Chapter 171. JClouds Component Available as of Camel version 2.9 This component allows interaction with cloud provider key-value engines (blobstores) and compute services. The component uses jclouds which is a library that provides abstractions for blobstores and compute services. ComputeService simplifies the task of managing machines in the cloud. For example, you can use ComputeService to start 5 machines and install your software on them. BlobStore simplifies dealing with key-value providers such as Amazon S3. For example, BlobStore can give you a simple Map view of a container. The camel jclouds component allows you to use both abstractions, as it specifes two types of endpoint the JcloudsBlobStoreEndpoint and the JcloudsComputeEndpoint. You can have both producers and consumers on a blobstore endpoint but you can only have producers on compute endpoints. Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml for this component: <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId> <artifactId>camel-jclouds</artifactId> <version>x.x.x</version> <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version --> </dependency> 171.1. Configuring the component The camel jclouds component will make use of multiple jclouds blobstores and compute services as long as they are passed to the component during initialization. The component accepts a list blobstores and compute services. Here is how it can be configured. <bean id="jclouds" class="org.apache.camel.component.jclouds.JcloudsComponent"> <property name="computeServices"> <list> <ref bean="computeService"/> </list> </property> <property name="blobStores"> <list> <ref bean="blobStore"/> </list> </property> </bean> <!-- Creating a blobstore from spring / blueprint xml --> <bean id="blobStoreContextFactory" class="org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContextFactory"/> <bean id="blobStoreContext" factory-bean="blobStoreContextFactory" factory-method="createContext"> <constructor-arg name="provider" value="PROVIDER_NAME"/> <constructor-arg name="identity" value="IDENTITY"/> <constructor-arg name="credential" value="CREDENTIAL"/> </bean> <bean id="blobStore" factory-bean="blobStoreContext" factory-method="getBlobStore"/> <!-- Creating a compute service from spring / blueprint xml --> <bean id="computeServiceContextFactory" class="org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory"/> <bean id="computeServiceContext" factory-bean="computeServiceContextFactory" factory-method="createContext"> <constructor-arg name="provider" value="PROVIDER_NAME"/> <constructor-arg name="identity" value="IDENTITY"/> <constructor-arg name="credential" value="CREDENTIAL"/> </bean> <bean id="computeService" factory-bean="computeServiceContext" factory-method="getComputeService"/> As you can see the component is capable of handling multiple blobstores and compute services. The actual implementation that will be used by each endpoint is specified by passing the provider inside the URI. 171.2. Jclouds Options jclouds:blobstore:[provider id][?options] jclouds:compute:[provider id][?options] The provider id is the name of the cloud provider that provides the target service ( e.g. aws-s3 or aws_ec2 ). You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?option=value&option=value&... 171.3. Blobstore URI Options The JClouds component supports 3 options, which are listed below. Name Description Default Type blobStores (common) To use the given BlobStore which must be configured when using blobstore. List computeServices (common) To use the given ComputeService which must be configured when use compute. List resolveProperty Placeholders (advanced) Whether the component should resolve property placeholders on itself when starting. Only properties which are of String type can use property placeholders. true boolean The JClouds endpoint is configured using URI syntax: with the following path and query parameters: 171.3.1. Path Parameters (2 parameters): Name Description Default Type command Required What command to execute such as blobstore or compute. JcloudsCommand providerId Required The name of the cloud provider that provides the target service (e.g. aws-s3 or aws_ec2). String 171.3.2. Query Parameters (15 parameters): Name Description Default Type bridgeErrorHandler (consumer) Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler, which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. false boolean exceptionHandler (consumer) To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored. ExceptionHandler exchangePattern (consumer) Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange. ExchangePattern synchronous (advanced) Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used, or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported). false boolean blobName (blobstore) The name of the blob. String container (blobstore) The name of the blob container. String directory (blobstore) An optional directory name to use String group (compute) The group that will be assigned to the newly created node. Values depend on the actual cloud provider. String hardwareId (compute) The hardware that will be used for creating a node. Values depend on the actual cloud provider. String imageId (compute) The imageId that will be used for creating a node. Values depend on the actual cloud provider. String locationId (compute) The location that will be used for creating a node. Values depend on the actual cloud provider. String nodeId (compute) The id of the node that will run the script or destroyed. String nodeState (compute) To filter by node status to only select running nodes etc. String operation (compute) Specifies the type of operation that will be performed to the blobstore. String user (compute) The user on the target node that will run the script. String You can have as many of these options as you like. jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=CamelJcloudsGet&container=mycontainer&blobName=someblob For producer endpoint you can override all of the above URI options by passing the appropriate headers to the message. 