SparkleFormation is a Ruby DSL library that assists in programmatically composing template files commonly used by orchestration APIs. The library has specific helper methods defined targeting the AWS CloudFormation API, but the library is not restricted to generating only AWS CloudFormation templates.
SparkleFormation templates describe the state of infrastructure resources as code. This allows for provisioning and updating of isolated stacks of resources in a predictable and repeatable manner. These stacks can be mangaged as single independent or interdependent collection which allow for creation, modification, or deletion via a single API call.
SparkleFormation can be used to compose templates for any orchestration API that accepts serialized documents to describe resources. This includes AWS, Rackspace, OpenStack, GCE, and other similar services.
SparkleFormation on its own is simply a library used to generate serialized templates. This documentation is focused mainly on the library specific features and functionality. For user documentation focused on building and generating infrastructure with SparkleFormation, please refer to the sfn documentation.
SparkleFormation is available from Ruby Gems. To install, simply execute:
$ gem install sparkle_formation
or, if you use Bundler, add the following to your Gemfile:
gem 'sparkle_formation', '~> 1.0.4'
This will install the SparkleFormation library. To install the sfn
CLI tool, please refer to its documentation