A Blog of the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
In this blog post we will describe the necessary steps to get an installation of OpenShift Origin v3 up and running on OpenStack. OpenShift Origin v3 offers a ton of features over its predecessor we covered over a year ago. Most notably is the support for Docker containers and the usage of Kubernetes.
In our previous blog post we described our experience enabling floating ips through modifications to nova python libraries in an Openstack Cells deployment using nova network. That solution was not robust enough and hence we had a go at installing neutron networking, although there is very little documentation specifically addressing Neutron and Cells. Neutron’s configuration […]
The Cloud Robotics initiative was recently kicked off at SPLab. Invited by one of our collaboration partners, we attended ROSCon 2015 in Hamburg. ROSCon is the ROS (Robot Operating System) conference, dedicated to all research, development, and practice going around ROS. 2015 was the fourth edition of the event and was so crowded with ROS […]
In our previous blog post we presented an overview of Nova Cells describing its architecture and how a basic configuration can be set up. After some further investigation it is clear why this is still considered experimental and unstable; some basic operations are not supported as yet e.g. floating ip association as well as inconsistencies […]
In a previous series of blog posts (1, 2, 3), we have discussed how to install Monasca to monitor OpenStack, how to create alarms based on specific events happening in the monitored system, and how to setup notifications when any of these alarms are triggered. Going further, in the context of the Cloud Orchestration initiative and the Hurtle […]
Service scheduling and task placement within large-scale clusters is receiving a lot of interest in the cloud community at present. Moreover, service scheduling is one of the keystones of our recently kicked off ACeN project and we finally got a chance to experiment with the technology that is currently a frontrunner in this area – […]
Carlo Vallati was a visiting researcher during Aug/Sept 2015. (See here for a short note on his experience visiting). In this post he outlines how cloud computing needs to evolve to meet future requirements. Despite the increasing usage of cloud computing as enabler for a wide number of applications, the next wave of technological evolution – […]
Us ICCLab folk are always interested in new ideas, particularly those that could have a profound impact on computing in general and cloud computing in particular. Consequently, we couldn’t miss out on the opportunity of attending ORConf – a conference loosely centred around open source silicon – which was free and (more or less) just down […]
The lab has been fortunate to have a successful strategic relationship with IAESTE Switzerland. Every year we have been getting about 2 exchange student interns through IAESTE from around the world. The students have learnt and grown professionally within our team and we learn a lot from them as well, boasting our rich international representation. […]