# Stacks

A stack is a running instance of a template. When a stack is created, the resources specified in the template are created.

## Preview stack

Before you create a stack from a template, you might want to see what that stack will look like. This is called previewing the stack.

This operation takes one parameter, an associative array, with the following keys:

Name | Description | Data type | Required? | Default value | Example value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---

`name`

Name of the stack

String. Must start with an alphabetic character, and must contain only alphanumeric, `_`, `-` or `.` characters

Yes

`simple-lamp-setup`

`template` | Template contents | String. JSON or YAML | No, if `templateUrl` is specified | `null` | `heat_template_version: 2013-05-23\ndescription: LAMP server\n`
`templateUrl` | URL of the template file | String. HTTP or HTTPS URL | No, if `template` is specified | `null` | `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp.yaml`
`parameters` | Arguments to the template, based on the template’s parameters. For example, see the parameters in this template section | Associative array | No | `null` | `array('flavor_id' => 'general1-1')`

### Preview a stack from a template file

If your template is stored on your local computer as a JSON or YAML file, you can use it to preview a stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack = $orchestrationService->previewStack(array(
        'name'         => 'simple-lamp-setup',
        'template'     => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/lamp.yml'),
        'parameters'   => array(
            'server_hostname' => 'web01',
            'image'           => 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
        )
    ));

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### Preview a stack from a template URL

If your template is stored as a JSON or YAML file in a remote location accessible via HTTP or HTTPS, you can use it to preview a stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack = $orchestrationService->previewStack(array(
        'name'         => 'simple-lamp-setup',
        'templateUrl'  => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp.yaml',
        'parameters'   => array(
            'server_hostname' => 'web01',
            'image'           => 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
        )
    ));

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## Create stack

You can create a stack from a template. This operation takes one parameter, an associative array, with the following keys:

Name | Description | Data type | Required? | Default value | Example value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---

`name`

Name of the stack

String. Must start with an alphabetic character, and must contain only alphanumeric, `_`, `-` or `.` characters.

Yes

`simple-lamp-setup`

`template` | Template contents | String. JSON or YAML | No, if `templateUrl` is specified | `null` | `heat_template_version: 2013-05-23\ndescription: LAMP server\n`
`templateUrl` | URL of template file | String. HTTP or HTTPS URL | No, if `template` is specified | `null` | `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp.yaml`
`parameters` | Arguments to the template, based on the template’s parameters | Associative array | No | `null` | `array('server_hostname' => 'web01')`

`timeoutMins`

Duration, in minutes, after which stack creation should time out

Integer

Yes

5

### Create a stack from a template file

If your template is stored on your local computer as a JSON or YAML file, you can use it to create a stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack = $orchestrationService->createStack(array(
        'name'         => 'simple-lamp-setup',
        'templateUrl'  => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp.yaml',
        'parameters'   => array(
            'server_hostname' => 'web01',
            'image'           => 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
        ),
        'timeoutMins'  => 5
    ));

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### Create a stack from a template URL

If your template is stored as a JSON or YAML file in a remote location accessible via HTTP or HTTPS, you can use it to create a stack as shown in the following example:

    $stack = $orchestrationService->stack();
    $stack->create(array(
        'name'          => 'simple-lamp-setup',
        'templateUrl'   => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp.yaml',
        'parameters'    => array(
            'server_hostname' => 'web01',
            'image'           => 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
        ),
        'timeoutMins'   => 5
    ));

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## List stacks

You can list all the stacks that you have created as shown in the following example:

    $stacks = $orchestrationService->listStacks();
    foreach ($stacks as $stack) {
        /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    }

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## Get stack

You can retrieve a specific stack using its name, as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack = $orchestrationService->getStack('simple-lamp-setup');

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## Get stack template

You can retrieve the template used to create a stack. Note that a JSON string is returned, regardless of whether a JSON or YAML template was used to create the stack.

    /** @var $stackTemplate string **/
    $stackTemplate = $stack->getTemplate();

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## Update stack

You can update a running stack.

This operation takes one parameter, an associative array, with the following keys:

Name | Description | Data type | Required? | Default value | Example value
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
`template` | Template contents | String. JSON or YAML | No, if `templateUrl` is specified | `null` | `heat_template_version: 2013-05-23\ndescription: LAMP server\n`
`templateUrl` | URL of template file | String. HTTP or HTTPS URL | No, if `template` is specified | `null` | `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp-updated.yaml`
`parameters` | Arguments to the template, based on the template’s parameters | Associative array | No | `null` | `array('flavor_id' => 'general1-1')`

`timeoutMins`

Duration, in minutes, after which stack update should time out

Integer

Yes

5

### Update a stack from a template file

If your template is stored on your local computer as a JSON or YAML file, you can use it to update a stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack->update(array(
        'template'      => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/lamp-updated.yml'),
        'parameters'    => array(
            'server_hostname' => 'web01',
            'image'           => 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
        ),
        'timeoutMins'   => 5
    ));

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### Update Stack from Template URL

If your template is stored as a JSON or YAML file in a remote location accessible via HTTP or HTTPS, you can use it to update a stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack->update(array(
        'templateUrl'   => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rackspace-orchestration-templates/lamp/master/lamp-updated.yaml',
        'parameters'    => array(
            'server_hostname' => 'web01',
            'image'           => 'Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) (PVHVM)'
        ),
        'timeoutMins'   => 5
    ));

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## Delete stack

If you no longer need a stack and all its resources, you can delete the stack and the resources as shown in the following example:

    $stack->delete();

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## Abandon Stack

Note

This operation returns data about the abandoned stack as a string. You can use this data to recreate the stack by using the adopt stack operation.

If you want to delete a stack but preserve all its resources, you can abandon the stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $abandonStackData string **/
    $abandonStackData = $stack->abandon();
    file_put_contents(__DIR__ . '/sample_adopt_stack_data.json', $abandonStackData);

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## Adopt stack

If you have data from an abandoned stack, you can re-create the stack as shown in the following example:

    /** @var $stack OpenCloud\Orchestration\Resource\Stack **/
    $stack = $orchestrationService->adoptStack(array(
        'name'           => 'simple-lamp-setup',
        'template'       => file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/lamp.yml'),
        'adoptStackData' => $abandonStackData,
        'timeoutMins'    => 5
    ));

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