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# UpCloud-python-api
Python client for [UpCloud's API](https://www.upcloud.com/documentation/api/).

NOTE: This Python client is still work-in-progress and is not considered production ready.

## Installation

```
pip install --pre upcloud-api-python

# with older pip:
pip install upcloud-api-python
```

Alternatively, clone the project and run
```
python setup.py install
```

**Supported versions** (offline tests pass with tox):

* python 3.2
* python 3.3
* python 3.4
* python 3.5
* pypi3 2.4.0

## Features
* OOP based management of Servers, Storages and IP-addresses with full CRUD.
* since 0.2: manage both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
* since 0.1.1: can use custom storage templates in addition to public templates
* Clear way to define your infrastructure, emphasis on clear and easy syntax
* Access all the data of the objects ( e.g. ssh credentials )
* Scale horizontally by creating / destroying servers
* Scale vertically by changing the RAM, CPU, storage specs of any server
* Manage firewall (on/off and individual rules)
* since 0.2: full management of firewall rules

**TODO:**
* Cloning of storages
* Full management of special storage types:
* CDROMs, custom OS templates
* (custom templates can already be cloned to a disk via UUID)
* Full management of backups (instant and scheduled)

**Changelog:**
* See the [Releases page](https://github.com/UpCloudLtd/upcloud-python-api/releases)

**Documentation:**
* Available [here](http://upcloudltd.github.io/upcloud-python-api/)



## Examples

Note that operations are not instant, for example a server is not fully shut down when the API responds.
You must take this into account in your automations.

### Defining and creating Servers

```python
import upcloud
from upcloud import Server, Storage, ZONE

manager = upcloud.CloudManager("api_user", "password")
manager.authenticate() # test credentials

cluster = {
"web1": Server( core_number = 1, # CPU cores
memory_amount = 512, # RAM in MB
hostname = "web1.example.com",
zone = ZONE.London, # ZONE.Helsinki and ZONE.Chicago available also
storage_devices = [
# OS: Ubuntu 14.04 from template
# default tier: maxIOPS, the 100k IOPS storage backend
Storage(os = "Ubuntu 14.04", size=10),
# secondary storage, hdd for reduced cost
Storage(size=100, tier="hdd")
]),

"web2": Server( core_number = 1,
memory_amount = 512,
hostname = "web2.example.com",
zone = ZONE.London,
storage_devices = [
Storage(os = "Ubuntu 14.04", size=10),
Storage(size=100, tier="hdd"),
]),

"db": Server( core_number = 2,
memory_amount = 2048,
hostname = "db.example.com",
zone = ZONE.London,
storage_devices = [
Storage(os = "Ubuntu 14.04", size=10),
Storage(size=100),
]),

"lb": Server( core_number = 2,
memory_amount = 1024,
hostname = "balancer.example.com",
zone = ZONE.London,
storage_devices = [
Storage(os = "Ubuntu 14.04", size=10)
])
}

for server in cluster:
manager.create_server( cluster[server] ) # automatically populates the Server objects with data from API

```

### Stop / Start / Destroy Servers
```python

for server in cluster:
server.shutdown()
# OR:
server.start()
# OR:
server.destroy()
for storage in server.storage_devices:
storage.destroy()

```

### Upgrade a Server
```python

server = cluster["web1"]
server.shutdown()
server.core_number = 4
server.memory_amount = 4096
server.save()
server.start()

```

### GET resources:
```python

servers = manager.get_servers()
server1 = manager.get_server(UUID) # e.g servers[0].uuid
storages = manager.get_storages()
storage1 = manager.get_storage(UUID) # e.g sever1.storage_devices[0].uuid
ip_addrs = manager.get_IPs()
ip_addr = manager.get_IP(address) # e.g server1.ip_addresses[0].address

```

## Tests

Set up environment and install dependencies:

```
# run at project root, python3 and virtualenv must be installed
virtualenv ENV
source ENV/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Install the package in editable mode, as mentioned in
[https://pytest.org/latest/goodpractises.html](https://pytest.org/latest/goodpractises.html)

```python
# run at project root
pip install -e .
```

Tests located in `project_root/tests/` directory. Run with:

```python
py.test tests/
```

To test against python3.2=< and pypy3-2.4.0, run:

```python
tox
```

The project also supplies a small test suite to test against the live API at `test/live_test.py`. This suite is NOT run with `py.test` as it will permanently remove all resources related to an account. It should only be run with a throwaway dev-only account when preparing for a new release. It is not shipped with PyPI releases. See source code on how to run the live tests.

## Bugs, Issues, Problems, Ideas

Feel free to open a new issue : )

## Documentation

Documentation available [here](http://upcloudltd.github.io/upcloud-python-api/)

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