elastic_ip documentation

[smaftoul]

I found some reference in issues and also had a look at elastic_ip.rb, but I'm not sure I understand how it works, and it's not documented.

I've tried:
cloud(:ec2).auto_elastic_ip 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx' in a facet that has only 1 instance, but I had some errors and the host didn't bootstrap (I can create an issue especially for this if you want to)

Also, looking at the code, issues and PRs I found an auto_elastic_ip 'first' , but I'm not sure how it works.

Is there somewhere some documention about this I missed ?

[UncleTallest]

Okay, when I wrote the elastic ip code I had envisioned being able to use auto_elastic_ip 'first' to be able to just pull the first available address (or create a new eip if none are currently available) and use it when called this way. However, after looking through the code this morning I realized that it needs a method and trigger for that to be able to function as intended. For now, replace your code with

cloud(:ec2).elastic_ip 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'

I will look into adding the missing bits this afternoon. This little feature was intended to obviate the need to know the 'actual' elastic ip ahead of time.

[UncleTallest]

As additional information, the keyword 'first' is implied with .auto_elastic_ip so, at present, is unneeded when using the .auto_elastic_ip form. it's just not firing anything when you call it presently. Check back around 4pm CDT and I should, at least, have a pull request in waiting to address that.

[UncleTallest]

Obviously I didn't get to it in time to finish when I specified above; the death of a drive can cause no end of grief. I'll have something for you once I get my system back to it's previous state and can actually work without interruptions.