pkgcloud
pkgcloud is a standard library for node.js that abstracts away differences among multiple cloud providers.
- Getting started
- Compute
- Storage
- Database
- DNS (beta)
- Block Storage (beta)
- Load Balancers (beta)
- Orchestration (beta)
- Network (beta)
- CDN (beta)
- Fine Print
Getting Started
You can install pkgcloud
via npm
or add to it to dependencies in your package.json
file:
npm install pkgcloud
Currently there are nine service types which are handled by pkgcloud:
- Compute
- Storage
- Database
- DNS (beta)
- Block Storage (beta)
- Load Balancers (beta)
- Network (beta)
- Orchestration (beta)
- CDN (beta)
In our Roadmap, we plan to add support for more services, such as Queueing, Monitoring, and more. Additionally, we plan to implement more providers for the beta services, thus moving them out of beta.
User Agent
By default, all pkgcloud HTTP requests will have a user agent with the library and version: nodejs-pkgcloud/x.y.z
where x.y.z
is the current version.
You can get this from a client at any time by calling client.getUserAgent();
. Some providers may have an additional suffix as a function of the underlying HTTP stacks.
You can also set a custom User Agent prefix:
client; // returns "my-app/1.2.3 nodejs-pkgcloud/1.1.0"client;
Basic APIs for pkgcloud
Services provided by pkgcloud
are exposed in two ways:
- By service type: For example, if you wanted to create an API client to communicate with a compute service you could simply:
var client = compute;
- By provider name: For example, if you knew the name of the provider you wished to communicate with you could do so directly:
var client = providersjoyentcompute;
All API clients exposed by pkgcloud
can be instantiated through pkgcloud[serviceType].createClient({ ... })
or pkcloud.providers[provider][serviceType].createClient({ ... })
.
Unified Vocabulary
Due to the differences between the vocabulary for each service provider, pkgcloud uses its own unified vocabulary.
Note: Unified vocabularies may not yet be defined for beta services.
Supported APIs
Supporting every API for every cloud service provider in Node.js is a huge undertaking, but that is the long-term goal of pkgcloud
. Special attention has been made to ensure that each service type has enough providers for a critical mass of portability between providers (i.e. Each service implemented has multiple providers).
If a service does not have at least two providers, it is considered a beta interface; We reserve the right to improve the API as multiple providers will allow generalization to be better determined.
- Compute
- Storage
- Database
- DNS (beta)
- Block Storage (beta)
- Load Balancers (beta)
- Orchestration (beta)
- Network (beta)
- CDN (beta)
Compute
The pkgcloud.compute
service is designed to make it easy to provision and work with VMs. To get started with a pkgcloud.compute
client just create one:
var client = compute;
Each compute provider takes different credentials to authenticate; these details about each specific provider can be found below:
Each instance of pkgcloud.compute.Client
returned from pkgcloud.compute.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Server
client.getServers(function (err, servers) { })
client.createServer(options, function (err, server) { })
client.destroyServer(serverId, function (err, server) { })
client.getServer(serverId, function (err, server) { })
client.rebootServer(server, function (err, server) { })
Image
client.getImages(function (err, images) { })
client.getImage(imageId, function (err, image) { })
client.destroyImage(image, function (err, ok) { })
client.createImage(options, function (err, image) { })
Flavor
client.getFlavors(function (err, flavors) { })
client.getFlavor(flavorId, function (err, flavor) { })
Storage
The pkgcloud.storage
service is designed to make it easy to upload and download files to various infrastructure providers. Special attention has been paid so that methods are streams and pipe-capable.
