Open ｓｏｕｒｃｅ Control in Cloud Computing

Hongyan SUN

Software College, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, CHINA

Abstract: This paper covers basic Open ｓｏｕｒｃｅ control and configuration management tools that can be used to alleviate common operations tasks and processes in Cloud systems. It shows a quick survey of major Cloud Computing solutions and introduces simple abstraction layer for the management of physical and virtual resources. The last chapter covers some of the common control scenarios from both Cloud Computing provider and consumer perspectives and their possible open ｓｏｕｒｃｅ implementations.

Keywords: Cloud Computing; Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS); Configuration management; Contious integration; Control