Configuring tsuru¶
Tsuru uses a configuration file in YAML format. This document describes what each option means, and how it should look like.
Notation¶
Tsuru uses a colon to represent nesting in YAML. So, whenever this document say
something like key1:key2
, it refers to the value of the key2
that is
nested in the block that is the value of key1
. For example,
database:url
means:
database:
url: <value>
Tsuru configuration¶
This section describes tsuru’s core configuration. Other sections will include configuration of optional components, and finally, a full sample file.
HTTP server¶
Tsuru provides a REST API, that supports HTTP and HTTP/TLS (a.k.a. HTTPS). Here are the options that affect how tsuru’s API behaves:
listen¶
listen
defines in which address tsuru webserver will listen. It has the
form <host>:<port>. You may omit the host (example: :8080
). This setting
has no default value.
use-tls¶
use-tls
indicates whether tsuru should use TLS or not. This setting is
optional, and defaults to “false”.
tls:cert-file¶
tls:cert-file
is the path to the X.509 certificate file configured to serve
the domain. This setting is optional, unless use-tls
is true.
tls:key-file¶
tls:key-file
is the path to private key file configured to serve the
domain. This setting is optional, unless use-tls
is true.
Database access¶
Tsuru uses MongoDB as database manager, to store information about users, VM’s, and its components. Regarding database control, you’re able to define to which database server tsuru will connect (providing a MongoDB connection string). The database related options are listed below:
database:url¶
database:url
is the database connection string. It is a mandatory setting
and has no default value. Examples of strings include the basic “127.0.0.1” and
the more advanced “mongodb://user@password:127.0.0.1:27017/database”. Please
refer to MongoDB documentation for more
details and examples of connection strings.
database:name¶
database:name
is the name of the database that tsuru uses. It is a
mandatory setting and has no default value. An example of value is “tsuru”.
Collector¶
Collector is a tsuru agent responsible for collecting information about app units, interacting with the provisioner. This agent runs a loop in configurable interval.
collector:ticker-time¶
collector:ticker-time
is interval for running the loop, specified in seconds.
Default value: 60 seconds.
Email configuration¶
Tsuru sends email to users when they request password recovery. In order to send those emails, Tsuru needs to be configured with some SMTP settings. Omitting these settings won’t break Tsuru, but users would not be able to reset their password automatically.
smtp:server¶
The SMTP server to connect to. It must be in the form <host>:<port>. Example: “smtp.gmail.com:587”.
smtp:user¶
The user to authenticate with the SMTP sever. Currently, Tsuru requires authenticated sessions.
smtp:password¶
The password for authentication within the SMTP server.
Git configuration¶
Tsuru uses Gandalf to manage git repositories. Gandalf exposes a REST API for repositories management, and tsuru uses it. So tsuru requires information about the Gandalf HTTP server, and also its git-daemon and SSH service.
Tsuru also needs to know where the git repository will be cloned and stored in units storage. Here are all options related to git repositories:
git:unit-repo¶
git:unit-repo
is the path where tsuru will clone and manage the git
repository in all units of an application. This is where the code of the
applications will be stored in their units. Example of value:
/home/application/current
.
git:api-server¶
git:api-server
is the address of the Gandalf API. It should define the
entire address, including protocol and port. Examples of value:
http://localhost:9090
and https://gandalf.tsuru.io:9595
.
git:rw-host¶
git:rw-host
is the host that will be used to build the push URL. For
example, when the value is “tsuruhost.com”, the push URL will be something like
git@tsuruhost.com:<app-name>.git.
git:ro-host¶
git:ro-host
is the host that units will use to clone code from users
applications. It’s used to build the read only URL of the repository. For
example, when the value is “tsuruhost.com”, the read-only URL will be something
like git://tsuruhost.com/<app-name>.git.
Authentication configuration¶
Tsuru has its own authentication mechanism, that hashes passwords brcypt. Tokens are generated during authentication, and are hashed using SHA512.
This mechanism requires two settings to operate: auth:hash-cost
and
auth:token-expire-days
. Each setting is described below.
The auth
section also controls whether user registration is on or off. When
user registration is off, the user creation URL is not registered in the
server.
auth:user-registration¶
This flag indicates whether user registration is enabled. This setting is optional, and defaults to false.
auth:hash-cost¶
This number indicates how many CPU time you’re willing to give to hashing calculation. It is an absolute number, between 4 and 31, where 4 is faster and less secure, while 31 is very secure and very slow.
auth:token-expire-days¶
Whenever a user logs in, tsuru generates a token for him/her, and the user may
store the token. auth:token-expire-days
setting defines the amount of days
that the token will be valid. This setting is optional, and defaults to “7”.
auth:max-simultaneous-sessions¶
Tsuru can limit the number of simultaneous sessions per user. This setting is optional, and defaults to “unlimited”.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) configuration¶
Tsuru is able to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3) to
provide static storage for apps. Whenever bucket-support
is true, Tsuru
will create a S3 bucket and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
credentials to access this bucket during the app creation process. In order to
be able to communicate with AWS API’s, tsuru needs some settings, listed below.
