Using the Rackspace public cloud
Juju already has knowledge of the Rackspace cloud, so unlike previous versions there is no need to provide a specific configuration for it, it 'just works'. Rackspace will appear in the list of known clouds when you issue the command:
juju clouds
And you can see more specific information (e.g. the supported regions and authentication types) by running:
juju show-cloud rackspace
If at any point you believe Juju's information is out of date (e.g. Rackspace just announced support for a new region), you can update Juju's public cloud data by running:
juju update-clouds
Credentials
Using Juju's interactive authentication, importing Rackspace credentials into Juju is a simple process. The only information you'll need is your Rackspace username, password and tenant name (which is actually a number):
-
username
The name used to login to the Rackspace cloud control panel. -
password
The password used to login to the Rackspace cloud control panel. -
tenant-name
The Rackspace account number. You can view this in the cloud control panel in the top-right corner (under your username), as shown in the following image:
Credentials can now be added by running the following command:
juju add-credential rackspace
The first question will ask for an arbitrary credential name, which you choose
for yourself. This will be how you remember and refer to this Rackspace
credential in Juju. The second question will ask you to select an 'Auth Type',
with the options being either access-key
or userpass
.
Enter userpass
as the authentication type and then enter your username,
password and tenant-name, as described above.
You can now start using Juju with your Rackspace cloud.
Create controller
To create the controller, run the following command:
juju bootstrap rackspace mycloud
This will create a new controller called 'mycloud' with the configuration values we entered earlier.
This controller will now be visible in the Rackspace cloud control panel: