diff --git a/launch_oneiric.py b/launch_oneiric.py
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+import os, sys, time
+import getopt
+
+import clouddns
+import openstack.compute
+
+
+USERNAME = os.environ['CLOUD_SERVERS_USERNAME']
+API_KEY = os.environ['CLOUD_SERVERS_API_KEY']
+
+compute = openstack.compute.Compute(username=USERNAME, apikey=API_KEY, cloud_api='RACKSPACE')
+
+(option_pairs, args) = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], [], ["distro="])
+
+if len(args) == 0:
+  print "Node Name required!"
+  sys.exit(1)
+node_name = args[0]
+
+node = compute.servers.create(name=node_name, image=15330720, flavor=3)
+while node.status != u'ACTIVE':
+  print "sleep"
+  time.sleep(1)
+  node = compute.servers.get(node.id)
+
+dns_ctx = clouddns.connection.Connection(USERNAME,
+                                         API_KEY)
+domain_name = ".".join(node_name.split(".")[-2:])
+domain = dns_ctx.get_domain(name=domain_name)
+try:
+    record = domain.get_record(name=node_name)
+except:
+    record = None
+if record is None:
+    domain.create_record(node_name, node.public_ip, "A")
+else:
+    record.update(data=node.public_ip)
+
+print "node ip", node.public_ip
+with open("%s.node.sh" % node_name,"w") as node_file:
+  node_file.write("ipAddr=%s\n" % node.public_ip)
+  node_file.write("nodeId=%s\n" % node.id)