dew

simple digital ocean droplet creator, destroyer, and lister

• intented for simplifying manangement of temporary throwaway boxes
• create and destroy droplets on the fly
• safe delete - add list of droplets you don't want to accidentally destroy
• list existing droplets
• list available droplet images
• includes optional automation script to kick off apt installations, etc at droplet creation

Usage:

• update vars in script wish api key, etc
• create droplet: python3 dew.py -c (some options hardcoded - edit varialbes in script to modify)
• destroy droplet: python3 dew.py -d dropletID
• list droplets: python3 dew.py -l
• list available images: python3 dew.py -i
• show help: python3 dew.py -h

how to get token, ssh keys, etc:

In Digital Ocean console:

• api_token - accounts > api > generate new token
• sh_keys - settings > security > SSH Keys
• tags - assign tags to machines to automatically assign firewalls, etc