Rackspace Sample Server

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Overview

Like other templates provided with IMOD, the Rackspace Single Server template solution is provided as an example to help users develop their own custom System Definitions. Users are expected to develop their own system definitions or customize the provided solutions for their own needs. The information assumes that the users have basic understanding of deploying and starting systems in IMOD. Please refer to the Quick Start Guide to learn the basics of deploy and starting a system. For uploading files or your custom code to the server refer to the FAQ on how to upload/download file to and from servers in the cloud

What does it do?

Brings online a fully functional JIRA issue tracking system online with a single click. After the JIRA system is up and running go to http://ip-address-of-launched-server:8080 note you have to enter the port in the url to access the JIRA software. Note IMOD has the capability to deploy and manage applications with servers/resource running across multiple cloud providers. You can customize this template to deploy one server on Amazon EC2 and the other server on Rackspace. Please watch this 6 minutes demo to learn more: Deploying and Managing Apps on Rackspace Cloud

What deployment time actions/workflows are included in the System Definition?

Installs the JAVA, installs Tomcat with JIRA and starts the Tomcat server to bring the JIRA online

What run-time actions/events are defined in the System Definition?

Three run-time custom actions for events are defined:

• Scale up, scaling up
• Scale Down, for scaling down
• Server Died, for auto recovery

Note: You need to go configure the triggers for the events. Refer to the Quick Start Guide for how to configure triggers. Actions/events are reusable across templates and cloud providers as long as you avoid using cloud provider specific commands.