A Storm Over the ACM: How to Use Our Cloud Environment(s)

We use a set of software packages called Openstack to provide you and ourselves with virtual machines, and another product called Sandstorm to provide cloud applications. The documentation here should help you get started.

• The Zen of Cloud Computing
  • What is This Thing, and Why Do I Want It?
  • What Can I do with Openstack?
  • Sandstorm
• Full Virtual Machines in Openstack
  • Setting Up an Openstack VM
    • Before You Start
    • An Overview of Openstack
    • Creating a VM
  • Managing Your Virtual Machines
• Sandstorm