Rackspace has an API for connecting to the server and writing to it...
I'll see if the ability to mount it is there as that would be...
amazing

On Jan 10, 10:59 pm, Dustin <dustin.far...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't used Rackspace, but i would assume (hope) they support
> remote mounting.
>
> I would use sshfs to mount the Rackspace server on your local drive
> (on the Django server) and reference that in MEDIA_ROOT
>
> e.g.
>
> sshfs usern...@my.rackspace.domain:/path/to/rackspace/home/dir /mnt/
> rackspace
>
> change MEDIA_ROOT to
>
> MEDIA_ROOT = '/mnt/rackspace/'
>
> and MEDIA_URL
>
> MEDIA_URL = 'my.rackspace.domain'
>
> On Jan 10, 6:55 pm, garagefan <monkeygar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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> > so i bit the hype and got myself a rackspace cloud account. i also got
> > a rackspace file account for image serving. i would like to write
> > something that overrides where all images are saved, regardless of the
> > model that requests the save.
>
> > what would this be? would i make this a middleware? I assume i need to
> > extend and "replace" the default "save file to MEDIA_ROOT directory"
>
> > i havent had to extend or replace django's default behavior, so before
> > i start digging in to this, i need to know the best place for this...
> > which, i assume would be middleware. yes?
>
> > thanks!

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