bootstrap-vz/README.md

build-debian-cloud python version (preview)

This is a preview of the build-debian-cloud python version.
It currently only supports EBS booted volumes and none of the plugins have been ported.

Suggestions

The reason I release this preview is to get as many suggestions as possible. If you have an idea for how to improve upon the architecture or simply spotted a bug, please feel free to file a bug report. Pull requests are also welcome!

Dependencies

You will need to run debian wheezy with python 2.7 and debootstrap installed. Also the following python libraries are required:

• boto
• jsomschema
• termcolor

Highlights

• The desired image is configured entirely via a JSON manifest file
  • Manifests are validated by a json schemas
  • Support comments
• Proper support for different providers
• The task based system has been completely revamped
  • Higher granularity increases reusability of tasks across providers
  • Tasks are neatly organized into modules
  • A task dependency graph is built to determine the execution order
• Support for rollback actions if something fails
• Logfiles
  • All output from invoked subprocesses is logged

Disclaimer

This is only a preview of the bootstrapper, so you can expect bugs and major architectural changes. Do not expect that the final version will look anything like this.