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Automating ServerPilot/DO sync on droplet creation

  • Posted October 13, 2014

I’d like to automatically run these steps when a new droplet is created:

  1. Since there is no way to send an email containing droplet password if created with an SSH key ( which should be allowed guys ), have the new droplet’s password reset ( current workaround for password on droplets w/ ssh keys ), and send that password to another email. Thus allowing myself to have access via ssh, and the client via password until they add their ssh key in later into authorized_hosts.
  2. Create a new server on ServerPilot.
  3. Run the install script given by ServerPilot on the new DO droplet.

Is this possible and how would i be able to accomplish this, say, with your api?

I would also need to work with serverpilots api as well correct?

Perhaps use the two together to create a dashboard of some sorts?

Thanks ahead of time!

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Andrew SB • October 15, 2014

We just released a new feature that sounds like it might help with this use case. Our metadata service allows you to provide “user-data” when you create a new droplet. This data can then be used to allow you to configure the server on first boot. It will run bash scripts or cloud-config files.

Using a cloud-config file, you could run the ServerPilot script automatically on first boot and set a root password. It would look something like:

#cloud-config
runcmd:
  - echo "You can run arbitrary commands"
chpasswd:
  list: |
    root:foobarbaz
  expire: True

This would set a root password that had to be changed on first login.

Of course there is a lot more you can do with this, create new users, add ssh keys, etc… For more information, check out these tutorials:

Andrew SB • October 15, 2014

We just released a new feature that sounds like it might help with this use case. Our metadata service allows you to provide “user-data” when you create a new droplet. This data can then be used to allow you to configure the server on first boot. It will run bash scripts or cloud-config files.

Using a cloud-config file, you could run the ServerPilot script automatically on first boot and set a root password. It would look something like:

#cloud-config
runcmd:
  - echo "You can run arbitrary commands"
chpasswd:
  list: |
    root:foobarbaz
  expire: True

This would set a root password that had to be changed on first login.

Of course there is a lot more you can do with this, create new users, add ssh keys, etc… For more information, check out these tutorials:

didakticiel • December 20, 2016

Hello guys, I have been trying to achieve this in PHP but failed so far :( any help would be welcome, I need to connect my droplet when I create it with DO API … Thanks in advance for taking the time to help.

Constantine Kiriaze • November 3, 2014

Thanks a lot guys!