API Features

• Launch and control Cloud Servers programmatically using a RESTful API.
• Customize server instances with the ability to dynamically inject files into the file system.
• Assign server instances custom metadata using your own key/value pairs.
• Reboot servers with soft or hard (power cycle) restart options.
• Rebuild servers from any image you specify.
• Create custom images and schedule backups of your cloud servers.
• Resize servers up or down, choosing from a variety of configurations.
• Share IPs. Create a collection of servers that can share public IPs with other members of
  the group.

Built With The Cloud Servers API

The Cloud Servers Application Porgramming Interface (API) allows developers to build their own unique solutions on top of Rackspace's infrastructure. Below are three examples of the numerous applications that have been built using the Cloud Servers API.

RightScale

RightScale offers a fully automated cloud management platform that enables you to design, deploy, manage, and automate business-critical applications on the cloud. The Cloud Servers API allows RightScale's custom control panel to provision Cloud Servers automatically.

Cloud Servers iPhone App

The Cloud Servers application for iPhone and iPod Touch allows you to easily and quickly administer your Cloud Servers on the go, wherever you are. The app uses the API to allow users to remotely perform a variety of tasks, including: adding, deleting, and rebooting servers.

rBuilder

rPath creates software that automates application deployment and maintenance across physical, virtual and cloud environments. rPath was able to bring their software to the Rackspace Cloud by making extensive use of the API.