Getting Started
Getting started with DevStack as a developer is easy. Most of the complexity that comes with setting up development environments, is abstracted away and is handled on the DevOps side of things.
Hence, this short introduction is enough to spin up a Cloud Development Environment (CDE) and start developing.
User Setup
In order to connect to your CDE, the SSH public key of your machine needs to be assigned to your Cloudomation user. You can see how to manage your user's SSH keys here or get into touch with your DevStack administrator.
Your SSH key needs to be assigned to your user before the creation of CDEs. CDEs created prior to the assignment need to be re-created.
Self Service Portal
Once your user is set up, you can head over to the Self Service Portal (SSP).
To reach the SSP, navigate to <yourorganisationname>.cloudomation.com/ssp.
The SSP is your dashboard where you can get a visual overview of your CDEs' status, running-time etc. It also serves as a control board, where you can deploy, edit, and delete CDEs.
The complexity of configuration is abstracted away from the SSP. Deploying a CDE is as easy as selecting a template (a CDE type) and clicking on create.
Read more about the SSP here.
DevStack CLI
The DevStack command line interface is the final piece of the puzzle. Everything you can do via the SSP, you can also do with DevStack CLI, and much more!
Additionally to basic CDE actions like deploy and delete, you can configure file synchronization and port forwarding, inspect logs. You can even enter a terminal session of the VM of your CDE for ultimate control.
Read more about DevStack CLI here.
Example: Developing with your first CDE
Here is the outline of what steps you will need, when you first start developing with CDEs:
- Make sure your user in configured for using DevStack,
- deploy a CDE using the SSP or DevStack CLI,
- configure file synchronization via DevStack CLI,
- ...and that's it. You're ready to make changes to your codebase and see them take effect immediately on your CDE.