Supported SLAPI Clients
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April 25, 2013
phil
Users interact with SoftLayer's authortative DNS servers through the SoftLayer_Dns_Domain service. Each SoftLayer_Dns_Domain has a collection of SoftLayer_DNS_Domain_ResourceRecords referenced by the resourceRecords relational property. While it is possible to interact with resource records through the SoftLayer_Dns_Domain service, it is best to use the SoftLayer_Dns_Domain_ResourceRecord service directly after initial zone creation.
Domains
Listing
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April 18, 2013
phil
In the context of the SoftLayer API, SoftLayer CloudLayer Computing Instances(CCIs) are represented by SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest objects. The SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest service allows for interaction with a specific CCI and you are able to interact with all CCIs on your account through the SoftLayer_Account service.
Creating
Ordering new CCIs is accomplished through SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::createObject.
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March 19, 2013
phil
"Error Fetching http headers" is a common error to encounter when working with the SLAPI. Fortunately, it is not terribly difficult to avoid. This error most commonly met when working with a large sets of data and can be a bit cryptic, as it seems to imply some sort of connection issue. In truth, it is a client side error provided when a timeout occurs while waiting for a response from the API.
When this error is encountered, there are three common solutions to head off the error by remedying either the timeout directly or how the API returns the results.
default_socket_timeout
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With the release of SoftLayer Object Storage, we wanted to integrate brand-unique, value-added features on top of the already comprehensive tools that have been set in place to provide a first-in-class product for our customers.
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