---
title: "Rackspace"
date: 2019-03-03T16:39:46+01:00
draft: false
slug: rackspace
dnsprovider:
  since:    "v0.4.0"
  code:     "rackspace"
  url:      "https://www.rackspace.com/"
---

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Configuration for [Rackspace](https://www.rackspace.com/).


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- Code: `rackspace`
- Since: v0.4.0


Here is an example bash command using the Rackspace provider:

```bash
RACKSPACE_USER=xxxx \
RACKSPACE_API_KEY=yyyy \
lego --email you@example.com --dns rackspace --domains my.example.org run
```




## Credentials

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|-----------------------|-------------|
| `RACKSPACE_API_KEY` | API key |
| `RACKSPACE_USER` | API user |

The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).


## Additional Configuration

| Environment Variable Name | Description |
|--------------------------------|-------------|
| `RACKSPACE_HTTP_TIMEOUT` | API request timeout |
| `RACKSPACE_POLLING_INTERVAL` | Time between DNS propagation check |
| `RACKSPACE_PROPAGATION_TIMEOUT` | Maximum waiting time for DNS propagation |
| `RACKSPACE_TTL` | The TTL of the TXT record used for the DNS challenge |

The environment variable names can be suffixed by `_FILE` to reference a file instead of a value.
More information [here]({{% ref "dns#configuration-and-credentials" %}}).




## More information

- [API documentation](https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/cloud-dns/v1/)

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