Design and Deployment of College Cloud for Education-as-a-Service Using OpenStack and Docker

In modern day research and education there constant need for dedicated server Installations for both staff and students. Typically there is need for access to computational power, network connectivity and specialized software.The classical solution for this problem is to delegate physical hardware for all of these needs. This is unpractical and results in an inefficient use of hardware, electricity and administrative resources. A self-service virtualization system could benefit these institutions by making computing resources more easily available to its students and researchers, and by improving the utilization of hardware resources. In this project we identify the requirements for such a system, by installing and con- figuring a prototype private cloud solution for students at the college.