For more details on AWS authentication, AWS AIM and AWS S3, check AWS docs: https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/.
bucket-support¶
bucket-support
is a boolean flag, that turns on the bucket per app feature.
This field is optional, and defaults to false.
aws:access-key-id¶
aws:access-key-id
is the access key ID used by tsuru to authenticate with
AWS API. Given that bucket-support
is true, this setting is required and
has no default value.
aws:secret-access-key¶
aws:secret-access-key
is the secret access key used by tsuru to
authenticate with AWS API. Given that bucket-support
is true, this
setting is required and has no default value.
aws:ec2:endpoint¶
aws:ec2:endpoint
is the EC2 endpoint that tsuru will call to communicate
with ec2. It’s only used for juju healers.
aws:iam:endpoint¶
aws:iam:endpoint
is the IAM endpoint that tsuru will call to create
credentials for its applications. This setting is optional, and defaults to
https://iam.amazonaws.com/
. You should change this setting only when using
another service that also implements IAM’s API.
aws:s3:region-name¶
aws:s3:region-name
is the name of the region that tsuru will use to create
S3 buckets. Given that bucket-support
is true, this setting is required and
has no default value.
aws:s3:endpoint¶
aws:s3:endpoint
is the S3 endpoint that tsuru will call to create buckets
for its applications. Given that bucket-support
is true, this setting is
required and has no default value.
aws:s3:location-constraint¶
aws:s3:location-constraint
indicates whether buckets should be stored in
the selected region. Given that bucket-support
is true, this setting is
required and has no default value.
For more details, check the documentation for buckets and regions: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/LocationSelection.html.
aws:s3:lowercase-bucket¶
aws:s3:lowercase-bucket
will be true if the region requires bucket names to
be lowercase. Given that bucket-support
is true, this setting is required
and has no default value.
queue configuration¶
Tsuru uses a work queue for asynchronous tasks. By default it will use beanstalkd. You can customize the used queue, and settings related to the queue (like the address where beanstalkd is listening).
Besides beanstalkd, Tsuru also supports Redis as a working queue. In order to
use Redis, Tsuru administrators must set queue
to redis
.
Creating a new queue provider is as easy as implementing an interface.
queue¶
queue
is the name of the queue implementation that tsuru will use. This
setting is optional and defaults to “beanstalkd”.
queue-server¶
queue-server
is the TCP address where beanstalkd is listening. This setting
is optional and defaults to “localhost:11300”.
redis-queue:host¶
redis-queue:host
is the host of the Redis server to be used for the working
queue. This settings is optional and defaults to “localhost”.
redis-queue:port¶
redis-queue:port
is the port of the Redis server to be used for the working
queue. This settings is optional and defaults to 6379.
redis-queue:password¶
redis-queue:password
is the password of the Redis server to be used for the
working queue. This settings is optional and defaults to “”, indicating that
the Redis server is not authenticated.
redis-queue:db¶
redis-queue:db
is the database number of the Redis server to be used
for the working queue. This settings is optional and defaults to 3.
Admin users¶
Tsuru has a very simple way to identify admin users: an admin user is a user
that is the member of the admin team, and the admin team is defined in the
configuration file, using the admin-team
setting.
admin-team¶
admin-team
is the name of the administration team for the current tsuru
installation. All members of the administration team is able to use the
tsuru-admin
command.
Quota management¶
Tsuru can, optionally, manage quotas. Currently, there are two available quotas: apps per user and units per app.
Tsuru administrators can control the default quota for new users and new apps
in the configuration file, and use tsuru-admin
command to change quotas for
users or apps. Quota management is disabled by default, to enable it, just set
the desired quota to a positive integer.
quota:units-per-app¶
quota:units-per-app
is the default value for units per-app quota. All new
apps will have at most the number of units specified by this setting. This
setting is optional, and defaults to “unlimited”.
quota:apps-per-user¶
quota:apps-per-user
is the default value for apps per-user quota. All new
users will have at most the number of apps specified by this setting. This
setting is optional, and defaults to “unlimited”.
Log level¶
debug¶
false
is the default value, so you won’t see any
noises on logs, to turn it on set it to true, e.g.: debug: true
Defining the provisioner¶
Tsuru supports multiple provisioners. A provisioner is a Go type that satisfies
an interface. By default, tsuru will use JujuProvisioner
(identified by the
string “juju”). To use other provisioner, that has been already registered with
tsuru, one must define the setting provisioner
.
provisioner¶
provisioner
is the string the name of the provisioner that will be used by
tsuru. This setting is optional and defaults to “juju”.
You can also configure the provisioner (check the next section for details on Juju configuration).
Juju provisioner configuration¶
“juju” is the default provisioner used by Tsuru. It’s named after the tool used by tsuru to provision and manage instances. It’s a extended version of Juju, supporting Amazon’s Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).
