======================== Rackspace API Challenges

These challenges were originally written by Rackspace support for Rackspace support to work with the API.

Pick one of the SDKs to work with and knock these out of the park.

Week 1 Challenges

Challenge 1

Write a script that builds three 512 MB Cloud Servers that following a similar naming convention. (ie., web1, web2, web3) and returns the IP and login credentials for each server. Use any image you want. Worth 1 point

Challenge 2

Write a script that clones a server (takes an image and deploys the image as a new server). Worth 2 Points

Challenge 3

Write a script that accepts a directory as an argument as well as a container name. The script should upload the contents of the specified directory to the container (or create it if it doesn't exist). The script should handle errors appropriately. (Check for invalid paths, etc.) Worth 2 Points

Challenge 4

Write a script that uses Cloud DNS to create a new A record when passed a FQDN and IP address as arguments. Worth 1 Point

Challenge 5

Write a script that creates a Cloud Database instance. This instance should contain at least one database, and the database should have at least one user that can connect to it. Worth 1 Point

Week 2 Challenges

Challenge 6

Write a script that creates a CDN-enabled container in Cloud Files. Worth 1 Point

Challenge 7

Write a script that will create 2 Cloud Servers and add them as nodes to a new Cloud Load Balancer. Worth 3 Points

Challenge 8

Write a script that will create a static webpage served out of Cloud Files. The script must create a new container, cdn enable it, enable it to serve an index file, create an index file object, upload the object to the container, and create a CNAME record pointing to the CDN URL of the container. Worth 3 Points

Week 3 Challenges

Challenge 9

Write an application that when passed the arguments FQDN, image, and flavor it creates a server of the specified image and flavor with the same name as the fqdn, and creates a DNS entry for the fqdn pointing to the server's public IP. Worth 2 Points

Challenge 10

Write an application that will:

• Create 2 servers, supplying an ssh key to be installed at /root/.ssh/authorized_keys.
• Create a load balancer
• Add the 2 new servers to the LB
• Set up LB monitor and custom error page.
• Create a DNS record based on a FQDN for the LB VIP.
• Write the error page html to a file in cloud files for backup.

Whew! That one is worth 8 points!

Week 4 Challenges

Challenge 11

Write an application that will:

• Create an SSL terminated load balancer (Create self-signed certificate.)
• Create a DNS record that should be pointed to the load balancer.
• Create Three servers as nodes behind the LB.
• Each server should have a CBS volume attached to it. (Size and type are irrelevant.)
• All three servers should have a private Cloud Network shared between them.
• Login information to all three servers returned in a readable format as the result of the script, including connection information.

Worth 6 points