#!/usr/bin/env ruby # This example demonstrates creating a server image with the Rackpace Open Cloud require 'rubygems' #required for Ruby 1.8.x require 'fog' def get_user_input(prompt) print "#{prompt}: " gets.chomp end def select_server(servers) abort "\nThere are not any servers avaliable to image. Try running create_server.rb\n\n" if servers.empty? puts "\nSelect Server To Image:\n\n" servers.each_with_index do |server, i| puts "\t #{i}. #{server.name} [#{server.public_ip_address}]" end selected_str = get_user_input "\nEnter Server Number" servers[selected_str.to_i] end # Use username defined in ~/.fog file, if absent prompt for username. # For more details on ~/.fog refer to http://fog.io/about/getting_started.html def rackspace_username Fog.credentials[:rackspace_username] || get_user_input("Enter Rackspace Username") end # Use api key defined in ~/.fog file, if absent prompt for api key # For more details on ~/.fog refer to http://fog.io/about/getting_started.html def rackspace_api_key Fog.credentials[:rackspace_api_key] || get_user_input("Enter Rackspace API key") end # create Next Generation Cloud Server service service = Fog::Compute.new({ :provider => 'rackspace', :rackspace_username => rackspace_username, :rackspace_api_key => rackspace_api_key, :version => :v2, # Use Next Gen Cloud Servers :rackspace_endpoint => Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::ORD_ENDPOINT #Use Chicago Region }) # retrieve list of servers servers = service.servers # prompt user for server server = select_server(servers) # prompt user for image name image_name = get_user_input "Enter Image Name" # creates image for server server.create_image image_name puts "\nImage #{image_name} is being created for server #{server.name}.\n\n" puts "To delete the image please execute the delete_image.rb script\n\n"