To get started with a pkgcloud.storage
client just create one:
var client = storage;
Each storage provider takes different credentials to authenticate; these details about each specific provider can be found below:
Each instance of pkgcloud.storage.Client
returned from pkgcloud.storage.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Container
client.getContainers(function (err, containers) { })
client.createContainer(options, function (err, container) { })
client.destroyContainer(containerName, function (err) { })
client.getContainer(containerName, function (err, container) { })
File
client.upload(options)
client.download(options, function (err) { })
client.getFiles(container, function (err, files) { })
client.getFile(container, file, function (err, server) { })
client.removeFile(container, file, function (err) { })
Both the .upload(options)
and .download(options)
have had careful attention paid to make sure they are pipe and stream capable:
Upload a File
var pkgcloud =fs = ;var client = pkgcloudstorage;var readStream = fs;var writeStream = client;writeStream;writeStream;readStream;
Download a File
var pkgcloud =fs = ;var client = pkgcloudstorage;client;
Databases
The pkgcloud.database
service is designed to consistently work with a variety of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) providers.
To get started with a pkgcloud.storage
client just create one:
var client = database;
Each database provider takes different credentials to authenticate; these details about each specific provider can be found below:
- CouchDB
- MongoDB
- Redis
- MySQL
- Azure Tables
Due to the various differences in how these DBaaS providers provision databases only a small surface area of the API for instances of pkgcloud.database.Client
returned from pkgcloud.database.createClient
is consistent across all providers:
client.create(options, callback)
All of the individual methods are documented for each DBaaS provider listed above.
DNS -- Beta
Note: DNS is considered Beta until there are multiple providers; presently only Rackspace are supported.
The pkgcloud.dns
service is designed to make it easy to manage DNS zones and records on various infrastructure providers. Special attention has been paid so that methods are streams and pipe-capable.
To get started with a pkgcloud.dns
client just create one:
var client = dns;
Providers
Each instance of pkgcloud.dns.Client
returned from pkgcloud.dns.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Zone
client.getZones(details, function (err, zones) { })
client.getZone(zone, function (err, zone) { })
client.createZone(details, function (err, zone) { })
client.updateZone(zone, function (err) { })
client.deleteZone(zone, function (err) { })
Record
client.getRecords(zone, function (err, records) { })
client.getRecord(zone, record, function (err, record) { })
client.createRecord(zone, record, function (err, record) { })
client.updateRecord(zone, record, function (err, record) { })
client.deleteRecord(zone, record, function (err) { })
Block Storage -- Beta
Note: Block Storage is considered Beta until there are multiple providers; presently only Openstack and Rackspace are supported.
The pkgcloud.blockstorage
service is designed to make it easy to create and manage block storage volumes and snapshots.
To get started with a pkgcloud.blockstorage
client just create one:
var client = blockstorage;
Providers
Each instance of pkgcloud.blockstorage.Client
returned from pkgcloud.blockstorage.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Volume
client.getVolumes(options, function (err, volumes) { })
client.getVolume(volume, function (err, volume) { })
client.createVolume(details, function (err, volume) { })
client.updateVolume(volume, function (err, volume) { })
client.deleteVolume(volume, function (err) { })
Snapshot
client.getSnapshots(options, function (err, snapshots) { })
client.getSnapshot(snapshot, function (err, snapshot) { })
client.createSnapshot(details, function (err, snapshot) { })
client.updateSnapshot(snapshot, function (err, snapshot) { })
client.deleteSnapshot(snapshot, function (err) { })
Load Balancers -- Beta
Note: Load Balancers is considered Beta until there are multiple providers; presently only Rackspace are supported.
The pkgcloud.loadbalancer
service is designed to make it easy to create and manage block storage volumes and snapshots.
To get started with a pkgcloud.loadbalancer
client just create one:
var client = loadbalancer;
Providers
Each instance of pkgcloud.loadbalancer.Client
returned from pkgcloud.loadbalancer.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
LoadBalancers
client.getLoadBalancers(options, function (err, loadBalancers) { })
client.getLoadBalancer(loadBalancer, function (err, loadBalancer) { })
client.createLoadBalancer(details, function (err, loadBalancer) { })
client.updateLoadBalancer(loadBalancer, function (err) { })
client.deleteLoadBalancer(loadBalancer, function (err) { })
Nodes
client.getNodes(loadBalancer, function (err, nodes) { })
client.addNodes(loadBalancer, nodes, function (err, nodes) { })
client.updateNode(loadBalancer, node, function (err) { })
client.removeNode(loadBalancer, node, function (err) { })
Network -- Beta
Note: Network is considered Beta until there are multiple providers; presently only HP & Openstack providers are supported.
