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#Next Gen Cloud Servers™ (compute_v2)
This document will explain how to get started using Next Gen Cloud Servers™ with Fog. Users should have read Getting Started with Fog and the Rackspace Open Cloud document.
Starting irb console
Start by executing the following command:
irb
Once irb has launched you will need to require the Fog library.
If using Ruby 1.8.x execute:
require 'rubygems'
require 'fog'
If using Ruby 1.9.x execute:
require 'fog'
Create Service
Next, create a connection to the Next Gen Cloud Servers™:
service = Fog::Compute.new({
:provider => 'Rackspace', # Rackspace Fog provider
:rackspace_username => RACKSPACE_USER_NAME, # Your Rackspace Username
:rackspace_api_key => RACKSPACE_API, # Your Rackspace API key
:version => :v2, # Use Next Gen Cloud Servers
:rackspace_endpoint => Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::DFW_ENDPOINT, # Optional
:connection_options => {} # Optional
})
To learn more about obtaining cloud credentials visit the Getting Started with Fog and the Rackspace Open Cloud document.
By default Fog::Compute will connect to the DFW region. Alternative regions can be specified using the key :rackspace_endpoint with one of the following values:
| Value | Location |
|---|---|
| Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::DFW_ENDPOINT | Dallas Region |
| Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::ORD_ENDPOINT | Chicago Region |
| Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::LON_ENDPOINT | London Region |
Note: AFog::Compute instance is needed for desired region.
Optional Connection Parameters
Fog supports passing additional connection parameters to its underlying HTTP library (Excon) using :connection_options.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| :connect_timeout | Connection timeout (default: 60 seconds) |
| :read_timeout | Read timeout for connection (default: 60 seconds) |
| :write_timeout | Write timeout for connection (default: 60 seconds) |
| :proxy | Proxy for HTTP and HTTPS connections |
| :ssl_ca_path | Path to SSL certificate authorities |
| :ssl_ca_file | SSL certificate authority file |
| :ssl_verify_peer | SSL verify peer (default: true) |
Fog Abstractions
Fog provides both a model and request abstraction. The request abstraction provides the most efficient interface and the model abstraction wraps the request abstraction to provide a convenient ActiveModel like interface.
Request Layer
The request abstraction maps directly to the Next Gen Cloud Servers™ API. It provides the most efficient interface to the Rackspace Open Cloud.
To see a list of requests supported by the service:
service.requests
This returns:
:list_servers, :get_server, :create_server, :update_server, :delete_server, :change_server_password, :reboot_server, :rebuild_server, :resize_server, :confirm_resize_server, :revert_resize_server, :list_images, :get_image, :list_flavors, :get_flavor, :attach_volume, :get_attachment, :list_attachments, :delete_attachment]
Example Request
To request a list of flavors:
response = service.list_flavors
This returns in the following Excon::Response:
<Excon::Response:0x007fe4b2ea2f38 @body={"flavors"=>[{"id"=>"2", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"512MB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"3", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/3", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/3", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"1GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"4", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/4", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/4", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"2GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"5", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/5", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/5", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"4GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"6", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/6", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/6", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"8GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"7", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/7", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/7", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"15GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"8", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/8", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/8", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"30GB Standard Instance"}]}, @headers={"Date"=>"Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:14:45 GMT", "Content-Length"=>"1697", "Content-Type"=>"application/json", "X-Compute-Request-Id"=>"req-0a1e8532-19b3-4993-8b48-cf2d9efe078c", "Server"=>"Jetty(8.0.y.z-SNAPSHOT)"}, @status=200>
To view the status of the response:
response.status
Note: Fog is aware valid HTTP response statuses for each request type. If an unexpected HTTP response status occurs, Fog will raise an exception.
To view response body:
request.body
This will return:
{"flavors"=>[{"id"=>"2", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"512MB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"3", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/3", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/3", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"1GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"4", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/4", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/4", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"2GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"5", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/5", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/5", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"4GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"6", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/6", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/6", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"8GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"7", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/7", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/7", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"15GB Standard Instance"}, {"id"=>"8", "links"=>[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/8", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/8", "rel"=>"bookmark"}], "name"=>"30GB Standard Instance"}]}
To learn more about Compute request methods refer to rdoc. To learn more about Excon refer to Excon GitHub repo.
Model Layer
Fog models behave in a manner similar to ActiveModel. Models will generally respond to create, save, persisted?, destroy, reload and attributes methods. Additionally, fog will automatically create attribute accessors.
