Salt-cloud Azure deployement

• Links SaltStack , Azure

• 2018 - Main SaltStack dependancy for AzureARM (v2) api

  pip install 'azure-cli>=2.0.12'
  sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

• 2017 - v36 Get updated python storage driver for azure.

  # pip install azure-storage

  • Note, before update use to get the following error

    # time salt-cloud -P -m /etc/salt/cloud.maps.d/AEA01/azure_shamera-INF01AEA01-INF.conf
    [ERROR   ] Failed to import fileserver azurefs, this is due most likely to a syntax error:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/loader.py", line 1461, in _load_module
        mod = imp.load_module(mod_namespace, fn_, fpath, desc)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/fileserver/azurefs.py", line 69, in <module>
        print( azure.storage.__version__ )
    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__version__'

• salt-cloud keeps asking for an encryption key, it is explained here and fixed with ...

  • Edit ~/.local/share/python_keyring/keyringrc.cfg:

    [backend]
    default-keyring=keyrings.alt.file.PlaintextKeyring

pudb python debug salt-cloud

• run python pudb debug with

   # pudb /usr/bin/salt-cloud -l info -m /etc/salt/cloud.maps.d/ENV/azure_TEST.conf

• 201807 breakpoint at line 2235 file salt/cloud/init.py "# Not deploying in parallel"

• 201807 breakpoint at line 1284 file salt/cloud/init.py "output = self.clouds[func](vm_)" Call azurearm to create vm

Setup dev salt-stack azure branch

• Checkout salt-stack repo
• virtualenv . in git/salt
• source bin/activate
• install salt into the virtual env from the git repo with, pip install -e .
• pip install azure-cli
• test salt-cloud -F

• Failure

  [WARNING ] Keyring cache token has failed: No recommended backend was available. Install the keyrings.alt package if you want to use the non-recommended backends. See README.rst for details.

  • Fix:

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