Automating Rackspace with ONE Automation

Automate the CloudNovember 2015

Rackspace & Web Services Agent

Jennifer Jinhong - @jennjin

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Cloud InfrastructureManaged Service Provider


Authentication


• Every REST request against a Rackspace service requires the inclusion of a specific authorization token, supplied by the X-Auth-Token HTTP header. Token is obtained by using the Rackspace Cloud Identity service and supplying a valid user name and API access key.

• OpenStack Keystone Identity Service v2.0.

• Token expires after 24 hours, so needs to be refreshed


Token Connection

URL Endpoint:

https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0

* No Authentication needed – Passed in Token Job


Token Job – Request

Choose Token CONN Object

Method – POSTMedia Type – application/json

JSON request -

{

"auth": {

"RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials": {

"username” : "<your username>",

"apiKey": "<your api key>"

}

}

}

JSON formatted Response


Token Job – Response

Parse the Response Extract 2 values –

– Token ID

– Expiration

JSON request -

{ "access": {

"token": {

"id": "AAC-WX0LLUSAq9x2OZohFziPrpItMkvX1H7FfpGylD_dclSbOMvg0zpANzRkoiAg53VsBpTjhJlTNtQsoWaa9tTr-cpLPxL24p4ekHCKEjWNPg2Bn11uOpv09jEmJP9xmMVqZmjgARrWrQ", "expires": "2015-09-24T19:04:11.635Z", "tenant": {

"id": "651772", "name": "651772" },

…....


Save token to Variable

Token ExpirationUsername


Authentication is passed in through the X-Auth-Token Header parameter of each request

INC will need to be added to the Pre Process Tab of each job

Create Include (INC) Object to pull the Token for each call


Cloud Storage


Connection Object – Cloud Files

Endpoints for the different Regions are in the Response from the Token call.Look for the section in the Token Response showing :

JSON formatted Response


Since each Region is a separate Endpoint, a Connection (CONN) object should be created for each Region used.

https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/cloud-files/v1/developer-guide/#document-api-reference


List Container

Choose CONN Object

Resource – /&container#Method – GET

Headers X-Auth-Token – &token_id#

Query Parametersformat - xml


Upload Files

Headers X-Auth-Token – &token_id#

Resource – /&container#Method – POST

Media Type – text/plain

Choose File - <file located on Agent’s Server>


Cloud Database


Region Endpoint

Chicago (ORD) https://ord.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/<account number>/

Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) https://dfw.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/<account number>

Northern Virginia (IAD) https://iad.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/<account number>/

London (LON) https://lon.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/<account number>/

Sydney (SYD) https://syd.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/<account number>/

Hong Kong (HKG) https://hkg.databases.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/<account number>/

Endpoints – Cloud Database



List Instances


Response ResultJSON Formatted


Create Backup

JSON request -

{

"backup":{

"name" : "<name for backup>",

"description" : "<description for backup>",

"instance" : "<instance id>"

}

}


List Backups


Response ResultJSON Formatted


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• General User Guide– https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/

• Get Authentication Token– https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/cloud-servers/v2/developer-guide/#

document-general-api/authentication

• Cloud Files Actions– https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/cloud-config/storage/cloud-files-pro

duct-actions/#cloud-files-product-actions

• Cloud Database API Reference– https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/cloud-databases/v1/developer-guide/#document-api-

reference

Rackspace Reference Docs

https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/cloud-servers/v2/developer-guide/#document-general-api/authentication



https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/user-guides/infrastructure/cloud-config/storage/cloud-files-product-actions/#cloud-files-product-actions




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