.. _getting-started:

==========================
**Getting Started Guide**
==========================

Use this Getting Started Guide  to learn how to authenticate, send API requests, set up 
the command line interface, and complete basic operations by using the 
|product name|.

For more information about |product name| concepts and API operations, 
see the :ref:`Developer Guide<developer-guide>` and the :ref:`API reference<api-reference>`.

.. note:: 
		You can also access |apiservice| features from the `Rackspace Cloud Control Panel`_.

.. _Rackspace Cloud Control Panel: https://mycloud.rackspace.com  

.. _getting-started:

===============
Getting started
===============

Use the following information to learn how to authenticate, send API requests, and complete basic operations by using the 
|product name|.

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 1
  
  get-credentials-include
  send-request-ovw
  authenticate
  concepts
  
.. comment: Also add an entry to the "getting started" topics for using the service (for example, "Create and manage load balancers")
  
To start using the API and run the examples in this section, you need the following items:

- Rackspace Cloud account. If you don't have an account, `sign up`_ for one.
- :ref:`Command line tool or browser client <send-api-requests>` for communicating with the API service.

.. comment: link reference

.. _sign up: https://cart.rackspace.com/cloud/

Revise getting started topic with latest changes
Revise getting started topic with latest changes

I revised the topic to reflect the latest changes that were made based on the TOC revisions. I suppose there is a chance it might need further revision, based on feedback, but I wanted to get it started. (ha) I am not sure about the toctree, nor the comment I inserted. Revise as necessary.