fog--fog/README.rdoc

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fog is the Ruby cloud computing library, top to bottom:

* Collections provide a simplified interface, making clouds easier to work with and switch between.
* Requests allow power users to get the most out of the features of each individual cloud.
* Mocks make testing and integrating a breeze.

== Getting Started

  sudo gem install fog

Now type 'fog' to try stuff, confident that fog will let you know what to do. Here is an example of wading through server creation for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud:

  >> server = AWS.servers.create
  ArgumentError: image_id is required for this operation

  >> server = AWS.servers.create(:image_id => 'ami-5ee70037')
  <Fog::AWS::EC2::Server [...]>

  >> server.destroy # cleanup after yourself or regret it, trust me
  true

== Collections

A high level interface to each cloud is provided through collections, such as `images` and `servers`.
You can see a list of available collections by calling `collections` on the connection object. You can try it out using the `fog` command:

  >> AWS.collections
  [:addresses, :directories, :files, :flavors, :images, :key_pairs, :security_groups, :servers, :snapshots, :volumes]

Some collections are available across multiple providers. For example, compute providers have +flavors+, +images+ and +servers+, and storage providers have +directory+ and +file+.

Collections share basic CRUD type operations, such as:
* +all+ - fetch every object of that type from the provider.
* +create+ - initialize a new record locally and a remote resource with the provider.
* +get+ - fetch a single object by it's identity from the provider.
* +new+ - initialize a new record locally, but do not create a remote resource with the provider.

As an example, we'll try initializing and persisting a Rackspace Cloud server:

  require 'fog'

  compute = Fog::Compute.new(
    :provider           => 'Rackspace',
    :rackspace_api_key  => key,
    :rackspace_username => username
  )

  # boot a gentoo server (flavor 1 = 256, image 3 = gentoo 2008.0)
  server = compute.servers.create(:flavor_id => 1, :image_id => 3, :name => 'my_server')
  server.wait_for { ready? } # give server time to boot

  # DO STUFF

  server.destroy # cleanup after yourself or regret it, trust me

== Models

Many of the collection methods return individual objects, which also provide common methods:
* +destroy+ - will destroy the persisted object from the provider
* +save+ - persist the object to the provider
* +wait_for+ - takes a block and waits for either the block to return true for the object or for a timeout (defaults to 10 minutes)

== Mocks

As you might imagine, testing code using Fog can be slow and expensive, constantly turning on and and shutting down instances.
Mocking allows skipping this overhead by providing an in memory representation resources as you make requests.
Enabling mocking easy to use, before you run other commands, simply run:

  Fog.mock!

Then proceed as usual, if you run into unimplemented mocks fog will raise an error and as always contributions are welcome!

== Requests

Requests allow you to dive deeper when the models just can't cut it.
You can see a list of available requests by calling #requests on the connection object.

For instance, ec2 provides methods related to reserved instances that don't have any models (yet). Here is how you can lookup your reserved instances:

  $ fog
  >> AWS[:ec2].describe_reserved_instances
  #<Excon::Response [...]>

It will return an {excon}[http://github.com/geemus/excon] response, which has `body`, `headers` and `status`. Both return nice hashes.

== Go forth and conquer

Play around and use the console to explore or check out the {getting started guide}[http://wiki.github.com/geemus/fog/getting-started-with-fog] for more details. Once you are reading to start scripting fog, here is a quick hint on how to make connections without the command line thing to help you.

  # create a compute connection
  compute = Fog::Compute.new(:provider => 'AWS', :aws_access_key_id => ACCESS_KEY_ID, :aws_secret_access_key => SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
  # compute operations go here

  # create a storage connection
  storage = Fog::Storage.new(:provider => 'AWS', :aws_access_key_id => ACCESS_KEY_ID, :aws_secret_access_key => SECRET_ACCESS_KEY)
  # storage operations go here

geemus says: "That should give you everything you need to get started, but let me know if there is anything I can do to help!"

You should try out the (varying) support fog has for:
* {AWS}[http://aws.amazon.com] [{Compute}[http://aws.amazon.com/ec2], {ELB}[http://aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing], {Storage}[http://aws.amazon.com/s3], {SimpleDB}[http://aws.amazon.com/simpledb]]
* {Blue Box Group}[http://www.blueboxgrp.com] [{Compute}[http://www.blueboxgrp.com/blocks]]
* {Brightbox}[http://www.brightbox.co.uk] [{Compute}[http://beta.brightbox.com/]]
* {Google}[http://www.google.com] [{Storage}[http://code.google.com/apis/storage]]
* Local [Storage]
* {Rackspace}[http://www.rackspace.com] [{Compute}[http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/servers], {Storage}[http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/files]]
* {Slicehost}[http://www.slicehost.com] [{Compute}[http://www.slicehost.com], {DNS}[http://www.slicehost.com]]
* {Terremark}[http://www.terremark.com] [{vCloud Express}[http://vcloudexpress.terremark.com]]

There are also the basics of these providers (that could use your love):
* {GoGrid}[http://www.gogrid.com] [{Compute}[http://www.gogrid.com]]
* {Linode}[http://www.linode.com] [{Compute}[http://www.linode.com], {DNS}[http://www.linode.com]]
* {New Servers}[http://www.newservers.com] [{Compute}[http://www.newservers.com]]
* {Zerigo}[http://www.zerigo.com] [{DNS}[http://www.zerigo.com/managed-dns]]

Enjoy, and let me know what I can do to continue improving fog!

* Follow {@fog}[http://twitter.com/fog] and/or {@geemus}[http://twitter.com/geemus] on Twitter
* Discuss in irc on the {#ruby-fog}[irc://irc.freenode.net/ruby-fog] channel on Freenode
* Discuss via email on the {mailing list}[http://groups.google.com/group/ruby-fog] (note: release notes appear on this list)
* Report bugs or find stuff to work on in {issues}[http://github.com/geemus/fog/issues]
* Learn about {contributing}[http://github.com/geemus/fog/wiki/contributor-guide] or find more info about the {Providers}[http://github.com/geemus/fog/wiki/Providers] (including some todo items)
* See what already uses fog and add your own stuff to {the list}[http://wiki.github.com/geemus/fog/in-the-wild]
* Check out blog posts and other mentions from elsewhere {press}[http://wiki.github.com/geemus/fog/press]

== Sponsorship

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All new work on fog is sponsored by {Engine Yard}[http://engineyard.com]

== Copyright

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