#!/usr/bin/env ruby # This example demonstrates deleting 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_image(snapshot_images) abort "\nThere are not any images to delete in the Chicago region. Try running create_image.rb\n\n" if snapshot_images.empty? puts "\nSelect Image To Delete:\n\n" snapshot_images.each_with_index do |image, i| puts "\t #{i}. #{image.name}" end delete_str = get_user_input "\nEnter Image Number" snapshot_images[delete_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_region => :ord #Use Chicago Region }) # retrieve list of images images = service.images # select all of the snapshot type images. base images are not user deletable snapshot_images = images.select do |image| image.metadata["image_type"] == "snapshot" end # prompt user for image to delete image = select_image(snapshot_images) # delete image image.destroy puts "\n#{image.name} has been destroyed\n\n"