Rackspace Cloud Actions

Actions for Rackspace Cloud #

• Send Data to Rackspace Cloud. Sends a custom set of Lucidum data to Rackspace Cloud.

Use Cases #

Below are the possible use cases for these actions:

• If you want to run Lucidum “headless”, you can send relevant data to Rackspace Cloud on a regular schedule.

• You can send normalized, enriched Lucidum data to Rackspace Cloud to be indexed, searched, and analyzed.

Prerequisites #

To execute Rackspace Cloud actions, you must configure a Rackspace Cloud API connection beforehand. .

Workflows #

• Creating a new Configuration and a new Action
• Cloning an Existing Action
• Creating a new Action from the Location Results page
• Editing a Configuration
• Editing an Action
• Viewing Information about an Action

Rackspace Cloud Configuration #

To create a configuration for Rackspace Cloud actions:

• Configuration Name. Identifier for the Configuration. This name will appear in the Lucidum Action Center.

• URL. The URL of the Rackspace API. For example, https://ord.servers.api.rackspacecloud.com

• Username. The username of an account that has read and write access to the Rackspace APIs. For details, see https://docs-ospc.rackspace.com/cloud-servers/v2/getting-started/get-credentials-include.html. For details on user roles and permissions, see https://docs-ospc.rackspace.com/cloud-servers/v2/general-api-info/role-based-access-control.html#assigning-roles-to-account-users.

• API Key. For details on generating an API Key, see https://docs.rackspace.com/docs/view-and-reset-your-api-key.

• Max # of Records per Payload. The maximum number of records to send to Rackspace Cloud in each action. The default value is “50”.

Manage Action Token #

To describe an action token for Rackspace Cloud actions:

1. Click the token icon.

2. In the Manage Action Tokens page, click the plus-sign in the upper right.

Create a New Action #

To create an action for Rackspace Cloud, contact Lucidum customer care.