for private service type.
• edge_gateway edge gateway name.
• ssl_verify boolean flag for disable ssl certificate checks, have sense only for private cloud service with selfsigned certificates. Defaults to True

Misc

VApp template

Template should have:

• one VM with root disk with OS, SSH server and VMware Tools installed.

Template should not have:

• any networks connected.