Rackspace Cloudfiles

Rackspace Cloud Files

Cloud Files, powered by OpenStack®, provides easy-to-use online storage for files and media which can be delivered globally at blazing speeds over Akamai's content delivery network (CDN).

Signup and connect to your Rackspace Cloud Files account. You must make sure you have generated a valid API Access Key using the control panel available at manage.rackspacecloud.com.

Connecting

Note - All connection profiles are available through the *Preferences → Profiles* tab.

Connection Profiles

• Rackspace US: Download the Rackspace US Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions DFW, ORD, IAD, HKG and SYD are displayed in the browser.
• Rackspace UK: Download the Rackspace UK Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions LON are displayed in the browser.

Profile for a Single Region

• Rackspace US (DFW): Download the Rackspace US (DFW) Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions DFW are displayed in the browser.
• Rackspace US (ORD): Download the Rackspace US (ORD) Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions ORD are displayed in the browser.
• Rackspace US (IAD): Download the Rackspace US (IAd) Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions IAD are displayed in the browser.
• Rackspace US (HKG): Download the Rackspace US (HKG) Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions HKG are displayed in the browser.
• Rackspace US (SYD): Download the Rackspace US (SYD) Connection Profile for preconfigured settings. Containers from regions SYD are displayed in the browser.

Manual Configuration

Alternatively, enter the following information in the bookmark:

• Protocol: Swift (OpenStack Object Storage)
• Server: lon.auth.api.rackspacecloud.com
• Port: 443

Features

Containers

You can create a new top-level container using File → New Folder... (Windows Ctrl+Shift+N). You can select from regions DFW, ORD, HKG and SYD.

Folders

Creating a folder inside a container will create a placeholder object named after the directory that has no data content and the MIME type application/x-directory.

Distribution

You can enable Akamai CDN (Content Delivery Network) distribution for a selected container using File → Info → Distribution (CDN). Choose Enable Access Logging to save their raw CDN weblogs to your Cloud Files storage account.

Logging

You can enable private container access logging to .ACCESS_LOGS by adding the metadata X-Container-Meta-Access-Log-Delivery name with a value of true to the container. Choose File → Info → Metadata. To enable access logs for CDN enabled, refer to distribution access logging.

Public URLs

You can access all URLs (including from CDN configurations) from the menu Edit → Copy URL and File → Open URL.

Note - You must first open *File → Info → Distribution (CDN)* before these URLs are available.

Metadata

You can add custom HTTP headers to files to store metadata. Choose File → Info → Metadata to edit custom headers.

Limitations

• No resumable transfers

Default Metadata

Currently only possible using a hidden configuration option you can define default headers to be added for uploads. Multiple headers must be separated using a whitespace delimiter. Key and value of a header are separated with =. For example, if you want to add a HTTP header for Cache-Control and one named Creator you would set:

defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck openstack.metadata.default "Cache-Control=public,max-age=86400 Creator=Cyberduck"