Hi, I getting started with DigitalOcean V2 API. When I tried create droplet with user data via API, server is created without executed my code. The same code when I did pasted in the browser and created droplet working properly.
This is my code:
$droplet->create('the-name',
'nyc1',
'512mb',
'ubuntu-16-04-x64',
false,
false,
false,
array($key),
'
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get update
debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/mailname string domain.com"
debconf-set-selections <<< "postfix postfix/main_mailer_type string \'Internet Site\'"
apt-get install -y postfix
sudo postconf -e \'home_mailbox= Maildir/\'
sudo postconf -e \'virtual_alias_maps= hash:/etc/postfix/virtual\'
printf "kontakt@e-cleaner.net.pl root" > /etc/postfix/virtual
sudo postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
sudo systemctl restart postfix
sudo apt-get update
sudo ufw allow Postfix
echo \'export MAIL=~/Maildir\' | sudo tee -a /etc/bash.bashrc | sudo tee -a /etc/profile.d/mail.sh
sudo apt-get install s-nail
echo \'init\' | mail -s \'init\' -Snorecord
What is the reason of my problem?
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I don’t see any closing ');, but I guess you just forgot to copy that.
I would guess it has something to do with the escaping of the '. Try changing all the \' to " and \'Internet Site\' to \"Internet Site\".
But from what I can remember, you need to #!/bin/bash on the first line - right now it’s on the second line.
Try running this command on the server to see what the user-data actually is:
curl -w "\n" http://169.254.169.254/metadata/v1/user-data
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-droplet-metadata
Instead of passing the data directly, I’d recommend passing it as a variable and using built-in functions such as file_get_contents.
For example:
<?php
$data = file_get_contents( '/path/to/userdata.sh' );
$droplet->create(
'the-name',
'nyc1',
'512mb',
'ubuntu-16-04-x64',
false,
false,
false,
[ $key ],
$data
);
You’d then create a new file called userdata.sh and pass the path to file_get_contents.
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