Charms path¶
Juju describe services as Charms. Each tsuru platform is a Juju charm. The tsuru team provides a collection of charms with customized hooks: https://github.com/globocom/charms. In order (for more details, refer to build documentation).
juju:charms-path¶
charms-path
is the path where tsuru should look for charms when creating
new apps. If you specify the value “/etc/juju/charms”, your charms tree should
look something like this:
.
├── centos
│ ├── ...
└── precise
├── go
│ ├── config.yaml
│ ├── hooks
│ ...
│ └── metadata.yaml
├── nodejs
│ ├── config.yaml
│ ├── hooks
│ ...
│ └── metadata.yaml
├── python
│ ├── config.yaml
│ ├── hooks
│ ...
│ ├── metadata.yaml
│ └── utils
│ ├── circus.ini
│ └── nginx.conf
├── rack
│ ├── config.yaml
│ ├── hooks
│ ...
│ ├── metadata.yaml
├── ruby
│ ├── config.yaml
│ ├── hooks
│ ...
│ └── metadata.yaml
└── static
├── config.yaml
├── hooks
...
└── metadata.yaml
Given that you’re using juju, this setting is mandatory and has no default value.
Storing units in the database¶
Juju provisioner uses the database to store information about units. It uses a MongoDB collection that will be located in the same database used by tsuru. One can set the name of this collection using the setting described below:
juju:units-collection¶
juju:units-collection
defines the name of the collection that Juju
provisioner should use to store information about units. This setting is
required by the provisioner and has no default value.
Elastic Load Balancing support¶
Juju provisioner can manage load balancers per app using Elastic Load Balancing
(ELB) API, provided by Amazon. In order to enable Elastic Load Balancing
support, one must set juju:use-elb
to true and define other settings
described below:
juju:use-elb¶
juju:use-elb
is a boolean flag that indicates whether Juju provisioner will
use ELB. When enabled, it will create a load balancer per app, registering and
deregistering units as they come and go, and deleting the load balancer when
the app is removed. This setting is optional and defaults to false.
Whenever juju:use-elb
is defined to be true, other settings related to load
balancing become mandatory: juju:elb-endpoint
, juju:elb-collection
,
juju:elb-avail-zones
(or juju:elb-vpc-subnets
and
juju:elb-vpc-secgroups
, see juju:elb-use-vpc
for more details).
juju:elb-endpoint¶
juju:elb-endpoint
is the ELB endpoint that tsuru will use to manage load
balancers. This setting has no default value, and is mandatory once
juju:use-elb
is true. When juju:use-elb
is false, the value of this
setting is irrelevant.
juju:elb-collection¶
juju:elb-collection
is the name of the collection that Juju provisioner
will use to store information about load balancers.
This setting has no default value, and is mandatory once juju:use-elb
is
true. When juju:use-elb
is false, the value of this setting is irrelevant.
juju:elb-use-vpc¶
juju:elb-use-vpc
is another boolean flag. It indicates whether load
balancers should be created using an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud. When this
setting is true, one must also define juju:elb-vpc-subnets
and
juju:elb-vpc-secgroups
.
This setting is optional, defaults to false and has no effect when
juju:use-elb
is false.
juju:elb-vpc-subnets¶
juju:elb-vpc-subnets
contains a list of subnets that will be attached to
the load balancer. This setting must be defined whenever juju:elb-use-vpc
is true. It has no default value.
juju:elb-vpc-secgroups¶
juju:elb-vpc-secgroups
contains a list of security groups from which the
load balancer will inherit rules. This setting must be defined whenever
juju:elb-use-vpc
is true. It has no default value.
juju:elb-avail-zones¶
juju:elb-avail-zones
contains a list of availability zones that the load
balancer will communicate with. This setting has no effect when
juju:elb-use-vpc
is true, has no default value and must be defined whenever
juju:elb-use-vpc
is false.
Sample file¶
Here is a complete example, with S3, VPC, HTTP/TLS and load balancing enabled:
listen: ":8080"
use-tls: true
tls:
cert-file: /etc/tsuru/tls/cert.pem
key-file: /etc/tsuru/tls/key.pem
host: http://10.19.2.238:8080
database:
url: 127.0.0.1:27017
name: tsuru
git:
unit-repo: /home/application/current
host: gandalf.tsuru.io
port: 8000
protocol: http
auth:
token-expire-days: 14
bucket-support: true
aws:
access-key-id: access-key
secret-access-key: s3cr3t
iam:
endpoint: https://iam.amazonaws.com/
s3:
region-name: sa-east-1
endpoint: https://s3.amazonaws.com
location-constraint: true
lowercase-bucket: true
provisioner: juju
queue-server: "127.0.0.1:11300"
admin-team: admin
juju:
charms-path: /etc/juju/charms
units-collection: j_units
use-elb: true
elb-endpoint: https://elasticloadbalancing.amazonaws.com
elb-collection: j_lbs
elb-use-vpc: true
elb-vpc-subnets:
- subnet-a1a1a1
elb-vpc-secgroups:
- sg-a1a1a1