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  • Rackspace Auto Scale 1.0
  • API Status
  • About the API
    • Additional resources
    • Getting help
  • Getting Started Guide
  • Prerequisites
  • Get your credentials
  • Send API requests
  • Authenticate
    • Send an authentication request
    • Review the authentication response
    • Configure environment variables
  • Create and manage scaling groups
    • List cloud server images
    • Create a cloud server
    • Create a cloud server image
    • Create a scaling group
    • Delete a scaling group
  • Developer Guide
  • Autoscale concepts
    • How Autoscale works
    • Scaling groups
      • Server parameters
      • Load balancer parameters
      • Launch configuration examples
        • Learn more
    • Webhooks and capability URLs
    • Scaling policies
      • Webhook-based policies
      • Schedule-based policies
      • Scaling by percentage
      • Using the min and max values with policies
      • Deleting resources
    • Cooldowns
    • Schedule-based configurations
    • Event-based configurations
    • Cloud bursting with RackConnect v3
    • Convergence
  • General API information
    • Authentication
    • Contract versions
    • Request and response types
    • Pagination
      • Paginating group lists
      • Paginating policy lists
      • Paginating webhook lists
    • Limits
      • Rate limits
      • Absolute limits
    • Faults
    • Date and time format
    • Server flavors
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
      • Assigning roles to account users
      • Roles available for Auto Scale
      • Resolving conflicts between RBAC multiproduct vs. custom (product-specific) roles
      • RBAC permissions cross-reference to Auto Scale operations
    • Service access and endpoints
  • API Reference
  • API Reference
    • Scaling groups
      • List scaling groups
        • Request
        • Response
      • Create scaling group
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show scaling group configuration
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update scaling group configuration
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show scaling group details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show scaling group details including webhooks
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete scaling group
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete server from scaling group
        • Request
        • Response
      • Get scaling group state
        • Request
        • Response
      • Pause group
        • Request
        • Response
      • Resume group
        • Request
        • Response
      • Trigger convergence
        • Request
        • Response
    • Launch configurations
      • Show launch configuration
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update launch configuration
        • Request
        • Response
    • Scaling policies
      • List policies
        • Request
        • Response
      • Create scaling policy
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show policy details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update scaling policy
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete scaling policy
        • Request
        • Response
      • Execute policy
        • Request
        • Response
    • Webhooks
      • List webhooks for the policy
        • Request
        • Response
      • Create webhook
        • Request
        • Response
      • Show webhook details
        • Request
        • Response
      • Update webhook
        • Request
        • Response
      • Delete webhook
        • Request
        • Response
    • Executions
      • Execute anonymous webhook
        • Request
        • Response
  • Release Notes
    • API v1.0 release, December 08, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Behavioral changes
      • Known issues
    • API v1.0 release, December 09, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API v1.0 release, July 09, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API v1.0 release, March 12, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API v1.0 release, January 16, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API v1.0 release, November 20, 2013
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
  • Disclaimer

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API Reference

  • Scaling groups
    • List scaling groups
    • Create scaling group
    • Show scaling group configuration
    • Update scaling group configuration
    • Show scaling group details
    • Show scaling group details including webhooks
    • Delete scaling group
    • Delete server from scaling group
    • Get scaling group state
    • Pause group
    • Resume group
    • Trigger convergence
  • Launch configurations
    • Show launch configuration
    • Update launch configuration
  • Scaling policies
    • List policies
    • Create scaling policy
    • Show policy details
    • Update scaling policy
    • Delete scaling policy
    • Execute policy
  • Webhooks
    • List webhooks for the policy
    • Create webhook
    • Show webhook details
    • Update webhook
    • Delete webhook
  • Executions
    • Execute anonymous webhook
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