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Rackspace Releases version 2.0 of Rackspace Cloud for iOS

Posted by James Vastbinder on Mar 11, 2011

Sections: Operations & Infrastructure,; Architecture & Design
Topics: Operations ,; Cloud Computing ,; Infrastructure ,; Rackspace ,; iPad ,; iPhone

Today, developers and system administrators may download Rackspace Cloud 2.0 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch from the Apple App Store. The new universal iOS application allows developers and admins to manage their Rackspace Cloud deployments as well as customize OpenStack Clouds.

In this new application release, users now have the ability to access their Rackspace Cloud and Cloud Files through the same interface.

With this app, we fully implemented everything in the API, explains Mike Mayo, Senior Developer of Mobile Apps for Rackspace Hosting. The best use for this is if you are a sysadmin controlling resources on our cloud. Get this app and something like iSSH, and then you have everything you need to [manage your Cloud Servers].

Features

Support for multiple accounts and endpoints
Data for your servers is now stored locally
Passcode lock with data-wipe
Create up to 10 Chef boot-strapped servers at once
Ping an IP address from 50 locations around the world or punch out to an SSH application and connect to it
Detailed error handling built into the application
Full access to status RSS feeds
CDN support for Cloud Files
Fully manage Cloud Servers
View API rate limits

Rackspace Cloud 2.0 is open source and part of the OpenStack project, the foundation of the Rackspace Cloud. The source code to the OpenStack iOS app is available here. .