class SoftLayer::Datacenter

A Data Center in the SoftLayer network

This class corresponds to the SoftLayer_Location++ data type:

sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Location

Although in this context it is used to represent a data center and not the more general class of locations that that data type can represent.

Attributes

long_name[R]

A longer location description

name[R]

A short location description

Public Class Methods

datacenter_named(name, client = nil) click to toggle source

Return the datacenter with the given name ('sng01' or 'dal05')

# File lib/softlayer/Datacenter.rb, line 33
def self.datacenter_named(name, client = nil)
  datacenters(client).find{ | datacenter | datacenter.name == name.to_s.downcase }
end

datacenters(client = nil, force_reload = false) click to toggle source

# File lib/softlayer/Datacenter.rb, line 49
def self.datacenters(client = nil, force_reload = false)
  softlayer_client = client || Client.default_client
  raise "Datacenter.datacenters requires a client to call the network API" if !softlayer_client

  if(!@@data_centers || force_reload)
    datacenters_data = softlayer_client[:Location].getDatacenters
    @@data_centers = datacenters_data.collect { | datacenter_data | self.new(softlayer_client, datacenter_data) }
  end

  @@data_centers
end