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{{Infobox Softwaresoftware

| name = Nimbus

| logo =

| screenshot =

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| developer = [[Kate Keahey]], Tim Freeman, et al.

| released = TP2.2 [[2009]]-[[01-09]]

| frequently_updated = yes

| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]]

| operating system = [[Linux]]

*| Mechineplatform virtualization technologies supported: = [[Xen]] hypervisor+ ([[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]] soon)

| language =

| genre = [[Cloud computing]]

| license = [[Apache License|Apache License version 2]]

| website = {{URL|http://workspacewww.globusnimbusproject.org/}}

}}

'''Nimbus''' is an [[open-source]]a toolkit that, once installed on a [[Cluster (computing)|cluster]], provides an [[Infrastructureinfrastructure as a Serviceservice]] [[cloud computing|cloud]] to its client via [[Web Services Resource Framework|WSRF]]-based or [[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud|Amazon EC2]] [[Web Services Description Language|WSDL]] [[web service]] [[Application programming interface|APIs]]. Nimbus is [[free and open-source software]], subject to the requirements of the [[Apache License]], version 2.

*Nimbus Allowssupports deployementboth the [[hypervisor]]s [[Xen]] and [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]] and virtual machine schedulers [[Portable Batch System]] and [[Oracle Grid Engine]]. It allows deployment of self-configured virtual clusters via contextualization.<ref>[[Kate Keahey | Keahey, K.]], Freeman, T. (2008). "Contextualization: Providing One-Click Virtual Clusters", 2008 Fourth IEEE International Conference on eScience, pp.301-308. {{doi: [http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/|10.1109/eScience.2008.82 10.1109/eScience.2008.82]}}</ref> It is configurable with respect to scheduling, networking leases, and usage accounting.

==Features==

* Offers both [[Web Services Resource Framework|WSRF]]-based and [[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud|Amazon EC2]] [[Web Services Description Language|WSDL]] [[web service]] [[Application programming interface|APIs]]

* Mechine virtualization technologies supported: [[Xen]] hypervisor ([[Kernel-based Virtual Machine|KVM]] soon)

* Virtual machine schedulers supported: [[Portable Batch System|PBS]], [[Sun Grid Engine|SGE]]

* Allows deployement of self-configured virtual clusters via contextualization<ref>Keahey, K., Freeman, T. (2008). "Contextualization: Providing One-Click Virtual Clusters", 2008 Fourth IEEE International Conference on eScience, pp.301-308. doi: [http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/eScience.2008.82 10.1109/eScience.2008.82]</ref>

* Configurable with respect to scheduling, networking leases, usage accounting, etc.

==Requirements==

* [[Xen]] 3.1 or 3.2x

* [[Kernel-based Virtual Machine]]

* [[Java]] 1.5+

* [[Java (programming language)|Java]] 1.5+

* [[Python]] (2.3+)

* [[Python (programming language)|Python]] (2.4+)

* ebtables filtering tool for a bridging firewall

* [[Linux kernel]]'s [[Netfilter]] and ebtables for a bridging firewall

* DHCP server

* [[Globus Toolkit|Globus]] 4.0.x Java container

==See also==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[Xen]] hypervisor

* [[Cloud-computing comparison]]

* [[Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud|Amazon EC2]] computing and storage provider

* [[Eucalyptus (computing)|Eucalyptus]] alternative open source IaaS software

==References==

{{Reflist}}

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== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.nimbusproject.org/}}

* [http://workspace.globus.org Nimbus website]

* [http://workspace.globus.org/clouds/ Science Clouds] available

* [http://www.xen.org/ Xen] hypervisor

* [http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/ ebtables] software

* [https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp ISC DHCP] software

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