Title :
Towards a Contextualization Solution for Cloud Platform Services
Author :
Armstrong, Django ; Djemame, Karim ; Nair, Srijith ; Tordsson, Johan ; Ziegler, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
fDate :
Nov. 29 2011-Dec. 1 2011
Abstract :
We propose a cloud contextualization mechanism which operates in two stages, contextualization of VM images prior to service deployment (PaaS level) and self contextualization of VM instances created from the image (IaaS level). The contextualization tools are implemented as part of the OPTIMIS Toolkit, a set of software components for simplified management of cloud services and infrastructures. We present the architecture of our contextualization tools and the feasibility of our contextualization mechanism is demonstrated in a three tier web application scenario. Preliminary performance results suggest acceptable performance and scalability of our prototype.
Keywords :
cloud computing; object-oriented programming; virtual machines; IaaS level; OPTIMIS toolkit; PaaS level; VM images; VM instances; cloud contextualization mechanism; cloud platform services; cloud services management; contextualization solution; contextualization tools; infrastructures management; self contextualization; service deployment; software components; Context; Elasticity; ISO; Licenses; Security; Servers; Software; Cloud Computing; Cloud Services; Contextualization; Platform as a Service; Virtual Machines;
Conference_Titel :
Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom), 2011 IEEE Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0090-2
DOI :
10.1109/CloudCom.2011.51
