🐍 FastAPI Backend

Introduction

A cost-effective, flexible VM provisioning solution built on a bidding-based model, designed for private cloud scalability. Offers raw VM access with volumes, security, and SSH controls—perfect for enterprises, developers, and internal cloud teams.

⚙️ VM on Spot Platform - FastAPI Backend

This is the backend service for VM provisioning, built with FastAPI.

🛠️ Setup Instructions

1. Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+
• pip (Python package installer)
• Rackspace OSPC credentials ( username and password ) to Staging tenant

2. Clone Repo, check Python Version and create virtual environments

git clone <repo>
cd vm-allocater

python3 --version
pip3 --version

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # Linux/macOS
venv\Scripts\activate     # Windows

3. Installing requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

4. Step to Run Application

uvicorn app:app --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000
OR
python3 app.py