yamlifier 1.0.0

Utility to create yaml files from a template. Perfect for cloud-config or cloud-init creation.

Utility to create yaml files from a template. Perfect for cloud-config or cloud-init creation.

Create a yaml file from a template and local files.

This allows you to edit files and track in source control and wrap them in yaml files when needed. Supports compression to minimize yaml size (perfect to squeeze into startup scripts for AWS/EC2 instances).

Getting started

pip install yamlifier

cd testdata

yamlifier VARIABLE1="funny person"

Check out the generated.yaml file in the local folder. Use -f to overwrite excisting file and –help for more information.

Template Syntax

TODO

# comment that is preserved

#@ Comments that start with #@ are removed from the output

#@ You can optionally replace something in the yaml file
stuff: @@STUFF@@
script:

Quickstart

See example folder…

yamlifier example.template

Building & Testing using Docker

Check out the git repository and from the yamlifier folder:

docker build -t yamlifier2 -f docker/python2.Dockerfile .

docker run -it -v $PWD:/code yamlifier2 bash

Credits

Based on the excellent ruamel.yaml library that allows manipulating yaml files while preserving comments and order.

Logo created with logomakr.com (image CC BY 3.0 license).

Background

This was created by Greenqloud when developing Qstack.

Hope you find it useful!

Greenqloud Dev Team.