Slicehost

Initially I created this library to make it easier for me to work with the Slicehost API, which is implemented via ActiveResource. Here’s how I setup my code to work with it.

Basic setup

Here is the basic setup code for creating all of the Slicehost API classes locally. Make sure to change APIKEY to your actual API key.

<?php

require_once ('ActiveResource.php');

define ('SLICEURL', 'https://[email protected]/');

class Slice extends ActiveResource {
    var $site = SLICEURL;
}

class Zone extends ActiveResource {
    var $site = SLICEURL;
}

class Record extends ActiveResource {
    var $site = SLICEURL;
}

class Flavor extends ActiveResource {
    var $site = SLICEURL;
}

class Image extends ActiveResource {
    var $site = SLICEURL;
}

class Backup extends ActiveResource {
    var $site = SLICEURL;
}

?>

Usage

Now you can include the above script and start using the Slicehost API, for example:

<?php

require_once ('Slicehost.php');

// create a new slice
$slice = new Slice (array (
    'image_id' => 1,
    'flavor_id' => 1,
    'name' => 'example.com',
));
$s = $slice->save ();

// get some info about the slice
$ip_address = (string) $s->addresses->address;
$root_password = $s->root_password;
$slice_id = $s->id;

// create a new dns zone for the slice
$zone = new Zone (array ('origin' => 'example.com', 'ttl' => 86400));
$z = $zone->save ();

// add some records to the new zone
$record = new Record (array (
    'record_type' => ''A',
    'zone_id' => $z->id,
    'name' => 'example.com',
    'data' => $ip_address,
    'ttl' => '86400,
));
$record->save ();

$record = new Record (array (
    'record_type' => ''A',
    'zone_id' => $z->id,
    'name' => 'www',
    'data' => $ip_address,
    'ttl' => '86400,
));
$record->save ();

// rebooting a slice
$slice = new Slice;
$slice->find ($slice_id);
$slice->put ('reboot');

?>