Rackspace hosting have announced the release of Rackspace Cloud 2.0 for for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Mike Mayo writing on the rackspace hosting cloud blog said, “This app is a complete rewrite of our existing iPhone and iPad apps, and is now universal. You can run this app on an iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Rather than having separate apps for iPhone and iPad, we can now push out new features (like Chef Bootstrapping!) to all iOS devices at once.
Another important thing to know about this app is that it’s open source and part of the OpenStack project – the open source software that powers the Rackspace Cloud.”
Rackspace Cloud 2.0 Features:
Support for Multiple Accounts and API Endpoints
Passcode Lock with Data Wipe
Create Multiple Chef Bootstrapped Cloud Servers at Once
Detailed Error Handling
CDN Support for Cloud Files
View and Print Cloud Files
Accounts can be sorted for easy access to your most important accounts
Reboot, rename, resize, and rebuild your Cloud Servers
Change the root password for your Cloud Servers Manage backup schedules for your Cloud Servers
Delete Cloud Servers
Create and delete Cloud Files containers
Create folders in Cloud Files containers
Create media (photos and video) and text files in Cloud Files containers
Delete Cloud Files
View your API rate limits
Mike Mayo is the mobile apps developer for Rackspace.
The source code to the OpenStack iOS app is available at http://launchpad.net/openstack-ios
More info: http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/blog/2011/03/11/rackspace-cloud-2-0-for-iphone-ipad-and-ipod-touch-now-available/
