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‎Boot from volume (BfV)

Christoph at 16:29, 24 October 2014

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Christoph: New page: ==Boot from volume (BfV)== In this section, I will show how to boot from a Cloud Block Storage (CBS) volume entirely using simple API calls (via cURL). The examples in this article will d...

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New page: ==Boot from volume (BfV)== In this section, I will show how to boot from a Cloud Block Storage (CBS) volume entirely using simple API calls (via cURL). The examples in this article will d...

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==Boot from volume (BfV)==
In this section, I will show how to boot from a Cloud Block Storage (CBS) volume entirely using simple API calls (via cURL).

The examples in this article will do the following:

* Create a SATA CBS volume in DFW; and
* Boot a 1GB Performance-1 Cloud Server from that CBS volume in DFW;

* Step #0: Setup your environment variables:

$ ACCOUNT=012345
$ USERNAME=myraxusername
$ API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
$ REGION=dfw
$ CBS_ENDPOINT=<nowiki>https://${REGION}.blockstorage.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1/${ACCOUNT}</nowiki>
$ SERVERS_ENDPOINT=<nowiki> https://${REGION}.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2/${ACCOUNT}</nowiki>
$ IMAGE_ID="68d5cc64-cb68-4275-9ede-9b062f7be070" # CentOS 6.5
$ FLAVOR="performance1-1"

* Step #1: Create a CBS volume in DFW:

$ CBS_VOLUME_NAME="test-bfb-sata"
$ CBS_VOLUME_TYPE="SATA" # or, "SSD"
$ CBS_VOLUME_SIZE=75 # i.e., 75GB, the smallest possible volume
$ curl -i -XPOST -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" \
"$CBS_ENDPOINT/volumes" \
-d "{\"volume\": {\"display_name\": \"$CBS_VOLUME_NAME\", \"imageRef\": \"$IMAGE_ID\", \
\"availability_zone\": null, \"volume_type\": \"$CBS_VOLUME_TYPE\", \
\"display_description\": null, \"snapshot_id\": null, \"size\": $CBS_VOLUME_SIZE}}"

Watch the status of your CBS volume build until it goes from status "creating" to "active":

$ CBS_VOLUME_ID=aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee # From output of last command
$ curl -i -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" \
"$CBS_ENDPOINT/volumes/$CBS_VOLUME_ID"

* Step #2: Boot a Cloud Server (in DFW) from the above CBS volume:

$ SERVER_ID=aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee # From output of last command
$ curl -i -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -H "Accept: application/json" \
"$SERVERS_ENDPOINT/v2/$ACCOUNT/servers/$SERVER_ID"

That's it! You now have a Cloud Server that has been booted from a CBS volume.

===Links===

* [http://www.rackspace.com/blog/boot-rackspace-cloud-servers-from-a-cloud-block-storage-volume/ Boot Rackspace Cloud Servers From A Cloud Block Storage Volume]
* [http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/boot-a-server-from-a-cloud-block-storage-volume Boot a server from a Cloud Block Storage volume]

[[Category:Rackspace]]

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	This article will show various examples and techniques for working with Rackspace's [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) RESTful API.		This article will show various examples and techniques for working with Rackspace's [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) RESTful API.

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		+	<div style="margin: 10px; padding: 5px; border: 2px solid red;">'''NOTE:''' This article was written in 2014 and is no longer maintained.</div>
		+
	This article will show various examples and techniques for working with Rackspace's [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) RESTful API.		This article will show various examples and techniques for working with Rackspace's [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) RESTful API.

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 ==HOWTO: boot from volume (BfV)==
-In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl|cURL]]).
+In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl|cURL]]). This process is also known as "Boot from Volume" (BfV).
 The examples in this article will do the following:
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   $ IMAGE_ID="68d5cc64-cb68-4275-9ede-9b062f7be070" # CentOS 6.5
   $ FLAVOR="performance1-1"
-  $ TOKEN=`curl -s -XPOST <nowiki>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tokens</nowiki> \
+  $ TOKEN=`curl -sXPOST <nowiki>https://identity.api.rackspacecloud.com/v2.0/tokens</nowiki> \
           -d'{"auth":{"RAX-KSKEY:apiKeyCredentials":{"username":"'$USERNAME'","apiKey":"'$API_KEY'"}}}' \
           -H"Content-type:application/json" | \
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 * Step #1: Create a CBS volume in DFW:
-  $ CBS_VOLUME_NAME="test-bfb-sata"
+  $ CBS_VOLUME_NAME="test-bfv-sata"
   $ CBS_VOLUME_TYPE="SATA"  # or, "SSD"
   $ CBS_VOLUME_SIZE=75 # i.e., 75GB, the smallest possible volume
-  $ curl -i -XPOST -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" \
+  $ curl -iXPOST -H "X-Auth-Token: $TOKEN" \
          -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" \
          "$CBS_ENDPOINT/volumes" \

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		+	This article will show various examples and techniques for working with Rackspace's [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) RESTful API.
		+
	==HOWTO: boot from volume (BfV)==		==HOWTO: boot from volume (BfV)==
	In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl\|cURL]]).		In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl\|cURL]]).

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−	==~~Boot~~ from volume (BfV)==	+	==HOWTO: boot from volume (BfV)==
	In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl\|cURL]]).		In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl\|cURL]]).

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 * [http://www.rackspace.com/blog/boot-rackspace-cloud-servers-from-a-cloud-block-storage-volume/ Boot Rackspace Cloud Servers From A Cloud Block Storage Volume]
 * [http://www.rackspace.com/knowledge_center/article/boot-a-server-from-a-cloud-block-storage-volume Boot a server from a Cloud Block Storage volume]
 [[Category:Rackspace]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==Boot from volume (BfV)==
-In this section, I will show how to boot from a Cloud Block Storage (CBS) volume entirely using simple API calls (via cURL).
+In this section, I will show you how to boot from a [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/block-storage/ Cloud Block Storage] (CBS) volume entirely using simple [http://docs.rackspace.com/ API calls] (via [[curl|cURL]]).
 The examples in this article will do the following:
 * Create a SATA CBS volume in DFW; and
-* Boot a 1GB Performance-1 Cloud Server from that CBS volume in DFW;
+* Boot a 1GB Performance-1 [http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/servers/ Cloud Server] from that CBS volume in DFW;
 * Step #0: Setup your environment variables: