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Community - This is the section for our customers to interact and discuss topics related to their Rackspace Cloud services.  You can access the Rackspace Open Cloud Community by clicking the Open Cloud Community link on the...
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Knowledge Base - This link will open a new tab for the Rackspace Knowledge Center, a valuable resource containing articles, community discussions, videos, and white papers to help you find all the available information on using...
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If you are ever having a problem accessing the Control Panel, or any other Rackspace Cloud services, the first place you should check is the Cloud Status page.  This is where we list all maintenances and service-impacting events...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
Now that you know how to manage all of your account information...
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Getting Started

If you are ever having a problem accessing the Control Panel, or any other Rackspace Cloud services, the first place you should check is the Cloud Status page.  This is where we list all maintenances and service-impacting events...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
Now that you know how to Create a New Server, this article will...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
Now that you know how to manage all of your account information...
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Linux
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - CentOS - Installing vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - CentOS - Configuring a user in vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - Ubuntu - Installing vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 -...
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Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - What Are Your Name Servers?
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Transferring Your Domain to Rackspace Cloud
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - DNS Control Panel
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Creating a...
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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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
 
Hello, and welcome to the second guide for using the Rackspace...
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If you are using a Windows server and you only need to upload a few small files from your local machine, you can copy them to your clip board and use Local Resources to paste them to your Windows Cloud Server.   If you have more...
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Uncategorized

If you are ever having a problem accessing the Control Panel, or any other Rackspace Cloud services, the first place you should check is the Cloud Status page.  This is where we list all maintenances and service-impacting events...
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Linux
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - CentOS - Installing vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - CentOS - Configuring a user in vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - Ubuntu - Installing vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 -...
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Connecting to a Linux Cloud Server
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 3 - Going from Windows to Linux Using PuTTY
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 3 - Going from Mac to Linux using iTerm
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 3 - Rescue Mode on Linux...
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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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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API

Developer Resources
Rackspace Cloud API documentation for the following resources can be found at: http://docs.rackspace.com/api
Next Gen Cloud Servers
First Gen Cloud Servers
Cloud Load Balancers
Cloud DNS
Cloud Identity
Cloud...
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Apache

NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
Now that you know how to Create a New Server, this article will...
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Control Panel Software

NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
Now that you know how to manage all of your account information...
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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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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File Transfers and File Sharing

 
Linux
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - CentOS - Installing vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - CentOS - Configuring a user in vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 - Ubuntu - Installing vsftpd
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 5 -...
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If you are using a Windows server and you only need to upload a few small files from your local machine, you can copy them to your clip board and use Local Resources to paste them to your Windows Cloud Server.   If you have more...
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DNS

 
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - What Are Your Name Servers?
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Transferring Your Domain to Rackspace Cloud
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - DNS Control Panel
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 6 - Creating a...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
Why Reverse DNS Lookups?
Reverse DNS records are an essential setting for those running a mail server since many recipient servers reject, or mark as...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
This article provides a quick set of step-by-step instructions...
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Have you just made DNS changes but aren't sure if they're correct? Don't want to wait for the changes to propagate before discovering a small typo?
No problem. Using the common but often ignored command dig (domain information...
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Resizing

 
 
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 4 - Configuring Snapshots
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 4 - Restoring a Cloud Server From a Saved Image
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 4 - Cloud Server Snapshot Limitations
 
 
 
Back to the First 48 Guide...
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You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
If you have enabled Scheduled Imaging or saved an On-Demand...
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Server Migration

 
 
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 4 - Configuring Snapshots
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 4 - Restoring a Cloud Server From a Saved Image
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 4 - Cloud Server Snapshot Limitations
 
 
 
Back to the First 48 Guide...
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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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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Linux Tools

 
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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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Windows Tools

 
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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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High Availability - HA

 
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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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Load Balancing

 
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.
 
Cloud Servers
Rackspace Cloud Essentials 2 - Cloud...
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NOTE: This article is written for our first generation Cloud Control Panel . A version of this article is also available for our next generation Cloud Control Panel .
What is Load Balancing?
Mission critical web-based...
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mysql

You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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server images

You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
 
Hello, and welcome to the second guide for using the Rackspace...
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NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
If you have enabled Scheduled Imaging or saved an On-Demand...
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FAQ

You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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Version Control Systems

You have just learned how to enable Scheduled Imaging, create On-Demand snapshots, and Restore servers from an image. These images are ideal for use as templates or "gold images", so that you can easily restore to a known...
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Interface Tools

NOTE: This article is written for our First-Generation Cloud Control Panel. A version of this article is also available for our Next-Generation Cloud Control Panel.
After Cloud Servers and Cloud Load Balancers, another way you...
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Windows Firewall


Creating an Inbound Port Allow Rule
1. Launch Windows Firewall with Advanced Security by clicking on Start > Administrative Tools > Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

2. Select Inbound Rules in the left pane and...
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Creating an Inbound Predefined Allow Rule
1. Launch Windows Firewall with Advanced Security by clicking on Start > Administrative Tools > Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

2. Select Inbound Rules in the left pane...
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Scaling and High Availability

NOTE: This article is written for our first generation Cloud Control Panel . A version of this article is also available for our next generation Cloud Control Panel .
What is Load Balancing?
Mission critical web-based...
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