HEAnet Cloud Services Strategy

• The role of cloud ?– HEAnet/NRENs/EU/Vendors - cloud is a key element for the future– Multicloud future – SaaS/PaaS/IaaS across public & private

• HEAnet role – driven by HEAnet Strategy– Cloud Neutral – HEAnet role is to assist and support clients in

adoption of relevant cloud services– Brokering – Direct services (build) e.g. Edustorage– Compute Service – Proof of Concept

HEAnet CIERA – Cloud POC

Purpose of Proof of Concept (POC) is to :• Evaluate / prove the technology – Dell/Red Hat• Help clients to identify Usecases for (any) IaaS cloud• Provide clients with a Virtual Private Cloud option• Identify demand for a potential future service(s) & business

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Two aspects to the HEAnet cloud project1. Multicloud Portal

2. IaaS Community Cloud – Cloud Compute = CIERA

HEAnet CIERA

Cloud Profile - Multicloud Portal

• CIERA Portal - Dell Cloud Manager (DCM)• Federated access – Single Sign-on• Single portal for core tasks across multiple clouds

– HEAnet Community cloud– Public clouds (client a/c) via api – Azure, GCE, AWS – Private clouds ?

• Local control (by IT department) incl access, rights• Control clouds via API• Cost control - quotas, budget codes

Cloud Profile – CIERA

• VMs on demand • Choice of VM images & sizes

– Centos, Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Windows server, LAMP, Client images

• Additional Storage via Edustorage• VM Connectivity to internet • VM Connectivity to campus – Virtual Private Cloud• Public IPv4 addresses

Contact ciera@heanet.ie for more info and to get access