SparklePack - Jackal CFN

This is a SparkleFormation SparklePack for jackal-cfn. It provides integrations for the custom resources provided by the jackal-cfn library as well as templates for worker setup and example usage.

This SparklePack provides dynamics for custom resources provided by jackal-cfn:

• :ami_manager
• :ami_register
• :hash_extractor
• :jackal_stack
• :orchestration_unit

It also provides a customized :jackal_image dynamic which will create the resource as well as an output of the newly created AMI ID.

This SparklePack includes 3 templates:

1. jackal_cfn - Creates a working processor to handle requests
2. jackal_bus - Creates only the required message bus resources
3. jackal_usage_example - Example template to display usage of the OrchestrationUnit resource

NOTE: The jackal_cfn template only supports the follow regions:

• ap-northeast-1
• ap-southeast-1
• ap-southeast-2
• cn-north-1
• eu-central-1
• eu-west-1
• sa-east-1
• us-east-1
• us-west-1
• us-west-2
• us-gov-west-1

NOTE: Assumes a working sfn setup. (see: Getting started guide)

First, include the SparklePack into the bundle by adding this line to the ./Gemfile:

gem 'sparkle-pack-jackal-cfn'

Next, update the local bundle:

$ bundle update

Now enable the SparklePack within the .sfn configuration file:

Configuration.new do
  ...
  sparkle_pack 'sparkle-pack-jackal-cfn'
  ...
end

To use the jackal-cfn resources, a processor instance must be available. The SparklePack provides a template to build a processor stack. This stack will build a single EC2 instance which will be used as the base for an on demand autoscaling group. To create the stack:

$ bundle exec sfn create STACK_NAME_PROCESSOR --file jackal_cfn

This SparklePack includes an example template that uses the OrchestrationUnit resource to read the contents of a file on the running processor instance. The contents of the file is a JSON serialized Hash that includes the ID of the current stack. The example stack will return the full result as well as the specific "OriginStack" value in the outputs:

$ bundle exec sfn create STACK_NAME_EXAMPLE --file jackal_usage_example --apply-stack STACK_NAME_PROCESSOR

The templates in this SparklePack support nesting. To create a single stack that includes the jackal_cfn template and the jackal_usage_example template, create a new local template:

# ./sparkleformation/full_jackal.rb

SparkleFormation.new(:full_jackal) do
  nest!(:jackal_cfn)
  nest!(:jackal_usage_example)
end

And create the nested stacks:

$ bundle exec sfn create STACK_NAME_ALL --file full_stack

• Repository: https://github.com/carnivore-rb/sparkle-pack-jackal-cfn
• Jackal CFN: https://github.com/carnivore-rb/jackal-cfn
• SparkleFormation: http://www.sparkleformation.io
• IRC: Freenode @ #carnivore