JSC offers a Cloud computing platform for users with a demand for scientific use cases. The cloud platform at JSC is based on OpenStack and comprises a number of services like compute, network, volumes, etc. It also extends its services to fulfill more complex use cases, such as services based on data residing in the HPC file systems and services requiring GPUs. The aim of this course is to give users of the JSC Cloud an introduction to different core OpenStack services, such that they can interact with these services and perform operations according to their needs.
The course will start with an introduction to cloud computing and OpenStack in general and then prepare a tutorial environment which is later to be used to run the OpenStack commands. We then go on to explain core OpenStack services with hands-on exercises. By the end, participants will be able to create their own resources like network subnets, images, and block storage. Eventually, these resources can be used to create and run their Virtual Machines (VMs), where they can host their own services/applications.
Topics covered include:
- Authentication, basic setup, environment
- Nova
- VM service
- VM exercise
- Glance
- VM images
- Neutron
- Networking
- Networking exercise
- Cinder
- Storage, Cinder
- Storage exercise
- Discussion
Advanced topics covered in the afternoon:
- Kubernetes
- Heat
- Load balancers
Prerequisites:
A personal institutional email address (university/research institution, government agency, organisation, or company) is required to register for JSC training courses. If you don't have an institutional email address, please get in touch with the contact person for this course.
Target Audience:
Users of the JSC Cloud
Language:
This course is given in English.
Date:
17 February 2026, 09:00-12:00 and 13:30-15:30
Online:
The meeting link for the Zoom meeting will be distributed to registered participants shortly before the meeting.
Further information:
Please visit the course description on JSC's webpage
Instructors:
Sebastian Achilles, Prateek Gautam, Björn Hagemeier, Tim Kreuzer
Contact:
Björn Hagemeier, b.hagemeier@fz-juelich.de
Fees
This course is offered free of charge.