steampipe plugin install linodesteampipe plugin install linode

Linode + Steampipe

Linode is a cloud hosting company that provides virtual private servers and other infrastructure services.

Steampipe is an open-source zero-ETL engine to instantly query cloud APIs using SQL.

List instances in your Linode account:

select
  label,
  region,
  status
from
  linode_instance

+-------------+---------+---------+
| label       | region  | status  |
+-------------+---------+---------+
| my-instance | us-east | running |
+-------------+---------+---------+

Documentation

Table definitions & examples →

Get started

Install

Download and install the latest Linode plugin:

steampipe plugin install linode

Credentials

No credentials are required.

Configuration

Installing the latest linode plugin will create a config file (~/.steampipe/config/linode.spc) with a single connection named linode:

connection "linode" {
  plugin = "linode"
  token  = "5a76843869c183a4ea901c79102bfa1f667f39a2ea0ba857c9a35a9885d91fbd"
}

token - API token from Linode.

Multi-Account Connections

You may create multiple linode connections:

connection "linode_dev" {
  plugin    = "linode"
  token     = "5a76843869c183a4ea901c79102bfa1f667f39a2ea0ba857c9a35a9965d91fbd"
}

connection "linode_qa" {
  plugin    = "linode"
  token     = "5a76843869c183a4ty001c79102bfa1f667f39a2ea0ba857c9a35a9965d91fbd"
}

connection "linode_prod" {
  plugin    = "linode"
  token     = "5a76843869c183a4ea901c79102bfa1f667f39a2ea0ba857c9a35a7765d91fbd"
}

Each connection is implemented as a distinct Postgres schema. As such, you can use qualified table names to query a specific connection:

select
  *
from
  linode_qa.linode_user

You can create multi-account connections by using an aggregator connection. Aggregators allow you to query data from multiple connections for a plugin as if they are a single connection.

connection "linode_all" {
  plugin      = "linode"
  type        = "aggregator"
  connections = ["linode_dev", "linode_qa", "linode_prod"]
}

Querying tables from this connection will return results from the linode_dev, linode_qa, and linode_prod connections:

select
  *
from
  linode_all.linode_user

Alternatively, you can use an unqualified name and it will be resolved according to the Search Path. It's a good idea to name your aggregator first alphabetically so that it is the first connection in the search path (i.e. linode_all comes before linode_dev):

select
  *
from
  linode_user

Steampipe supports the * wildcard in the connection names. For example, to aggregate all the linodeuser plugin connections whose names begin with `linode`:

connection "linode_all" {
  type        = "aggregator"
  plugin      = "linode_user"
  connections = ["linode_*"]
}

Postgres FDW

This plugin is available as a native Postgres FDW. Unlike Steampipe CLI, which ships with an embedded Postgres server instance, the Postgres FDW can be installed in any supported Postgres database version.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_postgres_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/postgres.sh)" -- linode

The installer will prompt you for the plugin name and version, download and install the appropriate files for your OS, system architecture, and Postgres version.

To configure the Postgres FDW, you will create an extension, foreign server, and schema and import the foreign schema.

CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS steampipe_postgres_linode;
CREATE SERVER steampipe_linode FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER steampipe_postgres_linode OPTIONS (config '<your_config>');
CREATE SCHEMA linode;
IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA linode FROM SERVER steampipe_linode INTO linode;

SQLite Extension

This plugin is available as a SQLite Extension, making the tables available as SQLite virtual tables.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_sqlite_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/sqlite.sh)" -- linode

The installer will prompt you for the plugin name, version, and destination directory. It will then determine the OS and system architecture, and it will download and install the appropriate package.

To configure the SQLite extension, load the extension module and then run the steampipe_configure_linode function to configure it with plugin-specific options.

$ sqlite3
sqlite> .load ./steampipe_sqlite_extension_linode.so
sqlite> select steampipe_configure_linode('<your_config>');

Export

This plugin is available as a standalone Export CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.

You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:

/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- linode

You can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:

steampipe_export_linode --config '<your_config>' <table_name>