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  • Orchestration Templates User Guide
  • Generic software config
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
    • Example template
      • Parameters section
      • Resources section
      • Outputs section
      • Full template
    • Usage
    • Reference documentation
  • Bootstrapping software config
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
    • Following along
    • Modifying the example template
      • Modify the server
    • The Heat::InstallConfigAgent resource
      • The configuration template
        • Install the basics
        • Install the generic agents
        • Configure the agents service
        • Combine and expose the configs
      • The environment file
    • Deploy the bootstrapped instance
    • Custom Image
      • Remove cloud-init artifacts
      • Snapshot your bootstrapped server
      • Using your new image
    • Reference documentation
  • Customizing Rackspace supported templates for RackConnect V3 customers
    • Brief summary
    • Prerequisite
    • Customizing a template
    • Example (customized template)
    • Reference
  • Rackspace Cloud Files CDN using Heat
    • Brief summary
    • Prerequisite(s):
    • Example Template
      • Resources section
      • Outputs section
      • Full example template
    • Reference
  • SwiftSignal and SwiftSignalHandle
    • Brief summary
    • Example template
      • Resources section
        • Add a SwiftSignalHandle resource
        • Add SwiftSignal resource
        • Add a Server resource
      • Outputs section
      • Full example template
    • Reference
  • Rackspace Cloud Server
    • Brief summary
    • OS::Nova::Server properties
    • Known behaviors/issues
    • Example template-1
    • Example template-2
    • Example template-3
    • Example template-4
    • Reference
  • SecurityGroup and SecurityGroupAttachment
    • Brief summary
    • Limitations / Known Issues
    • Example template
      • Resources section
        • Add a Server resource
        • Add SecurityGroup resource
        • Add SecurityGroupAttachment resource
      • Full Example Template
    • Reference
  • Rackspace Cloud Load Balancer
    • Brief summary
    • Example load balancer template
    • Load balancer properties
    • Example template with load balancer
      • Full Template
    • Reference
  • Cloud Monitoring resources for Heat
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
    • Example template
      • Resources section
      • Full template
    • Reference documentation
  • Rackspace Cloud Backup
    • Brief summary
    • Prerequisite(s):
      • Installing cloud backup agent on the server
        • Option-1
        • Option-2
    • Example template
      • Resources section
      • Cloud backup config resource
      • Outputs section
      • Full Example Template
    • Reference
  • Rackspace Cloud Databases
    • Brief summary
    • Example template
      • Resources section
      • Outputs section
      • Full template
    • Reference documentation
  • Rackspace Cloud Databases and Scheduled Backups
    • Brief summary
    • Example template
      • Resources section
      • Outputs section
    • Reference documentation
  • Event and schedule-based auto scaling with Heat
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
      • Auto Scale
      • Cloud Monitoring
      • Cloud Orchestration
    • Schedule-based auto scaling
      • Resources section
      • Outputs section
      • Full template
    • Event-based auto scaling
      • Resources section
        • Autoscale resources
        • Cloud Monitoring resources
      • Outputs section
      • Full template
    • Auto-scaling using webhooks
    • Reference documentation
  • Auto-scaling Heat stacks
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
    • Example template
    • Create stack and scale group
  • Using Ansible with Heat
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
    • Following along
    • Basic template
      • Resources
      • Outputs
    • Deploy the basic template
    • Advanced Template with Roles
      • New resources
      • Modify playbook
      • Modify outputs
    • Deploy the advanced template
    • Reference documentation
  • Using Chef with Heat
    • Brief summary
    • Pre-reading
    • Basic template
      • Resources
    • References
  • Rackspace shared IP resource
    • Brief summary
      • Setup process
    • Example template
    • Resources
      • SharedIP resource
      • AssociateSharedIP resource
      • Outputs section
      • Full Example Template
    • Reference
  • Updating stacks
    • Overview
    • Create a stack
    • Update the stack without replacement
    • Update the stack with replacement
    • Update the stack to add a resource
  • Writing templates using CloudFormation format
    • Overview
    • Writing a CFN template
    • Using the CFN resources
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