Torwards reproducible cloud initialization and provider independence for RSE projects

Tim and I would like to report on our recent experience with the OSS cloud-init using it to instantiate cloud infrastructure, while also doing it in a reproducible way, preventing vendor lock-in and minimizing migration costs. We want to provide a hands-on tutorial, where we will use cloud-init to setup a VM-instance and configure things like:

• users
• ssh services
• a web server
• and if there is time docker
• ... if there is anything else that people would wish to see we are open for suggestions

This can be done locally (using qemu) or on a free-tier cloud instance (AWS, Azure, GCP...).

We would also like to discuss pros and cons of cloud-init and possible alternatives.

Session chair(s)

• Eric Krüger, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Jena
• Tim Surber, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), Jena

Time

Tue., Sep. 26 17:00 - 18:00

Room

Workshop C