Here is a summary of common model methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| create | Accepts hash of attributes and creates object. Note: creation is a non blocking call and you will be required to wait for a valid state before using resulting object. |
| save | Saves object. Note: not all objects support updating object. |
| persisted? | Returns true if the object has been persisted. |
| destroy | Destroys object. Note: this is a non blocking call and object deletion might not be instantaneous. |
| reload | Updates object with latest state from service |
| ready? | Returns true if object is in a ready state and able to perform actions. This method will raise an exception if object is in an error state. |
| attributes | Returns a hash containing the list of model attributes and values. |
| identity | Returns the identity of the object. Note: This might not always be equal to object.id. |
| wait_for | This method periodically reloads model and then yields to specified block until block returns true or a timeout occurs. |
The remainder of this document details the model abstraction.
List Images
To retrieve a list of available images:
service.images
This returns a collection of Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Image models:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Images
[
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Image
id="8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd",
name="Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)",
created=nil,
updated=nil,
state=nil,
user_id=nil,
tenant_id=nil,
progress=nil,
minDisk=nil,
minRam=nil,
metadata=nil,
disk_config=nil,
links=[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/images/8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/images/8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd", "rel"=>"bookmark"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.images.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/images/8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd", "type"=>"application/vnd.openstack.image", "rel"=>"alternate"}]
>,
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Image
id="992ba82c-083b-4eed-9c26-c54473686466",
name="Windows Server 2012 + SharePoint Foundation 2013 with SQL Server 2012 Standard",
created=nil,
updated=nil,
state=nil,
user_id=nil,
tenant_id=nil,
progress=nil,
minDisk=nil,
minRam=nil,
metadata=nil,
disk_config=nil,
links=[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/images/992ba82c-083b-4eed-9c26-c54473686466", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/images/992ba82c-083b-4eed-9c26-c54473686466", "rel"=>"bookmark"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.images.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/images/992ba82c-083b-4eed-9c26-c54473686466", "type"=>"application/vnd.openstack.image", "rel"=>"alternate"}]
>,
…
Note: In order to speed up access service.images does not retrieve all attribute values. To retrieve additional details you will either need to reload each individual image or use the request abstraction.
Get Image
To retrieve individual image:
service.images.get "8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd"
This returns an Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Image instance:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Image
id="8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd",
name="Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)",
created="2012-11-27T15:27:08Z",
updated="2012-11-28T14:35:21Z",
state="ACTIVE",
user_id=nil,
tenant_id=nil,
progress=100,
minDisk=10,
minRam=512,
metadata={"os_distro"=>"ubuntu", "com.rackspace__1__visible_core"=>"1", "com.rackspace__1__build_rackconnect"=>"1", "auto_disk_config"=>"True", "com.rackspace__1__options"=>"0", "image_type"=>"base", "org.openstack__1__os_version"=>"12.10", "os_version"=>"12.10", "rax_options"=>"0", "com.rackspace__1__visible_rackconnect"=>"1", "org.openstack__1__os_distro"=>"org.ubuntu", "com.rackspace__1__visible_managed"=>"1", "com.rackspace__1__build_core"=>"1", "arch"=>"x86-64", "os_type"=>"linux", "org.openstack__1__architecture"=>"x64", "com.rackspace__1__build_managed"=>"1"},
disk_config="AUTO",
links=[{"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/images/8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/images/8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd", "rel"=>"bookmark"}, {"href"=>"https://ord.images.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/images/8a3a9f96-b997-46fd-b7a8-a9e740796ffd", "type"=>"application/vnd.openstack.image", "rel"=>"alternate"}]
>
Note: This request populates all Image attributes.
List Flavors
To retrieve a list of available flavors:
service.images
This returns a collection of Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Flavor models:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Flavors
[
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Flavor
id="2",
name="512MB Standard Instance",
ram=nil,
disk=nil,
vcpus=nil,
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"bookmark"}]
>,
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Flavor
id="3",
name="1GB Standard Instance",
ram=nil,
disk=nil,
vcpus=nil,
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/3", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/3", "rel"=>"bookmark"}]
>,
…
Note: In order to speed up access service.flavors does not retrieve all attribute values. To retrieve additional details you will either need to reload each individual flavor or use the request abstraction.
Get Flavor
To retrieve individual flavor:
service.flavor.get 2
This returns a Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Flavor instance:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Flavor
id="2",
name="512MB Standard Instance",
ram=512,
disk=20,
vcpus=1,
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/flavors/2", "rel"=>"bookmark"}]
>
Note: This request populates all Flavor attributes.
