Getting Started with HP Cloud Services

HP Cloud consists of the following publicly-available services:

• Identity Service - An OpenStack Identity Services implementation hosted by HP
• Object Storage - An OpenStack Object Storage implementation hosted by HP
• Compute - An OpenStack Compute implementation hosted by HP
• Block Storage - Add additional volumes to HP Cloud Compute instances
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) - A content delivery network hosted by HP

The following services are now in private beta; follow the links to sign up and begin trying them out!

• Relational Database (RDB) for MySQL - An OpenStack DBaaS implementation hosted by HP.
  Note: This service requires activation while in private beta; please request access on our sign-up page. Service use is free of charge during the private beta period.
• Load Balancer as a Service (LBaaS) - A managed service enabling automatic traffic routing to multiple back end servers hosted by HP.
  Note: This service requires activation while in private beta; please request access on our sign-up page. Service use is free of charge during the private beta period.
• Domain Name Service (DNS) - A managed domain name service featuring anycast routing hosted by HP.
  Note: This service requires activation while in private beta; please request access on our sign-up page. Service use is free of charge during the private beta period.
• Monitoring as a Service (MaaS): A managed monitoring service facilitating the monitoring of health and other metrics for the resources in HP Cloud.
  Note: This service requires activation while in private beta; please request access on our sign-up page. Service use is free of charge during the private beta period.
• Application Platform as a Service (aPaaS) - An application platform for development, deployment, and management of cloud applications hosted by HP.
  Note: This service requires activation while in private beta; please request access on our sign-up page. Service use is free of charge during the private beta period.
• Messaging as a Service (MSGaaS): API for the HP Cloud messaging service; provides you with a standards-based, inter-application asynchronous message queuing system with guaranteed first in, first out (FIFO) message delivery in the HP Cloud.
  Note: This service requires activation while in private beta; please request access on our sign-up page. Service use is free of charge during the private beta period.

For detailed REST API information, dig into those links above. In order to interact with the services, you'll need your API Keys.

For direct interactivity with HP Cloud Services, you can use the following officially supported tools:

• Management Console - The GUI experience on this website
• Command Line Interfaces - Command line tool for easy scripting

You might also benefit from taking a look at our introductory page on the Activity Stream.

For best results, we recommend that use one of the following supported HTML5 browsers when accessing the management console:

• Chrome
• FireFox12
• Internet Explorer 9
• Safari 5.03

For creating your own applications, take a look at our Bindings section.

For helping you to find your way around, we've provided a site map of the documentation available on the site, as well as a site overview. For information on specific releases, you can check out the release notes. And if you have a question, feel free to post something over on our forums. We'd love to help.