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diff --git a/README_GCE.txt b/README_GCE.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b2f6aec21 --- /dev/null +++ b/README_GCE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ + +GCE Setup Instructions + +Get a gce service key +--------------------- +1. ping twiest and ask for a GCE service key + + +Convert a GCE service key into a pem (for ansible) +-------------------------------------------------- +1. The gce service key looks something like this: os302gce-ef83bd90f261.p12 +2. the ef83bd90f261 part is the public hash +3. Be in the same directory as the p12 key file. +4. The commands below should be copy / paste-able +5. Run these commands: + # Temporarily set hash variable + export GCE_KEY_HASH=ef83bd90f261 + + # Convert the service key (note: 'notasecret' is literally what we want here) + openssl pkcs12 -in os302gce-${GCE_KEY_HASH}.p12 -passin pass:notasecret -nodes -nocerts | openssl rsa -out os302gce-${GCE_KEY_HASH}.pem + + # Move the converted service key to the .ssh dir + mv os302gce-${GCE_KEY_HASH}.pem ~/.ssh + + # Set a sym link so it's easy to reference + ln -s ~/.ssh/os302gce-${GCE_KEY_HASH}.pem ~/.ssh/os302gce_priv_key.pem + +6. Once this is done, put the original service key file (os302gce-ef83bd90f261.p12) somewhere safe, or delete it (your call, I don't know what else we'll use it for, and we can always regen it if needed) + + + +Install Dependencies (not needed for ctl1) +------------------------------------------ +1. Ansible requires libcloud for gce operations: + yum install -y ansible python-libcloud + + +Test The Setup +-------------- +1. cd li-ops/cloud +2. Try to list all instances: + ./cloud.rb gce list + +3. Try to create an instance: + ./cloud.rb gce launch -n ${USER}-minion1 -e int --type os3-minion |