List Servers
To retrieve a list of available servers:
service.servers
This returns a collection of Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Servers models:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Servers
[
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server
id="6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb",
name="rax-example",
created="2013-01-17T22:28:14Z",
updated="2013-01-17T22:31:19Z",
host_id="7361c18d94a9933039dae57ae07b0a39fdb39ea3775a25329086531f",
state="ACTIVE",
progress=100,
user_id="296063",
tenant_id="772045",
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/servers/6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/servers/6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb", "rel"=>"bookmark"}],
metadata={},
personality=nil,
ipv4_address="198.101.255.186",
ipv6_address="2001:4800:780e:0510:0fe1:75e8:ff04:c4a0",
disk_config="AUTO",
bandwidth=[],
addresses={"public"=>[{"version"=>4, "addr"=>"198.101.255.186"}, {"version"=>6, "addr"=>"2001:4800:780e:0510:0fe1:75e8:ff04:c4a0"}], "private"=>[{"version"=>4, "addr"=>"10.180.22.165"}]},
flavor_id="2",
image_id="33e21646-43ed-407e-9dbf-7c7873fccd9a"
>,
…
Get Server
To return an individual server:
service.servers.get "6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb"
This returns a Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server instance:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Servers
[
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server
id="6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb",
name="rax-example",
created="2013-01-17T22:28:14Z",
updated="2013-01-17T22:31:19Z",
host_id="7361c18d94a9933039dae57ae07b0a39fdb39ea3775a25329086531f",
state="ACTIVE",
progress=100,
user_id="296063",
tenant_id="772045",
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/servers/6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/servers/6a273531-8ee4-4bef-ad1a-baca963f8bbb", "rel"=>"bookmark"}],
metadata={},
personality=nil,
ipv4_address="198.101.255.186",
ipv6_address="2001:4800:780e:0510:0fe1:75e8:ff04:c4a0",
disk_config="AUTO",
bandwidth=[],
addresses={"public"=>[{"version"=>4, "addr"=>"198.101.255.186"}, {"version"=>6, "addr"=>"2001:4800:780e:0510:0fe1:75e8:ff04:c4a0"}], "private"=>[{"version"=>4, "addr"=>"10.180.22.165"}]},
flavor_id="2",
image_id="33e21646-43ed-407e-9dbf-7c7873fccd9a"
>,
...
Create Server
To create a server:
flavor = service.flavors.first
image = service.images.first
server = service.servers.create(:name => 'fog-doc', :flavor_id => flavor.id, :image_id => image.id)
This will return a Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server instance:
<Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server
id="8ff308a6-e04a-4602-b991-ed526ab3b6be",
name="fog-server",
created=nil,
updated=nil,
host_id=nil,
state=nil,
progress=nil,
user_id=nil,
tenant_id=nil,
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/servers/8ff308a6-e04a-4602-b991-ed526ab3b6be", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/servers/8ff308a6-e04a-4602-b991-ed526ab3b6be", "rel"=>"bookmark"}],
metadata=nil,
personality=nil,
ipv4_address=nil,
ipv6_address=nil,
disk_config="AUTO",
bandwidth=nil,
addresses=nil,
flavor_id=2,
image_id="3afe97b2-26dc-49c5-a2cc-a2fc8d80c001"
>
Notice that our server contains several nil attributes. To see the latest status of the server, reload the instance like so:
server.reload
You can see that the server is currently 17% built:
Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server
id="8ff308a6-e04a-4602-b991-ed526ab3b6be",
name="fog-server",
created="2013-01-18T16:15:41Z",
updated="2013-01-18T16:16:14Z",
host_id="775837108e45aa3f2a58527c9c3b6160838078e83148f07906c933ca",
state="BUILD",
progress=17,
user_id="296063",
tenant_id="772045",
links=[{"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/772045/servers/8ff308a6-e04a-4602-b991-ed526ab3b6be", "rel"=>"self"}, {"href"=>"https://dfw.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/772045/servers/8ff308a6-e04a-4602-b991-ed526ab3b6be", "rel"=>"bookmark"}],
metadata={},
personality=nil,
ipv4_address="",
ipv6_address="",
disk_config="AUTO",
bandwidth=[],
addresses={"public"=>[{"version"=>4, "addr"=>"198.61.209.78"}, {"version"=>6, "addr"=>"2001:4800:7810:0512:0fe1:75e8:ff04:94e4"}], "private"=>[{"version"=>4, "addr"=>"10.181.13.198"}]},
flavor_id="2",
image_id="3afe97b2-26dc-49c5-a2cc-a2fc8d80c001"
We will be unable to preform any actions to this server until it reaches an ACTIVE state. Since this is true for most server actions, Fog provides the convenience method wait_for.
Fog can wait for the server to become ready like so:
server.wait_for { ready? }
Note: The Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server instance returned from the create method contains a password attribute. The password attribute will NOT be present in subsequent retrievals either through service.servers or server.servers.get my_server_id.
