aws-storage-gateway-kvm

This cookbook provides a custom resource to configure and manage Amazon Web Services Storage Gateway virtual machines on RHEL9/KVM.

Requirements

None.

Resources/Providers

The aws_sgw custom resource manages an AWS Storage Gateway Virtual Machine.

Actions

• :install - Installs KVM and caches the VM templates (required before :create)
• :create - Creates a new AWS Storage Gateway VM
• :delete - Removes a pre-existing AWS Storage Gateway VM

Attribute Parameters

• aws_partition - (String) AWS Partition. Default: commercial
• cpu_allocation - (Integer) The number of virtual CPUs to be allocated by the virtual machine. Default: 2
• mem_allocation - (Integer) The amount of memory (in kilobytes) to be allocated for the virtual machine. Default: 16384
• primary_disk - (Integer) The amount of storage (in gigabytes) to be initially allocated for the virtual machine. Default: 80
• cache_disk - (Integer) The amount of storage (in gigabytes) to be initially allocated for the virtual machine. Default: 160

Usage

In metadata.rb you should declare a dependency on this cookbook. For example:

depends 'aws-storage-gateway-kvm'

A recipe using this custom resource may look like this:

aws_sgw 'devcomm-sgw' do
  aws_partition 'commercial'
  cpu_allocation 2
  mem_allocation 8192
  primary_disk 2
  cache_disk 1
  action %i(install create delete)
end

Contributing

1. Fork the project on GitHub
2. Commit your changes to your fork
3. Send a pull request

License & Author

• Author:: Erin L. Kolp (erinlkolpfoss@gmail.com)

Copyright (c) 2025 Erin L. Kolp

Licensed under the MIT License

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