MTN Cloud Python SDK

A Modern Python SDK for MTN Cloud with typed models, clear resource managers, and practical workflows for compute, networking, storage, and archives.

Docs: mtn-cloud-python

Disclaimer: Unofficial community project. Not affiliated with MTN Nigeria.

Why You'll Like It

• Simple Pythonic API across core MTN Cloud resources
• Typed Pydantic models with IDE autocomplete
• Built-in retry behavior and timeout controls
• Token or username/password authentication
• Structured exceptions for better error handling
• Examples for real-world automation scripts

Installation

pip install mtn-cloud

Documentation

• Docs Index
• Quickstart
• Instances
• Networking
• Storage
• Advanced Cookbook
• API Overview
• API Reference
• Docstring Style Standard

Quick Start

from mtn_cloud import MTNCloud

cloud = MTNCloud(token="your-api-token")

# Verify auth and connectivity
user = cloud.whoami()
print(f"Connected as: {user.username}")
print("Ping:", cloud.ping())

# List a few running instances
running = cloud.instances.list(status="running", max_results=5)
for instance in running:
    print(instance.id, instance.name, instance.status, instance.primary_ip)

Authentication

from mtn_cloud import MTNCloud

# Option 1: token (recommended)
cloud = MTNCloud(token="your-api-token")

# Option 2: environment variable
# export MTN_CLOUD_TOKEN="your-api-token"
cloud = MTNCloud()

# Option 3: username/password
cloud = MTNCloud(username="user@example.com", password="your-password")

Get your API token from MTN Cloud Console: User Icon (top-right) -> User Settings -> API Access.

What You Can Do

1. Discover Reference Data

Use these lookups before provisioning so your scripts stay deterministic.

# Groups (sites)
groups = cloud.groups.list()
for group in groups[:5]:
    print(group.id, group.name)

# Instance types
types = cloud.instance_types.list_os()
for t in types[:5]:
    print(t.code, t.name, t.default_layout_id)

2. Create an Instance

instance = cloud.instances.create(
    name="my-server",
    cloud="MTNNG_CLOUD_AZ_1",
    type="MTN-CS10",
    group="MTNNG_CLOUD_AZ_1",
    layout=327,
    plan=6776,
    resource_pool_id="pool-214",
    labels=["production", "web"],
)

print(f"Created: {instance.id} {instance.name} ({instance.status})")

3. Manage an Instance

instance = cloud.instances.get(123)
print(instance.name, instance.status, instance.primary_ip)

# Action methods from model
instance.stop()
instance.start()
instance.restart()
instance.refresh()

# Or from resource manager
cloud.instances.resize(123, plan_id=6780)
cloud.instances.delete(123, force=True, preserve_volumes=True)

4. Work with Networks

# List networks
networks = cloud.networks.list(cloud_id=1)
for n in networks[:5]:
    print(n.id, n.name, n.cidr)

# Create an OpenStack-focused network
network_types = cloud.networks.list_types(openstack_only=True)
new_network = cloud.networks.create(
    name="mtn-prod-net",
    cloud_id=1,
    group_id=621,
    type_id=network_types[0].id,
    cidr="10.42.10.0/24",
    gateway="10.42.10.1",
    dns_primary="8.8.8.8",
    visibility="private",
    dhcp_server=True,
)

# Update and list subnets
cloud.networks.update(new_network.id, description="Production network")
subnets = cloud.networks.list_subnets(new_network.id)
print(f"Subnets: {len(subnets)}")

5. Work with Storage and Archives

# Create S3-compatible storage provider
storage = cloud.storage_buckets.create_s3(
    name="my-s3-storage",
    bucket_name="my-app-objects",
    access_key="your-access-key",
    secret_key="your-secret-key",
    endpoint="https://ps1csp-s3.ict.mtn.com.ng:9021",
    create_bucket=True,
)

# Create archive bucket linked to storage provider
archive = cloud.archive_buckets.create(
    name="my-app-archives",
    storage_provider_id=storage.id,
    visibility="private",
)

# Upload one file
uploaded = cloud.archive_buckets.upload_file(
    bucket_name=archive.name,
    remote_path="/",
    local_path="./backup.sql",
)
print(uploaded.id, uploaded.name)

# Upload a directory (preserves local folder structure)
summary = cloud.archive_buckets.upload_directory(
    bucket_name=archive.name,
    remote_path="/imports/",
    local_directory="./reports",
    recursive=True,
)
print(
    f"scanned={summary.scanned_count} "
    f"uploaded={summary.uploaded_count} "
    f"failed={summary.failed_count} "
    f"skipped={summary.skipped_count}"
)

# List and download
files = cloud.archive_buckets.list_files(bucket_name=archive.name, remote_path="/", full_tree=True)
if files:
    content = cloud.archive_buckets.download_file(
        bucket_name=archive.name,
        remote_path=files[0].file_path or files[0].name,
    )
    print(f"Downloaded {len(content)} byte(s)")

Storage vs archive model:

• cloud.storage_buckets: provider configuration (endpoint, credentials, backing bucket)
• cloud.archive_buckets: logical file container attached to a provider
• file operations happen through archive APIs

Error Handling

from mtn_cloud import (
    AuthenticationError,
    MTNCloudError,
    NotFoundError,
    RateLimitError,
    ValidationError,
)

try:
    cloud.instances.get(999999)
except NotFoundError:
    print("Resource not found")
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Authentication failed")
except ValidationError as exc:
    print(f"Validation error: {exc}")
except RateLimitError as exc:
    print(f"Rate limited, retry_after={exc.retry_after}")
except MTNCloudError as exc:
    print(f"SDK/API error: {exc}")

Configuration

Environment variables:

Variable	Description	Default
MTN_CLOUD_TOKEN	API access token	-
MTN_CLOUD_URL	API base URL	https://console.cloud.mtn.ng
MTN_CLOUD_TIMEOUT	Request timeout in seconds	30
MTN_CLOUD_MAX_RETRIES	Maximum retry attempts	3
MTN_CLOUD_RETRY_DELAY	Retry backoff factor	1.0
MTN_CLOUD_VERIFY_SSL	Enable SSL verification	true

Programmatic configuration:

from mtn_cloud import MTNCloud, MTNCloudConfig

config = MTNCloudConfig(
    token="your-token",
    timeout=60,
    max_retries=5,
    retry_delay=1.5,
    verify_ssl=True,
)

cloud = MTNCloud(config=config)

Examples

Script	What it demonstrates
examples/basic_usage.py	Auth, connectivity, resource listing
examples/create_instance.py	End-to-end instance creation scaffold
examples/storage_archive_s3.py	Storage provider + archive bucket + file ops
examples/list_storage_buckets.py	Storage bucket and archive bucket discovery
examples/upload_archive_directory.py	Bulk archive upload from local directory
examples/copy_archive_file.py	Archive file copy between buckets

API Notes

• Some endpoints can be tenant-restricted in specific MTN Cloud environments.
• Build scripts to discover IDs dynamically (list + get_by_name) before create/update operations.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Open an issue or submit a PR.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Links

• MTN Cloud Console
• MTN Cloud Guide
• Morpheus API Documentation (supplementary)
• GitHub Repository
• PyPI Package