Merge branch 'master' of [email protected]:davidx/overcast

Author: davidx

README.md

@@ -1,13 +1,36 @@
-== Overcast - Cloud infrastructure management made easy.
+# Overcast - Cloud infrastructure management made easy.
 Assign chef roles to ami images through the use of profiles,
 grow your clusters and converge configurations with dynamic data from data providers.
 
+DISCLAIMER: this is experimental, subject to major refactoring and API changes and may not work for you, please file a ticket or email me with any issues and i'll try'n help. thx.
 
-DISCLAIMER: this may not work for you, please file a ticket or email me with any issues. thx.
+## Usage:
 
-Usage:
-
-    edit config/cloud.yml
-    create AWS security groups for each profile that are listed in config
-    cap overcast:deploy
-    cap overcast:runsolo PROFILE=app ROLE=app
+- Edit config/overcast.yml to your liking.
+Put in a minimum of something like this:
+<pre>
+:defaults:
+  :image_id: ami-6e2eca07
+  :flavor_id: m1.small
+  :availability_zone: us-east-1a
+  :key_name: bootstrap_hostkey
+:profiles:
+  :default:
+    :groups:
+      - default 
+    :roles:
+      - base
+  :app:
+    :image_id: ami-6e2eca07
+    :flavor_id: m1.small
+    :groups:
+      - app
+    :roles:
+      - base
+      - app
+</pre>
+- Create an AWS security group for the group defined in the configuration
+- Deploy the code
+<pre>cap overcast:deploy</pre>
+- Converge by running chef cookbooks assigned to role
+<pre>cap overcast:runsolo PROFILE=app</pre>

config/overcast.yml

@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@
       - testapp
 :system_profiles:
   :defaults:
-    - app-admin/syslog-ng
-    - app-arch/unzip
-    - app-crypt/gnupg
-    - app-editors/vim
-    - app-misc/screen
-    - app-portage/gentoolkit
-    - dev-java/sun-jre-bin
-    - dev-lang/ruby-enterprise
-    - virtual/rubygems
-    - dev-python/bsddb3
-    - dev-util/lafilefixer
-    - net-misc/dhcpcd
-    - sys-devel/libtool
-    - sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs
-    - sys-process/vixie-cron
-    - virtual/jdk
-    - virtual/jre
-    - www-servers/apache
-
+    :packages:
+      - app-admin/syslog-ng
+      - app-arch/unzip
+      - app-crypt/gnupg
+      - app-editors/vim
+      - app-misc/screen
+      - app-portage/gentoolkit
+      - dev-java/sun-jre-bin
+      - dev-lang/ruby-enterprise
+      - virtual/rubygems
+      - dev-python/bsddb3
+      - dev-util/lafilefixer
+      - net-misc/dhcpcd
+      - sys-devel/libtool
+      - sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs
+      - sys-process/vixie-cron
+      - virtual/jdk
+      - virtual/jre
+      - www-servers/apach
   :gentoo32bitAMI:
     :packages: