Getting Started with Rackspace

Before you can start uploading any data, you first need to register an account using their web site. The process should be pretty straightforward and involves selecting the services to use (in this case, the Rackspace Cloud Files service) and providing them with some basic information, such as your contact details, payment information, and so on. Once done, you will receive an e-mail from them that includes your login details with a link to their web site that you can use to get started. For now, let’s assume that your username is loadbalancer, and your password is LoadBalance01.

Use your browser to navigate to their web site, which will prompt you for your login credentials, as shown in Figure 5-1.

Figure 5-1. Rackspace Cloud login prompt