mcc 0.1.0

MCC: Command-Line Instance Control for Top 3 Enterprise Cloud Providers

Multi-Cloud-Control is currently in alpha and runs in two modes:

• mcc - Text UI that lists all instances from AWS, Azure and GCP in formatted table

  • Accepts Commands to Start Nodes, Stop Nodes or Quit

  • Additional commands planned include: connect via ssh, image/snapshot nodes, and change nore configuration (hardware, disks, network)

• mccl - Display list of instances from all providers as table and exit

Supported Platforms & Python Versions

Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6

Platforms:

• Linux

• macOS (OS X)

Pre-Reqs

This utility uses some Python libraries which may require compilation during the installation process.

RedHat / CentOS Based Systems

sudo yum install gcc python-devel openssl-devel libffi-devel

Debian / Ubuntu Based Systems:

sudo apt-get install gcc python-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev

Installation

This utility can be installed with pip:

sudo pip install mcc

Configuration

The first time the utility is executed:

• It creates its config directory {HOME}/.cloud

• It copies a sample config.ini file to the config dir

• It instructs the user to add their credential information to config.ini

Notes while editing the config.ini file:

• be careful not to change the names of the keys (titles left of the ‘=’ symbol)

• comment lines may be deleted (lines beginning with #)

config.ini sections

[info]
# example - connect to all three providers
providers = aws,azure,gcp

# the "providers" key specifies which cloud providers to connect to
# it may contain any subset or combination of "aws", "azure" and "gcp"
# each provider listed must have a corresponding credentials section of the same name

[aws] section - specifies your AWS security credentials and default datacenter region. Information on AWS Credentials

[aws]
aws_access_key_id = EXCEWDYSWRP7VZOW4VAW
aws_secret_access_key = CHVsdhV+YgBEjJuZsJNstLGgRY43kZggNHQEh/JK
aws_default_region = us-west-1

[azure] section - specifies your Azure Tenant-ID, Subscription-ID, Application-ID and Application-Secret. Creating an Azure Service Principal

[azure]
az_tenant_id = a3b7de99-6c36-e71f-e7d7-c5a1eefd9c01
az_sub_id = 2ac1b147-fdca-947c-4907-3f302a667100
az_app_id = ee16ad1d-d266-bffa-031c-008ab40d971e
az_app_sec = 22918C9e1cCC7665a+b3e4052f942630aE979CF68/v=

[gcp] section - specifies your Google Compute Service Account, the name of your access key (use JSON formatted key), and your Project ID. Information on Setting up Service Account Authentication

[gcp]
gcp_svc_acct_email = 37646997249-compute@developer.gserviceaccount.com
gcp_pem_file = SampleProject-72fcfdb29717.json
gcp_proj_id = sampleproject-634368

# gcp_pem_file is the filename of the key (JSON file)
# copy the key (JSON file) to the config directory: {HOME}/.cloud