Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: python-cloudservers
Version: 1.2
Summary: Client library for Rackspace's Cloud Servers API
Home-page: http://packages.python.org/python-cloudservers
Author: Jacob Kaplan-Moss
Author-email: jacob@jacobian.org
License: BSD
Description: Python bindings to the Rackspace Cloud Servers API
        ==================================================
        
        This is a client for Rackspace's Cloud Servers API. There's a Python API (the
        ``cloudservers`` module), and a command-line script (``cloudservers``). Each
        implements 100% of the Rackspace API.
        
        `Full documentation is available`__.
        
        __ http://packages.python.org/python-cloudservers/
        
        You'll also probably want to read `Rackspace's API guide`__ (PDF) -- the first
        bit, at least -- to get an idea of the concepts. Rackspace is doing the cloud
        hosting thing a bit differently from Amazon, and if you get the concepts this
        library should make more sense.
        
        __ http://docs.rackspacecloud.com/servers/api/cs-devguide-latest.pdf
        
        Development takes place on GitHub__. Bug reports and patches may be filed there.
        
        __ http://github.com/jacobian/python-cloudservers
        
        .. contents:: Contents:
           :local:
        
        Command-line API
        ----------------
        
        Installing this package gets you a shell command, ``cloudservers``, that you
        can use to interact with Rackspace.
        
        You'll need to provide your Rackspace username and API key. You can do this
        with the ``--username`` and ``--apikey`` params, but it's easier to just set
        them as environment variables::
        
            export CLOUD_SERVERS_USERNAME=jacobian
            export CLOUD_SERVERS_API_KEY=yadayada
            
        You'll find complete documentation on the shell by running 
        ``cloudservers help``::
            
            usage: cloudservers [--username USERNAME] [--apikey APIKEY] <subcommand> ...
        
            Command-line interface to the Cloud Servers API.
        
            Positional arguments:
              <subcommand>
                backup-schedule     Show or edit the backup schedule for a server.
                backup-schedule-delete
                                    Delete the backup schedule for a server.
                boot                Boot a new server.
                delete              Immediately shut down and delete a server.
                flavor-list         Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of
                                    servers).
                help                Display help about this program or one of its
                                    subcommands.
                image-create        Create a new image by taking a snapshot of a running
                                    server.
                image-delete        Delete an image.
                image-list          Print a list of available images to boot from.
                ip-share            Share an IP address from the given IP group onto a
                                    server.
                ip-unshare          Stop sharing an given address with a server.
                ipgroup-create      Create a new IP group.
                ipgroup-delete      Delete an IP group.
                ipgroup-list        Show IP groups.
                ipgroup-show        Show details about a particular IP group.
                list                List active servers.
                reboot              Reboot a server.
                rebuild             Shutdown, re-image, and re-boot a server.
                rename              Rename a server.
                resize              Resize a server.
                resize-confirm      Confirm a previous resize.
                resize-revert       Revert a previous resize (and return to the previous
                                    VM).
                root-password       Change the root password for a server.
                show                Show details about the given server.
        
            Optional arguments:
              --username USERNAME   Defaults to env[CLOUD_SERVERS_USERNAME].
              --apikey APIKEY       Defaults to env[CLOUD_SERVERS_API_KEY].
        
            See "cloudservers help COMMAND" for help on a specific command.
            
        Python API
        ----------
        
        There's also a `complete Python API`__.
        
        __ http://packages.python.org/python-cloudservers/
        
        By way of a quick-start::
        
            >>> import cloudservers
            >>> cs = cloudservers.CloudServers(USERNAME, API_KEY)
            >>> cs.flavors.list()
            [...]
            >>> cs.servers.list()
            [...]
            >>> s = cs.servers.create(image=2, flavor=1, name='myserver')
            
            ... time passes ...
            
            >>> s.reboot()
            
            ... time passes ...
            
            >>> s.delete()
        
        FAQ
        ---
        
        What's wrong with libcloud?
        
            Nothing! However, as a cross-service binding it's by definition lowest
            common denominator; I needed access to the Rackspace-specific APIs (shared
            IP groups, image snapshots, resizing, etc.). I also wanted a command-line
            utility.
            
        What's new?
        -----------
        
        New in ``python-cloudservers`` 1.2
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        * Support for Python 2.4 - 2.7.
        * Improved output of ``ipgroup-list``.
        * Made ``boot --ipgroup <name>`` work (as well as ``--ipgroup <id>``).
        
        New in ``python-cloudservers`` 1.1
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        * Added support for uploading files to the shell ``boot`` command (via the
          ``--files`` flag).
        * Added a shortcut ``--key`` for quickly adding an SSH key on boot.
        * Changed the default server image for the ``boot`` shell command to Ubuntu
          10.04.
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