The pkgcloud.network
service is designed to make it easy to create and manage networks.
To get started with a pkgcloud.network
client just create one:
var client = network;
Providers
Each instance of pkgcloud.network.Client
returned from pkgcloud.network.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Networks
client.getNetworks(options, function (err, networks) { })
client.getNetwork(network, function (err, network) { })
client.createNetwork(options, function (err, network) { })
client.updateNetwork(network, function (err, network) { })
client.deleteNetwork(network, function (err, networkId) { })
Subnets
client.getSubnets(options, function (err, subnets) { })
client.getSubnet(subnet, function (err, subnet) { })
client.createSubnet(options, function (err, subnet) { })
client.updateSubnet(subnet, function (err, subnet) { })
client.deleteSubnet(subnet, function (err, subnetId) { })
Ports
client.getPorts(options, function (err, ports) { })
client.getPort(port, function (err, port) { })
client.createPort(options, function (err, port) { })
client.updatePort(port, function (err, port) { })
client.deletePort(port, function (err, portId) { })
Orchestration -- Beta
Note: Orchestration is considered Beta until there are multiple providers; presently only Openstack are supported.
The pkgcloud.orchestration
service is designed to allow you to access Openstack Heat via node.js. You can manage stacks and resources from within any node.js application.
To get started with a pkgcloud.orchestration
client just create one:
var client = orchestration;
Providers
Each instance of pkgcloud.orchestration.Client
returned from pkgcloud.orchestration.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Stack
client.getStack(stack, function (err, stack) { })
client.getStacks(options, function (err, stacks) { })
client.createStack(details, function (err, stack) { })
client.previewStack(details, function (err, stack) { })
client.adoptStack(details, function (err, stack) { })
client.updateStack(stack, function (err, stack) { })
client.deleteStack(stack, function (err) { })
client.abandonStack(stack, function (err, abandonedStack) { })
client.getTemplate(stack, function (err, template) { })
Resources
client.getResource(stack, resource, function (err, resource) { })
client.getResources(stack, function (err, resources) { })
client.getResourceTypes(function (err, resourceTypes) { })
client.getResourceSchema(resourceType, function (err, resourceSchema) { })
client.getResourceTemplate(resourceType, function (err, resourceTemplate) { })
Events
client.getEvent(stack, resource, eventId, function (err, event) { })
client.getEvents(stack, function (err, events) { })
client.getResourceEvents(stack, resource, function (err, events) { })
Templates
client.validateTemplate(template, function (err, template) { })
CDN -- Beta
Note: CDN is considered Beta until there are multiple providers; presently only Openstack and Rackspace are supported.
The pkgcloud.cdn
service is designed to allow you to access Openstack Poppy via node.js. You can manage services and flavors from within any node.js application.
To get started with a pkgcloud.cdn
client just create one:
var client = cdn;
Providers
Each instance of pkgcloud.cdn.Client
returned from pkgcloud.cdn.createClient
has a set of uniform APIs:
Base
client.getHomeDocument(function (err, homeDocument) { })
client.getPing(function (err) { })
Service
client.getService(service, function (err, service) { })
client.getServices(options, function (err, services) { })
client.createService(details, function (err, service) { })
client.updateService(service, function (err, service) { })
client.deleteService(service, function (err) { })
Service Assets
client.deleteServiceCachedAssets(service, assetUrl, function(err) { })
Flavors
client.getFlavor(flavor, function (err, flavor) { })
client.getFlavors(options, function (err, flavors) { })
Installation
$ npm install pkgcloud
Tests
To run the tests you will need mocha@1.9.x
or higher. You may install all
the requirements with:
$ npm install
Then run the tests:
$ npm test
The tests use the hock
library for mock up the response of providers, so the tests run without do any connection to the providers, there is a notorius advantage of speed on that, also you can run the tests without Internet connection and also can highlight a change of API just disabling hock
.
