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Supporting Lab Courses Using OpenStack

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E-Democracy, Security, Privacy and Trust in a Digital World (e-Democracy 2013)

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Abstract

In this paper, an implementation of a versatile laboratory, implemented using virtual machines deployed in a cloud infrastructure is proposed. The idea behind the proposal is to be able to take full advantage of the cloud infrastructure, in order to support multiple laboratory courses on computing and networking, through a single physical infrastructure, consisting of thin clients connecting through a high speed network to the virtualization platform in a computer cluster. The architecture of a prototype implementation over OpenStack at TEI of Piraeus is presented, together with plans for future expansion.

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Acknowledgments

The authors of the paper would like to thank Thanassis Parathyras CEO of www.stackmasters.eu and responsible for the Athens OpenStack User Group who volunteered to assist in the OpenStack configuration.

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  1. TEI of Piraeus, Petrou Ralli & Thivon 250, 12244, Athens, Greece

    Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, Stefanos A. Kalantzis, Lazaros Toumanidis & Fotis Zisimos

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Correspondence to Charalampos Z. Patrikakis .

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  1. Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Alexander B. Sideridis

  2. Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Athens, Greece

    Zoe Kardasiadou

  3. Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Constantine P. Yialouris

  4. Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Athens, Greece

    Vasilios Zorkadis

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Patrikakis, C.Z., Kalantzis, S.A., Toumanidis, L., Zisimos, F. (2014). Supporting Lab Courses Using OpenStack. In: Sideridis, A., Kardasiadou, Z., Yialouris, C., Zorkadis, V. (eds) E-Democracy, Security, Privacy and Trust in a Digital World. e-Democracy 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 441. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11710-2_9

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