Getting started

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

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

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 an account, sign up for one.

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