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Warosaurus
Warosaurus

Reputation: 530

Where can I store a cloud config file?

I'm installing CoreOS on a home computer (for fun), now every time I re-install the OS I have to manually create the a cloud-config.yaml file to pass to the install script.

Reading the docs on the CoreOS site it states there is a way to store these files in a repository (seen here: https://coreos.com/docs/cluster-management/setup/adding-users/).

They aren't very clear as to what kind of repository and as I am new to this I was wondering if there was anyone with maybe a "protip" or hopefully a standard approach as to where I can store these files.

If they mean store these files on something like Github then is that a good approach? Or do they mean something a little more private hopefully password protected.

How do you store and retrieve your cloud config files?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 504

Answers (2)

Rob
Rob

Reputation: 2456

You can use any sort of source repository, including Github. That sentence was mostly intended to push people towards using a pull request type workflow to ensure that only the proper public keys, etc end up on their servers. Handling sensitive secrets in a repo is up to your org's policy, etc.

Very similar to how many people version and work on Chef recipes.

Upvotes: 1

Brian Redbeard
Brian Redbeard

Reputation: 700

You can use any HTTP endpoint to store the data. That means httpd or nginx behind your firewall or even S3 or GitHub Gists. Make sure if you use a gist though that you make it secret if you put a SHA password hash though.

As an example. One other thing to remember is that you'll need to use the "raw" version of the link.

Upvotes: 1

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