OVH Cloud¶

Get started¶

Step 1: Get your OVH credentials¶

See Get OVH credentials.

Remember your Application Key, Application Secret and consumerKey.

Step 2: Create a project¶

See Create a project.

Remember your serviceId.

Step 3: Create a SSH key for the project¶

See Create a SSH key.

Remember your SSH key name (mykey).

Step 4: Create a proxy image¶

See Create a proxy image.

Remember your image name (forward-proxy).

Step 5: Update configuration¶

Open conf.json:

{
  "providers": [
    "type": "ovhcloud",

    "endpoint": "YOUR ENDPOINT (could be: ovh-eu)",
    "appKey": "YOUR APP KEY",
    "appSecret": "YOUR APP SECRET",
    "consumerKey": "YOUR CONSUMERKEY",
    "serviceId": "YOUR SERVICEID",
    "region": "YOUR REGION (could be: BHS1, GRA1 or SBG1)",
    "sshKeyName": "YOUR SSH KEY (could be: mykey)",
    "flavorName": "vps-ssd-1",
    "snapshotName": "YOUR SNAPSHOT NAME (could be: forward-proxy)"
  ]
},

And update config with your parameters.

Configure Scrapoxy¶

Options: ovhcloud¶

Option	Default value	Description
type	none	Must be ovhcloud
endpoint	none	OVH subdivision (ovh-eu or ovh-ca)
appKey	none	Credentials for OVH
appSecret	none	Credentials for OVH
consumerKey	none	Credentials for OVH
serviceId	none	Project ID
region	none	OVH region (example: GRA1)
sshKeyName	none	Name of the SSH key
flavorName	none	Type of instance
name	Proxy	Name of the instance
snapshotName	none	Name of the backup image (for the proxy instance)
max	none	Maximum number of instances for this provider. If empty, there is no maximum.