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2 Rackspace Cloud Big Data Release ( ) 2015 Rackspace US, Inc. This document is intended for software developers who are interested in developing applications using the Rackspace Cloud Big Data Application Program Interface (API). The document is for informational purposes only and is provided AS IS. RACKSPACE MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COM- PLETENESS OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO SPECIFICATIONS AND PROD- UCT/SERVICES DESCRIPTION AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. RACKSPACE SERVICES OFFERINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITH- OUT NOTICE. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPLICATION OF ANY SERVICES MENTIONED HEREIN. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN RACKSPACE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND/OR CLOUD TERMS OF SERVICE, RACKSPACE ASSUMES NO LIABILITY WHATSOEVER, AND DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, RELATING TO ITS SERVICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Rackspace, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property. Rackspace, Rackspace logo and Fanatical Support are registered service marks of Rackspace US, Inc. All other product names and trademarks used in this document are for identification purposes only and are property of their respective owners. ii

3 Table of Contents Preface... v Document change history March 04, January 15, October 15, September 29, August 19, July 22, June 2, April 9, February 3, January 14, September 16, iii

4 List of Tables 1. Absolute limits iv

5 Preface This document describes new features and changes for the Cloud Big Data API. For detailed information about the Cloud Big Data API, see the following documentation at docs.rackspace.com: Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide Cloud Big Data Developer Guide Support for Cloud Big Data is available 24x7x365 via phone or chat, or by filing a ticket. For more information, see Rackspace Cloud Essentials - Getting Fanatical Support. You can also provide feedback by using the Product Feedback forum. Rackspace welcomes your comments, feedback, and bug reports. v

6 Document change history This version of the release notes replaces and obsoletes all earlier versions. The most recent changes are described in the following table: Revision Date Initial General Availability (GA) release of v2. March 4, 2015 January 15, 2015 Summary of Changes Removed the London endpoint for the Rackspace Cloud Identity service. Rackspace now has one global endpoint for authentication. Added information and links about multi-factor authentication in the following documents: Generating an authentication token in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide, v1 October 15, 2014 Authentication in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1 Added the IAD region to Service access endpoints in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the test terms for the Preview release of Spark to Pricing and service level in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the Spark cluster type to the list cluster types example response in Types in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the onmetal-io flavor to the table in Data node instances in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. September 29, 2014 August 19, 2014 Added the onmetal-io flavor to the list available flavors example response in Flavors in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Updated the link used to download the Python Lava client to and updated the information in Installing the client in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide, v1. Added the Medium Hadoop Instance and Large Hadoop Instance flavors to Cloud Big Data. July 22, 2014 Updated response examples in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide to include the Medium Hadoop Instance and Large Hadoop Instance flavors. In the "Service access endpoints" sections in the Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide and in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, added a link to About Regions in the Knowledge Center to provide guidance on choosing a regionalized endpoint. June 2, 2014 Initial General Availability (GA) release of v1. April 9, 2014 February 3, 2013 Updated the "Absolute limits" section in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide to show the current default values. Added Role Based Access Control (RBAC). January 14, 2014 Initial Limited Availability (LA) release of v1. September 16, 2013 Initial Early Access (EA) release of v1. 1

7 Rackspace is pleased to announce the General Availability (GA) release of Rackspace Cloud Big Data, v2. New versions of the following API documentation are available: Cloud Backup Getting Started Guide, v2 Cloud Backup Developer Guide, v2 The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Cloud Big Data is available at Your use through the API will be billed according to the pricing schedule at 2

8 March 04, 2015 This release includes the following changes for the Cloud Big Data API. Documentation Removed the London endpoint for the Rackspace Cloud Identity service. Rackspace now has one global endpoint for authentication. See the following documents: Generating an authentication token in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide, v1 Authentication in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1 3

9 January 15, 2015 This release includes the following change for the Cloud Big Data API. Documentation Added information and links about multi-factor authentication in the following documents: Generating an authentication token in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide, v1 Authentication in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1 4

10 October 15, 2014 This release includes the following changes for the Cloud Big Data API. Product enhancements Added the IAD region to the service access endpoints. Added the Spark cluster type to the list available flavors operation. Added the onmetal-io flavor to the list cluster types operation. Documentation Added the IAD region to Service access endpoints in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the test terms for the Preview release of Spark to Pricing and service level in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the Spark cluster type to the list cluster types example response in Types in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the onmetal-io flavor to the table in Data node instances in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. Added the onmetal-io flavor to the list available flavors example response in Flavors in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, v1. 5

11 September 29, 2014 This release includes the following changes for the Cloud Big Data API. Product enhancements Updated the link used to download the Python Lava client to Documentation Updated the link used to download the Python Lava client in Installing the client in Rackspace Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide, v1. 6

12 August 19, 2014 This release includes the following changes for the Cloud Big Data API. Product enhancements Added the Medium Hadoop Instance and Large Hadoop Instance flavors to Cloud Big Data. Documentation Updated response examples in the "Flavors" section of the "API Operations" chapter in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide to include the Medium Hadoop Instance and Large Hadoop Instance flavors. 7

13 July 22, 2014 This release includes the following changes for the Cloud Big Data API. Documentation In the "Service access endpoints" sections in the Cloud Big Data Getting Started Guide and in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide, a link to the Knowledge Center article About Regions was added to provide guidance on choosing a regionalized endpoint. 8

14 June 2, 2014 This release is the initial General Availability (GA) release of the Cloud Big Data API, v1. Rackspace is pleased to announce the General Availability release of Rackspace Cloud Big Data, v1. The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Cloud Big Data is available at Your use through the API will be billed according to the pricing schedule at 9

15 April 9, 2014 This release of the Cloud Big Data API updates the default values for the absolute limits in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide as shown in the following table. Table 1. Absolute limits Name Description Limit - default values Node count Maximum number of allowed data nodes 3 Disk Maximum disk capacity across all data nodes, in gigabytes (GB) 4500 RAM Maximum RAM across all data nodes, in gigabytes (GB) VCPUs Maximum virtual CPUs across all data nodes 6 10

16 February 3, 2014 This release of the Cloud Big Data API includes Role Based Access Control (RBAC). Role Based Access Control (RBAC) restricts access to the capabilities of Rackspace Cloud services, including the Cloud Big Data API, to authorized users only. RBAC enables Rackspace Cloud customers to specify which account users of their Cloud account have access to which Cloud Big Data API service capabilities, based on roles defined by Rackspace. The permissions to perform certain operations in Cloud Big Data API create, read, update, delete are assigned to specific roles, and these roles can be assigned by the Cloud account admin user to account users of the account. For more information, see the section on RBAC in the Cloud Big Data Developer Guide. 11

17 January 14, 2014 This release is the initial Limited Availability (LA) release of the Cloud Big Data API, v1. Rackspace is pleased to announce the Limited Availability release of Rackspace Cloud Big Data. The Limited Availability program enables customers and Rackers to test an early version of the product and provide feedback on the product and capabilities. Customers are screened as part of the on-boarding process to ensure correct product/customer fit. The Service Level Agreement (SLA) for Cloud Big Data is available at

18 September 16, 2013 This release is the initial Early Access (EA) release of the Cloud Big Data API, v1. Rackspace is pleased to announce the Early Access release of Rackspace Cloud Big Data. The Early Access program enables customers and Rackers, by invitation, to test an early version of the product and provide feedback on the product and its capabilities. The Cloud Big Data Early Access program is a preproduction service offering covered by the Beta Services terms (rackspace.com/information/legal/testterms/) in the Rackspace Cloud Terms of Service. 13