After an account is created, you can easily setup a cloud server in the Rackspace Cloud control panel. The last 256MB server I deployed took only 20-30 seconds to get going. Once in the control panel, you first go to “Cloud Servers” then click “add new server”. The next step is to pick the size of the server that you would like, as shown here:



newserversize



After you pick the size of the server, you then get to pick the operating system. You can either choose a fresh install off the linux list:



newserveros



Or you can deploy the new server from an existing backup of another server (for a conclusive list of distributions, see) Technical Specs/OS List :



newserverbackup