Continuum Analytics: Documentation

# Provider settings

The following provider settings can be used to define settings for creating cloud-based or bare-metal clusters. The `providers.yaml` file can contain credentials and settings for multiple providers.

- Provider settings
  - cloud_provider
  - keyname (optional)
  - location (optional)
  - private_key
  - secret_id (optional)
  - secret_key (optional)
  - security_group (optional)
- Sample providers file

## Provider settings

### cloud_provider

Name of the cloud provider (`ec2`, `none`). Use `none` for bare-metal clusters.

    cloud_provider: ec2

### keyname (optional)

Name of the key to authenticate with the cluster nodes. This setting is used with a cloud provider.

    keyname: my-private-key

### location (optional)

Region or location to use with a cloud provider.

    location: us-east-1

### private_key

Path to the private SSH key on the client machine.

    private_key: ~/.ssh/my-private-key.pem

### secret_id (optional)

Secret ID to authenticate with a cloud provider.

    secret_id: AKIA***************

### secret_key (optional)

Secret key to authenticate with a cloud provider.

    secret_key: RXE*************************************

### security_group (optional)

Security Group to use with a cloud provider. Note that this is the “Group Name” in the AWS Console, not the “Name” or “Group ID”. Note that you will need access to ports 22, 4505, and 4506 from the client machine to the cluster nodes to provision the cluster via SSH and Salt. If this parameter is not specified, then a default Security Group will be created for you, called `anaconda-cluster-default`, with all ports open.

    security_group: my-security-group

## Sample providers file

Below is a sample providers file located in the `~/.acluster/providers.yaml` file that is configured with all required and optional settings. The `providers.yaml` file can contain credentials and settings for multiple providers. The sample providers file shown below defines two providers named `aws_east` and `bare_metal` for cloud-based and bare-metal clusters, respectively.

    aws_east:
      cloud_provider: ec2
      keyname: my-private-key
      location: us-east-1
      private_key: ~/.ssh/my-private-key.pem
      secret_id: AKIAXXXXXX
      secret_key: XXXXXXXXXX
      security_group: my-security-group

    bare_metal:
      cloud_provider: none
      private_key: ~/.ssh/my-private-key