Chapter 9. Connecting to the Cloud
Cloud modules may seem like the most daunting type of Salt module, because of how many functions are required to present a cohesive tool for a cloud provider. Fortunately, connecting to most cloud providers is easy, once you know how. In this chapter, we'll discuss:
- Understanding how cloud components fit together
- Learning which functions are required, and how they are used
- Comparing Libcloud-based modules with direct REST modules
- Writing a generic cloud module
- Troubleshooting cloud modules
Understanding cloud components
The word cloud has suffered from an unfortunate bout of overuse and misuse in recent years, so before we talk about what the components look like, we need to define what we're actually talking about ...
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