spiro-network

A collection of network-related functions:

• Get a minion's external IP
• Set a minion's hostname

This is meant to be installed on minions.

Installation

On minions, run pip install spiro-network

Or, as a state:

{% if grains['pythonversion'][0] == 2 %}
{% set pipbin = "/usr/bin/pip2" %}
{% else %}
{% set pipbin = "/usr/bin/pip3" %}
{% endif %}

spiro-network:
  pip.installed:
    - bin_env: {{pipbin}}

Interface

A number of things are provided:

Modules

• ipaddr.external_four, ipaddr.external_six: Queries external services for your IP, useful if the minion is behind a NAT or other complex network

• ipaddr.four, ipaddr.six: Collates information about a minion's IP address from several sources.

  • network.ipaddrs / network.ipaddrs6
  • AWS metadata if the metadata grain is available
  • ipaddr.external_four / ipaddr.external_six (above)

States

• hostname.is: Sets the system hostname, takes no arguments.

Note

See the hostname(1) manpage for information on FQDNs and other hostname variants.

Configuration

No configuration is required. However, you need to set metadata_server_grains: True for the ipaddr module to be able to query the AWS metadata service.

You may find it useful to set ipaddr.four / ipaddr.six as mine_functions so that minions can get each other's IP address. Example:

mine_functions:
  ipaddr.four: []
  ipaddr.six: []