FutureGrid tutorial GA2 - Creating Grid Appliance clusters

Summary:

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to deploy an independent pool of Grid Appliances on your own computer(s). The Grid Appliance provides a simple-to-use framework to create virtual clusters, and is used in several FutureGrid tutorials.

Pre-requisites:

FutureGrid tutorial GA1 - Introduction to the Grid Appliance

Hands-on tutorial:

This tutorial is maintained at the Grid Appliance portal. See Deploying independent appliance pools using PlanetLab bootstrap(opens in new window).

Reference material:

Presentation: Deploying Grid Appliance clusters

Videos: Grid Appliance YouTube channel

Authors:

Renato Figueiredo, University of Florida