Feature Matrix

A number of features are available in most cloud hosts, but not all are available everywhere. This may be because the feature isn't supported by the cloud host itself, or it may only be that the feature has not yet been added to Salt Cloud. In a handful of cases, it is because the feature does not make sense for a particular cloud provider (Saltify, for instance).

This matrix shows which features are available in which cloud hosts, as far as Salt Cloud is concerned. This is not a comprehensive list of all features available in all cloud hosts, and should not be used to make business decisions concerning choosing a cloud host. In most cases, adding support for a feature to Salt Cloud requires only a little effort.

Legacy Drivers

Both AWS and Rackspace are listed as "Legacy". This is because those drivers have been replaced by other drivers, which are generally the preferred method for working with those hosts.

The EC2 driver should be used instead of the AWS driver, when possible. The OpenStack driver should be used instead of the Rackspace driver, unless the user is dealing with instances in "the old cloud" in Rackspace.

Note for Developers

When adding new features to a particular cloud host, please make sure to add the feature to this table. Additionally, if you notice a feature that is not properly listed here, pull requests to fix them is appreciated.

Standard Features

These are features that are available for almost every cloud host.

AWS (Legacy)

CloudStack

Digital Ocean

EC2

GoGrid

JoyEnt

Linode

OpenStack

Parallels

Rackspace (Legacy)

Saltify

Vagrant

Softlayer

Softlayer Hardware

Aliyun

Tencent Cloud

Query

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[1]

[1]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Full Query

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[1]

[1]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Selective Query

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[1]

[1]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

List Sizes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[2]

[2]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

List Images

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

List Locations

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[2]

[2]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

create

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[1]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

destroy

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[1]

[1]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

[1] Yes, if salt-api is enabled.

[2] Always returns {}.

Actions

These are features that are performed on a specific instance, and require an instance name to be passed in. For example:

# salt-cloud -a attach_volume ami.example.com

Actions

AWS (Legacy)

CloudStack

Digital Ocean

EC2

GoGrid

JoyEnt

Linode

OpenStack

Parallels

Rackspace (Legacy)

Saltify&

Vagrant

Softlayer

Softlayer Hardware

Aliyun

Tencent Cloud

attach_volume

Yes

create_attach_volumes

Yes

Yes

del_tags

Yes

Yes

delvol_on_destroy

Yes

detach_volume

Yes

disable_term_protect

Yes

Yes

enable_term_protect

Yes

Yes

get_tags

Yes

Yes

keepvol_on_destroy

Yes

list_keypairs

Yes

rename

Yes

Yes

set_tags

Yes

Yes

show_delvol_on_destroy

Yes

show_instance

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

show_term_protect

Yes

start

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

stop

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

take_action

Yes

Functions

These are features that are performed against a specific cloud provider, and require the name of the provider to be passed in. For example:

# salt-cloud -f list_images my_digitalocean

Functions

AWS (Legacy)

CloudStack

Digital Ocean

EC2

GoGrid

JoyEnt

Linode

OpenStack

Parallels

Rackspace (Legacy)

Saltify&

Vagrant

Softlayer

Softlayer Hardware

Aliyun

Tencent Cloud

block_device_mappings

Yes

create_keypair

Yes

create_volume

Yes

delete_key

Yes

delete_keypair

Yes

delete_volume

Yes

get_image

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

get_ip

Yes

get_key

Yes

get_keyid

Yes

get_keypair

Yes

get_networkid

Yes

get_node

Yes

get_password

Yes

get_size

Yes

Yes

Yes

get_spot_config

Yes

get_subnetid

Yes

iam_profile

Yes

Yes

Yes

import_key

Yes

key_list

Yes

keyname

Yes

Yes

list_availability_zones

Yes

Yes

Yes

list_custom_images

Yes

Yes

list_keys

Yes

list_nodes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

list_nodes_full

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

list_nodes_select

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

list_vlans

Yes

Yes

rackconnect

Yes

reboot

Yes

Yes

[1]

Yes

Yes

reformat_node

Yes

securitygroup

Yes

Yes

securitygroupid

Yes

Yes

show_image

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

show_key

Yes

show_keypair

Yes

Yes

show_volume

Yes

[1] Yes, if salt-api is enabled.