DEPRECATED - 2022-11-22

As of 2022-11-22 this gem is no longer mainained, or supported. Use at your own risk.

The original README.md contents are preserved below.

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VmShepherd

Gem for deploying and destroying a VM on different IAASs such as AWS, vSphere, vCloud, and Openstack

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'vm_shepherd'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install vm_shepherd

Usage

require 'vm_shepherd'

settings =  # A Hash with the expected IaaS specific settings.
            # => See YAML under spec/fixtures/shepherd/ for expected values

# create a new VM
shep = VmShepherd::Shepherd.new(settings: settings)
shep.deploy(path: 'path/to/vm.image')

# destroy an existing VM
shep = VmShepherd::Shepherd.new(settings: settings)
shep.destroy

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/pivotal-cf-experimental/vm_shepherd/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request