bone

Bone - 0.3

Remote environment variables

NOTE: This version is not compatible with previous versions of Bone.

Features

• Store variables and files remotely
• A command-line and ruby interface
• Secure REST API (based on AWS sig)
• Also supports direct Redis access.

CLI Example

# Specify arbitrary keys and values. 
$ bone set cust_id c397d204aa4e94f566d7f78c
$ bone cust_id
c397d204aa4e94f566d7f78c

# Set values from STDIN
$ >config/redis-server.conf bone set redis_conf 
$ bone redis_conf 
[content of redis-server.conf]

# The data doesn't have to be text
$ >path/2/dog.jpg bone set dog_picture
$ bone dog_picture > dog.jpg 
$ open dog.jpg

# Show all available keys
$ bone keys
cust_id
redis_conf
dog_picture

Ruby Example

require 'bone'

Bone[:cust_id] = 'c397d204aa4e94f566d7f78c'
Bone[:redis_conf] = File.read('config/redis-server.conf')

Bone[:cust_id]                    # => "c397d204aa4e94f566d7f78c"
Bone[:redis_conf]                 # => "[content of redis-server.conf]"

# OR

bone = Bone.new
bone[:latest_backup] = 'redis.rdb-2011-01-01'
bone.keys                         # => ['cust_id', 'latest_backup', 'redis_conf']

Setting BONE_SOURCE

Bone can store data via a REST API or directly to Redis. The default source is redis://127.0.0.1:6379.

Redis

If you are running Redis at a different address or port, you can change it by setting the BONE_SOURCE environment variable or by explicitly setting in Ruby with Bone.source='redis://anotherhost:6379'.

HTTP

If you want to use the REST API, you need to run an instance of boned (the bone daemon).You'd then set your bone source to something like https://somehost:3073. Note: unless your bone client and server are on a private network, it is highly recommended to use HTTPS.

Installation

$ sudo gem install bone

$ bone generate
# Your token for http://localhost:3073
BONE_TOKEN=LBL6PEGVWLFR3PJIOFQG01GN
BONE_SECRET=tXvhnban0HD.Aqj$goK9a2oW$T/L8le9460cfXR1t^RfMXq.5vQ2^lHd-c.WND6V

[Add BONE_TOKEN and BONE_SECRET to your .bashrc or equivalent]

$ bone

Credits

• Delano Mandelbaum (http://solutious.com)
• Query signatures for the HTTP API are based on / stolen from: https://github.com/grempe/amazon-ec2/blob/master/lib/AWS.rb

Thanks

• Kalin Harvey and Marc-André Cournoyer for the early feedback.

License

Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Delano Mandelbaum, Solutious Inc.

Distributes under the same terms as Ruby