171.3.3. Message Headers for blobstore Header Description CamelJcloudsOperation The operation to be performed on the blob. The valid options are * PUT * GET CamelJcloudsContainer The name of the blob container. CamelJcloudsBlobName The name of the blob. 171.4. Blobstore Usage Samples 171.4.1. Example 1: Putting to the blob This example will show you how you can store any message inside a blob using the jclouds component. from("direct:start") .to("jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3" + "?operation=PUT" + "&container=mycontainer" + "&blobName=myblob"); In the above example you can override any of the URI parameters with headers on the message. Here is how the above example would look like using xml to define our route. <route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=PUT&container=mycontainer&blobName=myblob"/> </route> 171.4.2. Example 2: Getting/Reading from a blob This example will show you how you can read the contnet of a blob using the jclouds component. from("direct:start") .to("jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3" + "?operation=GET" + "&container=mycontainer" + "&blobName=myblob"); In the above example you can override any of the URI parameters with headers on the message. Here is how the above example would look like using xml to define our route. <route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=PUT&container=mycontainer&blobName=myblob"/> </route> 171.4.3. Example 3: Consuming a blob This example will consume all blob that are under the specified container. The generated exchange will contain the payload of the blob as body. from("jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3" + "?container=mycontainer") .to("direct:"); You can achieve the same goal by using xml, as you can see below. <route> <from uri="jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=GET&container=mycontainer&blobName=myblob"/> <to uri="direct:"/> </route> jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJcloudsCreateNode&imageId=AMI_XXXXX&locationId=eu-west-1&group=mygroup 171.5. Compute Usage Samples Below are some examples that demonstrate the use of jclouds compute producer in java dsl and spring/blueprint xml. 171.5.1. Example 1: Listing the available images. from("jclouds:compute:aws-ec2" + "&operation=CamelJCloudsListImages") .to("direct:"); This will create a message that will contain the list of images inside its body. You can also do the same using xml. <route> <from uri="jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJCloudsListImages"/> <to uri="direct:"/> </route> 171.5.2. Example 2: Create a new node. from("direct:start"). to("jclouds:compute:aws-ec2" + "?operation=CamelJcloudsCreateNode" + "&imageId=AMI_XXXXX" + "&locationId=XXXXX" + "&group=myGroup"); This will create a new node on the cloud provider. The out message in this case will be a set of metadata that contains information about the newly created node (e.g. the ip, hostname etc). Here is the same using spring xml. <route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJcloudsCreateNode&imageId=AMI_XXXXX&locationId=XXXXX&group=myGroup"/> </route> 171.5.3. Example 3: Run a shell script on running node. from("direct:start"). to("jclouds:compute:aws-ec2" + "?operation=CamelJcloudsRunScript" + "?nodeId=10" + "&user=ubuntu"); The sample above will retrieve the body of the in message, which is expected to contain the shell script to be executed. Once the script is retrieved, it will be sent to the node for execution under the specified user ( in order case ubuntu ). The target node is specified using its nodeId. The nodeId can be retrieved either upon the creation of the node, it will be part of the resulting metadata or by a executing a LIST_NODES operation. Note This will require that the compute service that will be passed to the component, to be initialized with the appropriate jclouds ssh capable module ( e.g. jsch or sshj ). Here is the same using spring xml. <route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJcloudsListNodes&?nodeId=10&user=ubuntu"/> </route> 171.5.4. See also If you want to find out more about jclouds here is list of interesting resources Jclouds Blobstore wiki Jclouds Compute wiki

Commands:
<dependency> <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId> <artifactId>camel-jclouds</artifactId> <version>x.x.x</version> <!-- use the same version as your Camel core version --> </dependency>
<bean id="jclouds" class="org.apache.camel.component.jclouds.JcloudsComponent"> <property name="computeServices"> <list> <ref bean="computeService"/> </list> </property> <property name="blobStores"> <list> <ref bean="blobStore"/> </list> </property> </bean> <!-- Creating a blobstore from spring / blueprint xml --> <bean id="blobStoreContextFactory" class="org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContextFactory"/> <bean id="blobStoreContext" factory-bean="blobStoreContextFactory" factory-method="createContext"> <constructor-arg name="provider" value="PROVIDER_NAME"/> <constructor-arg name="identity" value="IDENTITY"/> <constructor-arg name="credential" value="CREDENTIAL"/> </bean> <bean id="blobStore" factory-bean="blobStoreContext" factory-method="getBlobStore"/> <!-- Creating a compute service from spring / blueprint xml --> <bean id="computeServiceContextFactory" class="org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContextFactory"/> <bean id="computeServiceContext" factory-bean="computeServiceContextFactory" factory-method="createContext"> <constructor-arg name="provider" value="PROVIDER_NAME"/> <constructor-arg name="identity" value="IDENTITY"/> <constructor-arg name="credential" value="CREDENTIAL"/> </bean> <bean id="computeService" factory-bean="computeServiceContext" factory-method="getComputeService"/>
jclouds:blobstore:[provider id][?options] jclouds:compute:[provider id][?options]
jclouds:command:providerId
jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=CamelJcloudsGet&container=mycontainer&blobName=someblob
from("direct:start") .to("jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3" + "?operation=PUT" + "&container=mycontainer" + "&blobName=myblob");
<route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=PUT&container=mycontainer&blobName=myblob"/> </route>
from("direct:start") .to("jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3" + "?operation=GET" + "&container=mycontainer" + "&blobName=myblob");
<route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=PUT&container=mycontainer&blobName=myblob"/> </route>
from("jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3" + "?container=mycontainer") .to("direct:next");
<route> <from uri="jclouds:blobstore:aws-s3?operation=GET&container=mycontainer&blobName=myblob"/> <to uri="direct:next"/> </route>
jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJcloudsCreateNode&imageId=AMI_XXXXX&locationId=eu-west-1&group=mygroup
from("jclouds:compute:aws-ec2" + "&operation=CamelJCloudsListImages") .to("direct:next");
<route> <from uri="jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJCloudsListImages"/> <to uri="direct:next"/> </route>
from("direct:start"). to("jclouds:compute:aws-ec2" + "?operation=CamelJcloudsCreateNode" + "&imageId=AMI_XXXXX" + "&locationId=XXXXX" + "&group=myGroup");
<route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJcloudsCreateNode&imageId=AMI_XXXXX&locationId=XXXXX&group=myGroup"/> </route>
from("direct:start"). to("jclouds:compute:aws-ec2" + "?operation=CamelJcloudsRunScript" + "?nodeId=10" + "&user=ubuntu");
<route> <from uri="direct:start"/> <to uri="jclouds:compute:aws-ec2?operation=CamelJcloudsListNodes&?nodeId=10&user=ubuntu"/> </route>