Getting started

Use the following information to learn how to authenticate, send API requests, and complete basic operations by using the Rackspace Cloud Backup API.

For more information about Cloud Backup concepts and API operations, see the API reference.

• Get your credentials
• Send API requests to Cloud Backup
• Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
• Cloud Backup concepts
• Create and manage backups

To start using the API and run the examples in this section, you need the following items:

• Rackspace Cloud account. If you don’t have one, sign up for a Rackspace Cloud account.

• Command-line tool or browser client for communicating with the API service.