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Learning LayersScaling up Technologies for Informal Learning in SME Clusters

Layers BoxPrivate Cloud Made EasyJanuary 31st, 2016, FOSDEM, Brussels

István KorenAdvanced Community Information Systems (ACIS)RWTH Aachen University, Germanykoren@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

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Public Clouds- Is There a Safe Harbor?

• data is possibly atrisk inpublic clouds– who owns your data?– how safely are passwords stored?

• data center location– is adata center inoverseas really good for yourlatency?

• always-onconnectivity– are we always onlinewheneverweneed the cloud?

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Layers Box

• ready-to-deploy,custompackagedprivatecloud infrastructure

• industry-strength user management• installable Webapps• microservices with openAPIs• flexibledeployment optionsà available as easy-to-use script!

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Package Managers

• Node.js– npm install

• JavaScript(frontend)– bower install

• Python– pip install

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Docker Ecosystem

• virtualization based onLinuxcontainers• packaging applications and their dependenciesinto containers

• pre-packaged containerimages can be providedcentrally,e.g.by DockerHub

• extended composabilityby DockerCompose

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VM- vs.Container-based Virtualization

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DevOpsUse Life Cycle

MobSOS

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Layers Box Architecture- Layers Adapter

Nginx as reverse proxy for managing incomingAPIrequests by distinct access point• security:HTTPSencrypted communication• analytics andprivacy:monitoring andlogging stayswithin the box

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Conceptual Overview of Layers Adapter

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Basic Setup

git clone https://github.com/learning-layers/LayersBox.git

layersbox init

layersbox start

layersbox install learning-layers/OpenLDAP

layersbox install learning-layers/OIDC

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Example Configuration

openidconnect:container_name: openidconnectimage: learninglayers/openidconnect:0.0.10env_file:

- common.env- services/openidconnect/openidconnect.env- services/openldap/LDAP.env

links:- mysql- openldap

actions:- create_databases: [openidconnect.env]

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Automated Configuration with “Actions”

• Actionsare defined inconfiguration file andthe outputs are made available asenvironment variables

• “create_databases”– sets up aMySQLdatabase and prefills it

• “create_oidcclients”– registers anOIDCclient

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Future Plans

• GUI– responsiveWebfrontend

• dependencymanagement– automatically installing versioneddependencies

• better documentation• whatever our community comes up withJ

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We‘d Love to Hear Your Feedback!

layers-ldtf@dbis.rwth-aachen.de

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https://github.com/learning-layers/LayersBox

https://hub.docker.com/u/learninglayers/

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ThisprojecthasreceivedfundingfromtheEuropeanUnion’sSeventhFrameworkProgramme forresearch,technologicaldevelopmentanddemonstrationundergrantagreementno318209