Getting started

• Get your credentials
• Sending API requests to Cloud DNS
  • Convert cURL examples to run on Windows
• Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
  • Authenticate by using cURL
  • Send an authentication request
  • Review the authentication response
  • Configure environment variables
• Concepts
  • DNS
  • Domain
  • Subdomain
  • Record
  • Domain Owner
• Create and manage DNS domains
  • Creating a new cloud server
  • Creating a domain
  • Listing domain details
  • Adding records

To start using the API and run the examples in this section, you need the following items:

• Rackspace Cloud account. If you don’t have one, sign up for a Rackspace Cloud account.
• Command-line tool or browser client for communicating with the API service.