python-cloudservers 1.2

Description:

pythoncloudservers 1.2

This is a client for Rackspace’s Cloud Servers API. There’s a Python API (the
cloudservers module), and a command-line script (cloudservers). Each
implements 100% of the Rackspace API.
Full documentation is available.
You’ll also probably want to read Rackspace’s API guide (PDF) – the first
bit, at least – to get an idea of the concepts. Rackspace is doing the cloud
hosting thing a bit differently from Amazon, and if you get the concepts this
library should make more sense.
Development takes place on GitHub. Bug reports and patches may be filed there.

Contents:

Command-line API
Python API
FAQ
What’s new?



Command-line API
Installing this package gets you a shell command, cloudservers, that you
can use to interact with Rackspace.
You’ll need to provide your Rackspace username and API key. You can do this
with the --username and --apikey params, but it’s easier to just set
them as environment variables:
export CLOUD_SERVERS_USERNAME=jacobian
export CLOUD_SERVERS_API_KEY=yadayada
You’ll find complete documentation on the shell by running
cloudservers help:
usage: cloudservers [--username USERNAME] [--apikey APIKEY] <subcommand> ...

Command-line interface to the Cloud Servers API.

Positional arguments:
<subcommand>
backup-schedule Show or edit the backup schedule for a server.
backup-schedule-delete
Delete the backup schedule for a server.
boot Boot a new server.
delete Immediately shut down and delete a server.
flavor-list Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of
servers).
help Display help about this program or one of its
subcommands.
image-create Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running
server.
image-delete Delete an image.
image-list Print a list of available images to boot from.
ip-share Share an IP address from the given IP group onto a
server.
ip-unshare Stop sharing an given address with a server.
ipgroup-create Create a new IP group.
ipgroup-delete Delete an IP group.
ipgroup-list Show IP groups.
ipgroup-show Show details about a particular IP group.
list List active servers.
reboot Reboot a server.
rebuild Shutdown, re-image, and re-boot a server.
rename Rename a server.
resize Resize a server.
resize-confirm Confirm a previous resize.
resize-revert Revert a previous resize (and return to the previous
VM).
root-password Change the root password for a server.
show Show details about the given server.

Optional arguments:
--username USERNAME Defaults to env[CLOUD_SERVERS_USERNAME].
--apikey APIKEY Defaults to env[CLOUD_SERVERS_API_KEY].

See "cloudservers help COMMAND" for help on a specific command.


Python API
There’s also a complete Python API.
By way of a quick-start:
>>> import cloudservers
>>> cs = cloudservers.CloudServers(USERNAME, API_KEY)
>>> cs.flavors.list()
[...]
>>> cs.servers.list()
[...]
>>> s = cs.servers.create(image=2, flavor=1, name='myserver')

... time passes ...

>>> s.reboot()

... time passes ...

>>> s.delete()


FAQ
What’s wrong with libcloud?

Nothing! However, as a cross-service binding it’s by definition lowest
common denominator; I needed access to the Rackspace-specific APIs (shared
IP groups, image snapshots, resizing, etc.). I also wanted a command-line
utility.



What’s new?
See the release notes.