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Tools & Automation in Taikun CloudWorks

Taikun CloudWorks provides a variety of tools and interfaces that enable automation, integration, and efficient management of your cloud infrastructure. This page serves as a central hub linking to documentation for each supported tool.

Taikun CLI

The Taikun CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to manage your Taikun environment directly from the terminal.

  • Capabilities: Manage projects, users, templates, Kubernetes clusters, billing rules, and more.
  • Supported OS: macOS, Linux, Windows

Taikun CLI Documentation

Terraform Provider

The official Terraform provider for Taikun enables infrastructure-as-code management through Terraform.

  • Capabilities: Manage Kubernetes clusters, projects, cloud accounts, templates, notifications, and more.
  • Provider name: taikuncloud/taikun

Terraform Provider

Taikun API

The Taikun API allows programmatic access to nearly all Taikun functionalities.

  • Format: Standard HTTP/JSON API
  • Authentication: via API token
  • Use cases: Automation, monitoring, custom integrations, CI/CD

Taikun API Reference

OCP to TCW Script

This repository contains a single Bash script, ott.sh, which automates the process of setting up OpenStack and Taikun credentials.

  • Purpose: Automates the setup of OpenStack and Taikun credentials, project creation, user management, and cloud credential generation.
  • Repository: ocp-to-tcw Script
  • Usage: The script can be used as a command-line utility to facilitate migration and reduce manual setup.

For a detailed explanation of how to automate the cloud integration from OpenStack to Taikun, visit the Automating Cloud Integration: OpenStack to Taikun Made Easy page.

Note

The script is designed for advanced users who are familiar with OpenStack and Taikun CloudWorks and wish to automate the migration process.

Taikun Python Client

TaikunPyClient is the Python client for Taikun CloudWorks, designed to simplify interactions with the Taikun REST API.

  • Features
    • Easy authentication via API token
    • Manage projects, users, clouds, policies, and more
    • Automate cloud operations with Python scripts
    • Useful for CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and reporting

Github repository