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+# bosh-meta-cpi-release
+
+Colocate multiple bosh cpis.
+
+
+For example the bosh-lite manifest for using aws and bosh-lite 
+```yaml
+---
+name: bosh
+
+releases:
+- name: bosh
+  url: https://bosh.io/d/github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh?v=256.7
+  sha1: 6fa486378892737f5ad4409bcf4f122cb85c12d4
+- name: bosh-aws-cpi
+  url: https://bosh.io/d/github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/bosh-aws-cpi-release?v=53
+  sha1: 3a5988bd2b6e951995fe030c75b07c5b922e2d59
+- name: bosh-meta-cpi
+  url: file:///home/bosh-meta-cpi-release/dev_releases/bosh-meta-cpi/bosh-meta-cpi-0+dev.22.tgz
+- name: bosh-warden-cpi
+  url: https://bosh.io/d/github.com/cppforlife/bosh-warden-cpi-release?v=29
+  sha1: 9cc293351744f3892d4a79479cccd3c3b2cf33c7
+- name: garden-linux
+  version: 0.337.0
+  sha1: d1d81d56c3c07f6f9f04ebddc68e51b8a3cf541d
+  url: https://bosh.io/d/github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/garden-linux-release?v=0.337.0
+
+resource_pools:
+- name: vms
+  network: private
+  stemcell:
+    url: https://bosh.io/d/stemcells/bosh-aws-xen-hvm-ubuntu-trusty-go_agent?v=3232.4
+    sha1: ac920cae17c7159dee3bf1ebac727ce2d01564e9
+  cloud_properties:
+    instance_type: t2.micro
+    ephemeral_disk: {size: 25_000, type: gp2}
+    availability_zone: AVAILABILITY_ZONE # <--- Replace with Availability Zone
+
+disk_pools:
+- name: disks
+  disk_size: 20_000
+  cloud_properties: {type: gp2}
+
+networks:
+- name: private
+  type: manual
+  subnets:
+  - range: 10.0.0.0/24
+    gateway: 10.0.0.1
+    dns: [10.0.0.2]
+    cloud_properties: {subnet: SUBNET_ID} # <--- Replace with Subnet ID
+- name: public
+  type: vip
+
+jobs:
+- name: bosh
+  instances: 1
+
+  templates:
+  - {name: nats, release: bosh}
+  - {name: postgres, release: bosh}
+  - {name: blobstore, release: bosh}
+  - {name: director, release: bosh}
+  - {name: health_monitor, release: bosh}
+  - {name: registry, release: bosh}
+  - {name: meta_cpi, release: bosh-meta-cpi}
+  - {name: aws_cpi, release: bosh-aws-cpi}
+  - {name: warden_cpi, release: bosh-warden-cpi}
+  - {name: garden, release: garden-linux}
+
+  resource_pool: vms
+  persistent_disk_pool: disks
+
+  networks:
+  - name: private
+    static_ips: [10.0.0.6]
+    default: [dns, gateway]
+  - name: public
+    static_ips: [ELASTIC_IP] # <--- Replace with Elastic IP
+
+  properties:
+    nats:
+      address: 127.0.0.1
+      user: nats
+      password: nats-password
+
+    postgres: &db
+      listen_address: 127.0.0.1
+      host: 127.0.0.1
+      user: postgres
+      password: postgres-password
+      database: bosh
+      adapter: postgres
+
+    registry:
+      address: 10.0.0.6
+      host: 10.0.0.6
+      db: *db
+      http: {user: admin, password: admin, port: 25777}
+      username: admin
+      password: admin
+      port: 25777
+
+    blobstore:
+      address: 10.0.0.6
+      port: 25250
+      provider: dav
+      director: {user: director, password: director-password}
+      agent: {user: agent, password: agent-password}
+
+    director:
+      address: 127.0.0.1
+      name: my-bosh
+      db: *db
+      cpi_job: meta_cpi
+      max_threads: 10
+      user_management:
+        provider: local
+        local:
+          users:
+          - {name: admin, password: admin}
+          - {name: hm, password: hm-password}
+
+    hm:
+      director_account: {user: hm, password: hm-password}
+      resurrector_enabled: true
+
+    aws: &aws
+      access_key_id: ACCESS_KEY # <--- Replace with AWS Access Key ID
+      secret_access_key: SECRET_KEY # <--- Replace with AWS Secret Key
+      default_key_name: bosh
+      default_security_groups: [bosh]
+      region: REGION  # <--- Replace with Region
+
+    warden_cpi:
+      host_ip: 10.0.0.6
+      warden:
+        connect_network: tcp
+        connect_address: 127.0.0.1:7777
+      agent:
+        mbus: nats://nats:nats-password@10.0.0.6:4222
+        blobstore:
+          provider: dav
+          options:
+            endpoint: http://10.0.0.6:25250
+            user: agent
+            password: agent-password
+
+    # garden job template
+    garden:
+      listen_network: tcp
+      listen_address: 0.0.0.0:7777
+      disk_quota_enabled: false
+      allow_host_access: true
+      destroy_containers_on_start: true # avoids snapshots
+      default_container_grace_time: 0
+
+    agent: {mbus: "nats://nats:nats-password@10.0.0.6:4222"}
+
+    ntp: &ntp [0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org]
+
+cloud_provider:
+  template: {name: aws_cpi, release: bosh-aws-cpi}
+
+  ssh_tunnel:
+    host: ELASTIC_IP # <--- Replace with your Elastic IP address
+    port: 22
+    user: vcap
+    private_key: ./bosh.pem # Path relative to this manifest file
+
+  mbus: "https://mbus:mbus-password@ELASTIC_IP:6868" # <--- Replace with Elastic IP
+
+  properties:
+    aws: *aws
+    agent: {mbus: "https://mbus:mbus-password@0.0.0.0:6868"}
+    blobstore: {provider: local, path: /var/vcap/micro_bosh/data/cache}
+    ntp: *ntp
+
+
+```