Educators:
Alexander Sczyrba (Bielefeld University), Jan Krüger (Bielefeld University), Sebastian Jünemann (Bielefeld University)
Location:
Bielefeld University, Centrum für Biotechnologie - CeBiTec , Universitätsstraße 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Room G1-106
Date:
March 8th, 2018
Content:
The German Network for Bioinformatics Infrastructure (de.NBI) is operating an OpenStack cloud computing infrastructure for the life science community (https://cloud.denbi.de/). The goal of this course is to give a fundamental introduction to the underlying OpenStack infrastructure and is dedicated to bioinformaticians or experienced computational data analyst who want to utilize scalable and flexible cloud resources for their research. Participants will learn how to setup a cloud project and work with virtual instances, how to efficiently utilize cloud computing resources, about networking and security issues, means of deploying bioinformatics tools in the cloud, and how to set up a customized compute cluster in a cloud environment using BiBiGrid. Course subjects will be covered by short talks and practical hands-on sessions.
Keywords:
OpenStack, Cloud Computing, virtual machines (VMs)
Tools:
OpenStack, BiBiGrid
Prerequisites:
- practical experience in Linux/Unix derivatives, the command line interface and file system required
- basic knowledge of networking recommended
Application:
Please send your application to
Contact:
Name: Dr. Alexander Sczyrba
Email:
Phone: 0521/106-2910
Name: Jan Krüger
Email:
Phone: 0521/106-2494
Name: Sebastian Jünemann
Email:
Phone: 0521/106-4827