Using Rackspace
If you deploy workloads to Rackspace Cloud, avoid configuring servers manually and get them running exactly the way you want consistently each time using Cloud Application Manager. You can automatically provision or de-provision and run a sequence of commands and workflows to manage modules and applications remotely from Cloud Application Manager. For more information, learn how Cloud Application Manager can solve your DevOps use cases.
In Rackspace Cloud, we manage your workloads on Linux servers, and provision and orchestrate deployments through the open source OpenStack Nova Python client.
In this article:
- Register Rackspace Cloud in Cloud Application Manager
- Deploy on Rackspace Cloud from Cloud Application Manager
Register Rackspace Cloud in Cloud Application Manager
You require an account on Rackspace Cloud to allow Cloud Application Manager to execute commands and provision servers on your behalf with your credentials. We send the credentials to the Rackspace Cloud Identity Service to authenticate.
Steps
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In Cloud Application Manager, on the Providers page, click New Provider.
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Select Rackspace and enter the credentials as shown.
- Identity URL - This the endpoint of the Rackspace Cloud Identity API, which authenticates access and is also the entry point to any other service API.
- Project - Enter the tenant ID available at the top of the username drop-down in the Rackspace Cloud console.
- Username - Enter the username for a user that has full access to your Rackspace Cloud account. We need it to make API requests as this user.
- Password - Enter the password for the user.
Deploy on Rackspace Cloud from Cloud Application Manager
Select these deployment options when you launch a new instance to spin up a workload on a Linux server in Rackspace Cloud.
Deployment
Option | Description |
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Provider | Select a Rackspace Cloud account registered in Cloud Application Manager. |
Resource
Option | Description |
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Location | Choose a region from the drop-down to place the instance: DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth), IAD (Northern Virginia), SYD (Sydney), or Hong Kong (HKG). |
Image | Select a desired Linux image to use as the OS on the virtual machine. |
Flavor | Select the amount of RAM, CPU, and local disk storage. |
Keypairs | Select an SSH public key you previously uploaded for the selected region in your Rackspace Cloud console. It allows SSH access to the virtual machine. |
Instances | Specify the number of instances to provision. |
Volumes
Increase the instance storage and add better I/O performance for your applications by adding volumes. We attach and mount them to the instances through the OpenStack block storage service API.
Network
Option | Description |
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Floating IP Pool | Select a pool of floating IP addresses to allow public traffic to your instance, if you added it to your Rackspace Cloud account. |
Proxy
Option | Description |
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Host | The hostname or domain of the proxy that the agent will use to connect back to Cloud Application Manager, once it has been installed in the deployed instance. |
Port | The port of the proxy that the agent will use to connect back to Cloud Application Manager, once it has been installed in the deployed instance. |
Contacting Cloud Application Manager Support
We’re sorry you’re having an issue in Cloud Application Manager. Please review the troubleshooting tips, or contact Cloud Application Manager support with details and screenshots where possible.
For issues related to API calls, send the request body along with details related to the issue.
In the case of a box error, share the box in the workspace that your organization and Cloud Application Manager can access and attach the logs.
- Linux: SSH and locate the log at /var/log/elasticbox/elasticbox-agent.log
- Windows: RDP into the instance to locate the log at ProgramDataElasticBoxLogselasticbox-agent.log