Running tests without mocks
By default the npm test
command run the tests enabling hock
. And sometimes you will want to test against the live provider, so you need to do this steps, in order to test without mocks.
- Copy a provider config file from
test/configs/mock
totest/configs
- Fill in with your own credentials for the provider.
- (Optional) The compute test suite run the common tests for all providers listed on
test/configs/providers.json
, there you can enable or disable providers. - Run the tests using mocha.
Mocha installed globally$ mocha -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.jsLinux/Mac - Mocha installed locally$ ./node_modules/.bin/mocha -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.jsWindows - Mocha installed locally:$ node_modules\.bin\mocha.cmd -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.js
Other ways to run the tests
Also you can run the tests directly using mocha
with hock
enabled:
Linux/Mac - Mocha installed globally:$ MOCK=on mocha -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.jsLinux/Mac - Mocha installed locally:$ MOCK=on node_modules/.bin/mocha -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.jsWindows - Mocha installed globally:$ set MOCK=on&mocha -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.jsWindows - Mocha installed locally:$ set MOCK=on&node_modules\.bin\mocha.cmd -R spec test/*/*/*-test.js test/*/*/*/*-test.js
Even better, you can run the tests for some specific provider:
Linux/Mac - Mocha installed globally:$ MOCK=on mocha -R spec test/iriscouch/*/*-test.jsLinux/Mac - Mocha installed locally:$ MOCK=on ./node_modules/.bin/mocha -R spec test/iriscouch/*/*-test.jsWindows - Mocha installed globally:$ set MOCK=on&mocha -R spec test/iriscouch/*/*-test.jsWindows - Mocha installed locally:$ set MOCK=on&node_modules\.bin\mocha.cmd -R spec test/iriscouch/*/*-test.js
Logging
Any client you create with createClient
can emit logging events. If you're interested in more detail from the internals of pkgcloud
, you can wire up an event handler for log events.
var client = pkgcloud.compute.createClient(options); client.on('log::*', function(message, object) { if (object) { console.log(this.event.split('::')[1] + ' ' + message); console.dir(object); } else { console.log(this.event.split('::')[1] + ' ' + message); }});
The valid log events raised are log::debug
, log::verbose
, log::info
, log::warn
, and log::error
. There is also a more detailed logging example using pkgcloud with Winston.
Code Coverage
You will need jscoverage installed in order to run code coverage. There seems to be many forks of the jscoverage project, but the recommended one is node-jscoverage, because we use node-coveralls to report coverage to http://coveralls.io. node-coveralls requires output from mocha-lcov-reporter, whose documentation mentions node-jscoverage.
Warning
Running coverage will mess with your lib folder. It will make a backup lib-bak before running and restore it if the coverage task runs successfully.
In order to simplify cleanup if something goes wrong, it is recommended to have all all new files added and all changes committed before running coverage, so you'll be able to restore with these commands if something goes wrong:
git clean -fdgit checkout lib
Coverage Pre-requisites
Please make sure jscoverage has been installed following the instructions at node-jscoverage.
Local Coverage
make test-cov
Run Coverage locally and send to coveralls.io
Travis takes care of coveralls, so this shouldn't be necessary unless you're troubleshooting a problem with Travis/Coveralls. You'll need to have access to the coveralls repo_token, which should only be visible to pkgcloud/pkgcloud admins.
- Create a .coveralls.yml containing the repo_token from https://coveralls.io/r/pkgcloud/pkgcloud
- Run
make test-coveralls
Contribute!
We welcome contribution to pkgcloud
by any and all individuals or organizations. Before contributing please take a look at the Contribution Guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md.
We are pretty flexible about these guidelines, but the closer you follow them the more likely we are to merge your pull-request.
Roadmap
- Backport latest fixes from
node-cloudfiles
andnode-cloudservers
- Implement more providers for Block Storage, DNS, and Load Balancing
- Add more services: Monitoring, Queueing, Autoscale.
- Implement
fs
compatible file API. - Support additional service providers.