Installation

Using pip

This assumes that you have Python installed. A thorough guide on installing Python can be found here. We highly recommend using Sceptre from within a virtualenv. Notes on installing and setting up virtualenv can be found here.

Install Sceptre:

pip install sceptre

Validate installation by printing out Sceptre’s version number:

sceptre --version

Sceptre, version 4.2.2

Update Sceptre:

pip install sceptre -U

Using Docker image

To use our Docker image follow these instructions:

  1. Pull the image docker pull cloudreach/sceptre:[SCEPTRE_VERSION_NUMBER] e.g. docker pull cloudreach/sceptre:2.1.3. Leave out the version number if you wish to run latest.

  2. Run the image. You will need to mount the working directory where your project resides to a directory called project. You will also need to mount a volume with your AWS config to your docker container. E.g.

docker run -v $(pwd):/project -v /Users/me/.aws/:/root/.aws/:ro cloudreach/sceptre:latest --help

If you want to use a custom ENTRYPOINT simply amend the Docker command:

docker run -ti --entrypoint='' cloudreach:test sh

The above command will enter you into the shell of the Docker container where you can execute sceptre commands - useful for development.

If you have any other environment variables in your non-docker shell you will need to pass these in on the Docker CLI using the -e flag. See Docker documentation on how to achieve this.