| Author | Search for: Vliet, M.; Search for: Agarwal, A.; Search for: Anderson, M.; Search for: Armstrong, P.; Search for: Charbonneau, A.1; Search for: Fransham, K.1; Search for: Gable, I.; Search for: Harris, D.; Search for: Impey, R.1; Search for: Leavett-Brown, C.; Search for: Paterson, M.; Search for: Podaima, W.1; Search for: Sobie, R.J. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 1st International Symposium on Grids and Clouds, ISGC 2011, Held in Conjunction with the 31st Open Grid Forum, OGF 2011, 19 March 2011 through 25 March 2011, Taipei |
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| Subject | Client tools; Image management; Image repository; Proxy certificate; Science clouds; Virtual clusters; Virtual machine image; Virtual machines; Cloning; Cluster computing; Computer simulation; Grid computing; High level languages; Tools; Authentication |
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| Abstract | With broader use of IaaS science clouds the management of multiple Virtual Machine (VM) images is becoming increasingly daunting for the user. In a typical workflow, users work on a prototype VM, clone it and upload it in preparation for building a virtual cluster of identical instances. We describe and benchmark a novel VM image repository (Repoman), which can be used to clone, update, manage, store and distribute VM images to multiple clouds. Users authenticate using X.509 grid proxy certificates to authenticate against Repoman's simple REST API. The lightweight Repoman CLI client tool has minimal python dependencies and can be installed in seconds using standard Python tools. We show that Repoman removes the burden of image management from users while simplifying the deployment of user specific virtual machines. |
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| Publication date | 2011 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21271702 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 82af91aa-c71a-4287-9251-a73f0c7e3803 |
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| Record created | 2014-03-24 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-21 |
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