Documentation
The rdocs can be found http://rdoc.info/projects/auser/poolparty
The wiki contains supplimental information at: http://wiki.github.com/auser/poolparty
Getting Started Guide
Just getting started with PoolParty? The following pages are designed to be the first few articles you read when just starting out using PoolParty (PP)
- PoolParty terminology: Understanding the language of PoolParty is an important step in being able to deploy clouds. Checkout this page to learn about a few common terms used in PP.
- What is Chef?: Your clouds.rb is translated by PP into Chef
- Using the cloud and pool binaries: PP installs a number of intuitive binary commands that allow you to 'speak' to your cloud. This page goes over some of the things you can do with those binaries.
- The PoolParty family of gems: suitcase, butterfly, parenting, dslify; What are all these gems and what do they do? Read on to find out.
PoolParty and Amazon's EC2
- EC2 Setup: Step-by-step instructions on how to setup Amazon EC2
- Understanding Amazon EC2: New to Amazon EC2? Check out this page to learn a broad overview and some common terminology.
Other Documents
