Guides - Create a Linode Using Stackscripts

If you have an existing deployment script, you can use a StackScript to deploy Linode instances with it. The following example StackScript installs PHP on the Linode, downloads an external PHP script from the URL http://example.com/deployment-script.php, makes it executable, and then runs the downloaded script.

File: StackScript

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#!/bin/bash if [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list ]; then apt-get upgrade apt-get -y install php elif [-f /etc/yum.conf ]; then yum -y install php elif [-f /etc/pacman.conf ]; then pacman -Sy pacman -S --noconfirm pacman pacman -S --noconfirm php else echo "Your distribution is not supported by this StackScript" exit fi wget http://example.com/deployment-script.php --output-document=/opt/deployment-script.php chmod +x /opt/deployment-script.php ./opt/deployment-script.php

The same script can be applied via python using the following syntax:

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#!/usr/bin/python3 import os.path if os.path.isfile('/etc/apt/sources.list'): os.system('sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade') os.system('sudo apt -y install php php-common') elif os.path.isfile('/etc/yum.conf'): os.system('sudo yum install -y wget && sudo yum -y install php') elif os.path.isfile('/etc/pacman.conf'): os.system('pacman -Sy && pacman -S --noconfirm pacman && pacman -S --noconfirm php') else: print("Your Distribution is not supported by this StackScript") os.system('wget http://example.com/deployment-script.php --output-document=/opt/deployment-script.php') os.system('chmod +x /opt/deployment-script.php') print("StackScript Complete. Thank you!")

If you do not want to rely on an existing external server to host your scripts for download, you can embed the bootstrapped script into the StackScript.

File: StackScript

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#!/bin/bash if [ -f /etc/apt/sources.list ]; then apt-get upgrade apt-get -y install php5 elif [-f /etc/yum.conf ]; then yum -y install php elif [-f /etc/pacman.conf ]; then pacman -Sy pacman -S --noconfirm pacman pacman -S --noconfirm php else echo "Your distribution is not supported by this StackScript" exit fi cat >/opt/deployment-script.php <<EOF #!/usr/bin/php <?php print('Hello World!'); ?> EOF chmod +x /opt/deployment-script.php ./opt/deployment-script.php

When using scripts other than bash, the underlying software supporting the scripting language may need to be installed to the operating system as part of the StackScript. This issue can be resolved by creating a simple StackScript in bash to install the required software, and then importing and executing the second StackScript which is using the desired language. For CentOS for example, this StackScript could be used to install python3, and apply a script that was previously created for it:

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#!/bin/bash sudo dnf install -y python3 source <ssinclude StackScriptID=1111> python3 /root/ssinclude-1111