Testbeds and Research Infrastructure. Development of Networks and Communities. 8th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2012, Thessanoliki, Greece, June 11-13, 2012, Revised Selected Papers

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ExoGENI: A Multi-domain Infrastructure-as-a-Service Testbed

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_12,
        author={Ilia Baldine and Yufeng Xin and Anirban Mandal and Paul Ruth and Chris Heerman and Jeff Chase},
        title={ExoGENI: A Multi-domain Infrastructure-as-a-Service Testbed},
        proceedings={Testbeds and Research Infrastructure. Development of Networks and Communities. 8th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2012, Thessanoliki, Greece, June 11-13, 2012, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2012},
        month={12},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_12}
    }
    
  • Ilia Baldine
    Yufeng Xin
    Anirban Mandal
    Paul Ruth
    Chris Heerman
    Jeff Chase
    Year: 2012
    ExoGENI: A Multi-domain Infrastructure-as-a-Service Testbed
    TRIDENTCOM
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35576-9_12
Ilia Baldine1, Yufeng Xin1, Anirban Mandal1, Paul Ruth1, Chris Heerman1, Jeff Chase1
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Abstract

NSF’s GENI program seeks to enable experiments that run within virtual network topologies built-to-order from testbed infrastructure offered by multiple providers (domains). GENI is often viewed as a network testbed integration effort, but behind it is an ambitious vision for multi-domain infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). This paper presents ExoGENI, a new GENI testbed that links GENI to two advances in virtual infrastructure services outside of GENI: open cloud computing (OpenStack) and dynamic circuit fabrics. ExoGENI orchestrates a federation of independent cloud sites and circuit providers through their native IaaS interfaces, and links them to other GENI tools and resources.