Additional Parameters
The create method also supports the following key values:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| :disk_config | The disk configuration value (AUTO or MANUAL). Refer to Next Gen Server API documentation - Disk Configuration Extension. |
| :metadata | Hash containing server metadata |
| :personality | File path and contents. Refer to Next Gen Server API documentation - Server Personality. |
Update Server
Next Gen Cloud Servers™ will support updating the following attributes name, access_ipv4_address, and access_ipv6_address.
To update these attributes:
server.name = "batman"
server.access_ipv4_address = "10.0.0.1"
server.access_ipv6_address = "fdbb:1717:4533:7c89:0:0:0:1"
server.save
Additional information about server access addresses can be found here.
Note: Updating the server name does not change the host name. Names are not guaranteed to be unique.
Delete Server
To delete a server:
server.destroy
Note: The server is not immediately destroyed, but it does occur shortly there after.
Metadata
Metadata is accessed as an attribute on both Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server and Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Metadata::Image. Metadata can be specified during creation of a server or an image. Please refer to Create Server or Create Image sections for more information.
This example demonstrates how to iterate through a server's metadata:
server.metadata.each {|metadatum| puts "#{metadatum.key}: #{metadatum.value}" }
Metadata can be retrieved and updated in a manner similar to a hash:
server.metadata["os_type"]
server.metadata["installed_ruby"] = "MRI 1.9.3"
Metadata will also respond to save and reload like so:
server.metadata.save
server.metadata.reload
Change Admin Password
To change the administrator password:
server.change_admin_password "superSecure"
Reboot
To preform a soft reboot:
server.reboot
To preform a hard reboot:
server.reboot 'HARD'
Rebuild
Rebuild removes all data on the server and replaces it with the specified image. The id and all IP addresses remain the same.
To rebuild a server:
image = service.images.first
server.rebuild image.id
Additionally, the rebuild method will take a second parameter containing a hash with the following values:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Name of Server |
| flavorRef | Flavor id |
| accessIPv4 | IPv4 access address |
| accessIPv6 | IPv6 access address |
| metadata | Hash containing server metadata |
| personality | File path and contents. Refer to Next Gen Server API documentation - Server Personality. |
| disk_config | The disk configuration value (AUTO or MANUAL). Refer to Next Gen Server API documentation - Disk Configuration Extension. |
Resize
Resizing a server allows you to change the resources dedicated to the server.
To resize server
flavor_id = service.flavor[2].id
server.resize flavor_id #flavor_id should be your desired flavor
During the resize process the server will have a state of RESIZE. Once a server has completed resizing it will be in a VERIFY_RESIZE state.
We can use Fog's wait_for method to wait for this state like so:
server.wait_for { ready?('VERIFY_RESIZE', ['ACTIVE', 'ERROR']) }
In this case, wait_for is waiting for the server to become VERIFY_READY and will raise an exception if we enter an ACTIVE or ERROR state.
Once a server enters the VERIFY_RESIZE we will need to call confirm_resize to confirm the server was properly resized or revert_resize to rollback to the old size/flavor.
Note: A server will automatically confirm resize after 24 hours.
To confirm resize:
server.confirm_resize
To revert to previous size/flavor:
server.revert_resize
Create Image
To create an image of your server:
image = server.create_image "back-image-#{server.name}", :metadata => { :environment => 'development' }
The second parameter can be used to specify image metadata. This is an optional parameter.
During the imaging process, the image state will be SAVING. The image is ready for use when when state ACTIVE is reached. Fog can use wait_for to wait for an active state like so:
image.wait_for { ready? }
List Attached Volumes
To list Cloud Block Volumes attached to server:
server.attachments
Attach Volume
To attach volume using the volume id:
server.attach_volume "0e7a706c-340d-48b3-802d-192850387f93"
If the volume id is unknown we can look it up using the Cloud Block Storage service. We will start by creating a cbs_service similar to our Compute Service:
cbs_service = Fog::Rackspace::BlockStorage.new({
:rackspace_username => RACKSPACE_USER_NAME, # Your Rackspace Username
:rackspace_api_key => RACKSPACE_API # Your Rackspace API key
})
volume = cbs_service.volumes.first
server.attach_volume volume, "/dev/xvdb" # name of device on server is optional
The attach_volume method accepts a volume id String or Fog::Rackspace::BlockStorage::Volume instance. This example also demonstrates passing in the optional device name. Valid device names are /dev/xvd[a-p].
Detach Volume
To detach a volume:
server.attachments.first.detach
Examples
Example code using Next Gen Cloud Servers™ can be found here.
Additional Resources
Support and Feedback
Your feedback is appreciated! If you have specific issues with the fog SDK, developers should file an issue via Github.
For general feedback and support requests, send an email to: sdk-support@rackspace.com.