fleetform

table of contents

• fleetform
• table of contents
• about
• Benefit
• already working
• work in progress
• How it work
• getting started
  • requirements
  • install fleetform
  • run fleetform (node)
• development (tsnode)
  • uninstall fleetform
• Cli Output
  • ff (base command)
  • ff apply -h
  • ff destroy -h
• Naming
• npm scripts
  • use
  • base scripts
  • watch mode
• contribution

about

A Container IAC (Infrastructure as Code) deploy tool.
Fleetform is a cli tool which deploys Docker container infrastructures on multiple hosts.
Attention: Its currently just a WIP (Work in progress) but you can already use it.

!!! WARNING !!! !!! THIS README IS OuTDATED !!!

Benefit

Sometimes there is the point that you just want to start and manage 2-3 containers on 1-2 hosts without log into each host or create a kubernetes deployment.
For example i you just want to test some container or run a single instance of it.

already working

• A docker like cli tool
• Rich, help, verbose and debug flags
• "--file/-f" (default current working dir) defines the plan file / project dir
• "--verbose" flag as global flag to analyse what fleetform is doing
• "destroy" sub command
  • remove all fleetform created and all plan networks and containers
  • and more flags...
• "apply" sub command
  • auto check difference between plan and current containers and networks
  • pull needed images
  • create networks
  • create and start containe async
  • "--destroy" flag to recreate everything
  • and more flags...
• "plan" sub command shows the plan date to the console
  • and more flags...
• "--ignorets" ignore ts files or configs
• "--ignorejson" ignore json files

work in progress

• Multihost functionality (currently just localhost)
• "--timeout/-t" flag to set the connection timeout
• "--testconnection" flag to test the host connections
• "--watch/-w" flag to watch changes on a plan and apply changes if changed
• Better docker network configuration

How it work

It first loads a json, javascript or typescript infrastructure file that already contains your container IAC (Infrastructure as Code) in a json object format.

Then a plan will be created that describes conntection informations, container-host relations.

Fleetform pulls needed images, stop all old containers and deploy the new plan.

getting started

requirements

• Linux based operation system
• Docker (Cli + Runtime) installed and started
• nodejs 16+ (and npm 8+) installed
• git

install fleetform

This creates a "fleetform" folder

git clone [email protected]:majo418/FleetForm.git fleetform
cd fleetform && npm i && npm i -g .

run fleetform (node)

ff -h

development (tsnode)

You can also run fleetform with tsnode

ffdev -h

uninstall fleetform

You also need to delete the "fleetform" folder.

npm un -g fleetform

Cli Output

ff (base command)

# FLEETFORM #

Usage: fleetform [OPTIONS] COMMAND

Fleetform is a tool to deploy docker infrastructure on multiple hosts.

Options:
  -v, --verbose Show basic flag adn target informations.
  -h, --help    Shows this help output

Commands:
apply   Applys the fleetplan container infrstructure.
destory Destorys the whole container infrasturcture.
plan    Load and validate the fleet-config and creates and print a fleet-plan.

Details:
You can use Fleetform to deploy a whole infrasturcture on multiple host/servers with one command.

! Fleetform by majo418 (supported by CoreUnit.NET) !

ff apply -h

# APPLY #

Usage: fleetform apply [OPTIONS]

Applys the fleetplan container infrstructure.

Options:
  -v, --verbose              Show basic flag adn target informations.
  -f, --file [string]        The path to a file or a folder with a fleet.json, js or ts file!
      --ignorets             Don't compile typescript files/projects if found at target file/folder.
      --ignorejson           Don't parse json files if found at target file.
  -c, --currenthost [string] Set the current host name (default: 'local').
      --nameprefix [string]  Set the container and network prefix (default: 'ff-').
  -w, --watch                Starts fleetform in watch mode.
  -t, --timeout [number]     Set timeout for apply the contianer
  -o, --outfile [string]     Export the parsed fleetform data json into a file.
  -p, --printdata            Print parsed fleetdata to console.
  -d, --destroy              Destroys the whole container infrstructure before creating it.
  -h, --help                 Shows this help output

Details:
Load and validate the fleet-config, creates and print a fleet-plan and test the defined host connections.

! Fleetform by majo418 (supported by CoreUnit.NET) !

ff destroy -h

# DESTORY #

Usage: fleetform destory [OPTIONS]

Destorys the whole container infrasturcture.

Options:
  -v, --verbose              Show basic flag adn target informations.
  -f, --file [string]        The path to a file or a folder with a fleet.json, js or ts file!
      --ignorets             Don't compile typescript files/projects if found at target file/folder.
      --ignorejson           Don't parse json files if found at target file.
  -c, --currenthost [string] Set the current host name (default: 'local').
      --nameprefix [string]  Set the container and network prefix (default: 'ff-').
  -t, --timeout [number]     Set timeout for apply the contianer
  -o, --outfile [string]     Export the parsed fleetform data json into a file.
  -p, --printdata            Print parsed fleetdata to console.
  -h, --help                 Shows this help output

Run 'fleetform destory --help' for more informations on a command.

! Fleetform by majo418 (supported by CoreUnit.NET) !

Naming

"Fleetform" forms and manages a Docker container infrastructure. The word "fleet" from the name refers to ships, or rather container ships. "from" is a verb with the context to form something.

npm scripts

The npm scripts are made for linux but can also work on mac and windows.

use

You can run npm scripts in the project folder like this:

npm run <scriptname>

Here is an example:

npm run test

base scripts

You can find all npm scripts in the package.json file. This is a list of the most important npm scripts:

• test // test the app
• build // build the app
• exec // run the app
• start // build and run the app

watch mode

Like this example you can run all npm scripts in watch mode:

npm run start:watch

contribution

• 1. fork the project
• 2. implement your idea
• 3. create a pull/merge request

// please create seperated forks for different kind of featues/ideas/structure changes/implementations

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cya ;3
by majo418