cloud-cli-helpers

helper functions to use the CLI for aws, linode, digital ocean.

Installation

Install the following CLI:
configure each provider that you would like to use according to the instrucions in their docs

clone this repo
edit user_variables.dummy, update the variables, and rename to user_variables.private
- for digital ocean dropshortnames is a key for a part of the name of the instance. You should always use the same key when creating instances. A good practice is to use your initials i.e. ctw. This key will be used to list and remove all instances in your digital ocean setup with that key, so make sure that key is unique to you.
- for aws, the aws_name and aws_initials are equivalent to dropshortnames for digital ocean. All instances with these keys in the name/tag will be removed, so be sure they are unique to you.
in cli-helpers.sh, ensure that line 1 points to your local user_variables.private file
edit your shell's config file (~/.oh-my-zsh, or ~/.profile depending on your setup)
- add source <path_to_cloned_repo>/cli-helpers.sh to your shell's config file
open a new shell, and confirm that you can run drop-list

naming is fairly straightforward, but here is a rundown:

*-list will list all instances with your specified key
- for aws, this can take up to 1 argument, the region you'd like to list
*-create will create an instance with the name you specify as the first argument in your default region (specified in user_variables.private)
- for aws, this can take 1 additional argument, the region to create the instance in
*-delete takes 1 argument, the instance you wish to delete
- for aws, this can take 1 additional argument, the region to delete the instance from
*-remove-all removes all instances with your tag(s) from the specified provider
- for aws, this can take 1 additional argument, the region to delete the instances from
cleanup-all-providers will remove everything with your initials from all providers