Download this webinar to join Jaret Chiles, Architect with the Rackspace Enterprise Cloud Solutions team, as he discusses how to move your conversation from "why should we use cloud" to "how do we implement cloud". Jaret covers...
How to add a file to a container
Rackspace Storage App is built using a rich HTML5 interface for modern browsers and supports the dragging and dropping of files into containers. Once you have successfully navigated to a container...
Rafat Shaheen, Senior IT Strategist, Enterprise Cloud Solutions
Introduction
More than ever before, Enterprise IT must be a strategic partner to the business. By focusing more on innovation and less on operations, the IT...
Time to re-evaluate compute performance due to growth or changing business needs? Today, there are more benefits to utilizing a cloud environment than just saving money. More importantly, you’re not on your own. Rackspace® offers...
Introduction
As you evaluate the computing landscape at your company, you’ve probably become used to calculating the total cost of ownership (TCO) of computing assets based on buying and owning a piece of hardware or software....
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting "First-Generation...
Cloud DNS Overview
Our existing DNS infrastructure is a Globally Distributed Anycast Network. Rackspace currently has DNS servers located in Texas, Virginia, and London. Within each datacenter, we have our nameservers split up so...
The Internet continues to grow exponentially on a daily basis. This growing demand gives rise to the need to think carefully about how web scale applications are written so that they will work properly under challenging workloads...
The following is a list of differences between a traditional hosting site and one from Cloud Sites
More than one server serves a specific website's request. This is because the load balancing capability is made available to all...
Further information, including step-by-step instructions regarding how to create an image snapshot, is contained in the following knowledge center article: Cloud Essentials - Creating an Image Backup
NOTE: This article is written for our New Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Classic Cloud Control Panel.
Now that you know how to manage all of your account information under the Your...
Our next generation Cloud Servers platform has a new control system based on OpenStack, but there are also changes to next generation instances as well. Specifically, vCPU allocations for some of our next generation Cloud Servers...
In order to protect the performance of the Rackspace Cloud Sites shared platform and to serve a large user base, the maximum number of client connections allowed for a single FTP user is ten (10).
You might have run afoul of this...
This Second Guide will show you how to add new Cloud Servers and Cloud Load Balancers to your account, as well as how to work with Cloud Files through the File Manager.
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting "First-Generation...
NOTE: Please note that the following workarounds will not work until we remove the hybrid feature on August 31st, 2012
FURTHER NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from...
NOTE: Please note that the following workarounds will not work until we remove the hybrid feature on August 31st, 2012
FURTHER NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from...
Preface
Beginning Server Size
Creating your first User
Creating your Groups
Setting Up SSH On your Server
Setting up your SSH Key
Setting Up your Initial Firewall
Setting Up your sudoers file
Setting Up Fail2Ban
Preforming a...
Preface
Beginning Server Size
Creating your first User
Creating your Groups
Setting Up SSH On your Server
Setting up your SSH Key
Setting Up your Initial Firewall
Setting Up your sudoers file
Setting Up Fail2Ban
Preforming a...
Preface
Beginning Server Size
Creating your first User
Creating your Groups
Setting Up SSH On your Server
Setting up your SSH Key
Setting Up your Initial Firewall
Setting Up your sudoers file
Setting Up Fail2Ban
Preforming a...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting "Classic Control...
This guide will introduce you to DNS Management on Rackspace Cloud Sites. We will cover how to create, modify and delete DNS records, create sub-domains and domain aliases and introduce you to the Cloud DNS API (Application...
Table of Contents
General
What is a domain name system (DNS)?What types of customers/accounts have access to Cloud DNS?Where can I find the Cloud DNS API documentation?
Billing and Usage
How much does this service cost?
Existing...
The Domain Name System is essentially the phonebook for the Internet. It manages the relationships between IP addresses (the phone numbers), and domains (individuals and corporations). All domains and their components, such as...
NOTE: This article is written for our Classic Cloud Control Panel. You can access this interface from the New Cloud Control Panel by clicking your username in the upper-right of the control panel and selecting "Classic Cloud...
Updating your existing SSL Certificate is a quick and simple process. Whether your SSL Certificate is expiring or you are simply needing to change to a new SSL Certificate, you can follow these instructions to get your SSL...