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{{Short description|Federal cloud computing platform}}

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| developer = [[NASA]]

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[[File:NASA Project Nebula Team 2010.jpg|thumb|Nebula Team 2010]]

Nebula is a Federal [[Cloud Computing]] pilot under development at [[NASA Ames Research Center]] in Silicon Valley, California. The project began in Fall 2007 and operates under the direction of NASA Ames' CIO Chris C. Kemp.<ref name="nebula0">{{cite web

| url = http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090724_6498.php

| date = July 24, 2009

| title = "White House Mulls Making NASA a Center for Federal Cloud Computing"

| publisher = nextgov

| accessdate = 2009-12-17

}}</ref><ref name="nebula1">{{cite web

| url = http://www.spacenews.com/civil/nasa-blazing-trail-for-federal-cloud-computing.html

| date = September 21, 2009

| title = "NASA Blazing a Trail for Federal Cloud Computing"

| publisher = Space News

| accessdate = 2009-12-17

}}</ref><ref name="nebula2">{{cite web

| url = http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/cloud-saas/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222002580

| date = December 17, 2009

| title = "NASA Launches Portable Cloud Effort"

| publisher = InformationWeek

| accessdate = 2009-12-17

}}</ref>

'''Nebula''' is a [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[cloud computing]] platform that originated at [[NASA Ames Research Center]] at [[Moffett Field, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Web Solutions Inspire Cloud Computing Software {{!}} NASA Spinoff |url=https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2012/it_2.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=spinoff.nasa.gov}}</ref> Nebula hosted many advanced research projects. One application Open Sourced by [[NASA]] and developed by the Nebula project, 'nova' became one of the two founding projects of the [[OpenStack]] project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/openstack-cloud-computing-platform/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-27 |title=Nebula to Democratize Web-scale Cloud Computing |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110727006429/en/Nebula-to-Democratize-Web-scale-Cloud-Computing |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

The Ames Internet Exchange which hosts the Nebula Cloud, was formerly [[MAE-West]], one of the original nodes of the [[Internet]], and is a major peering ___location for Tier 1 ISPs, as well as being the home of the "E" root name servers. Nebula also connects to [[CENIC]] and [[Internet2]], at [[10GigE]] connections. Nebula is a hybrid cloud that uses open data APIs for interoperability with commercial cloud providers, such as [[Amazon EC2]] and [[Google App Engine]].<ref name="coveranetnebula">{{cite web

| url = http://www.converanet.com/information-technology/nasas-new-cloud-computing-environment

| date = June 15, 2009

| title = "NASA's New Cloud-Computing Environment"

| publisher = Converanet

| accessdate = 2009-12-17

}}</ref><ref name="datacenternebula">{{cite web

| url = http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/02/nasas-nebula-the-cloud-in-a-container/

| date = December 2, 2009

| title = "NASA’s Nebula: The Cloud in a Container"

| publisher = Data Center Knowledge

| accessdate = 2009-12-17

}}</ref>

Nebula is an Open Source project and utilizes a variety Open Source Components, including Eucalyptus, LUSTRE and RabbitMQ.

The Ames Internet Exchange which hosts the Nebula Cloud(AIX), was formerly [[MAE-West]], one of the original nodes of the [[Internet]], and is a major peering ___location for Tier 1 ISPs, as well as being the home of the "E" root name servers. Nebula alsoThe connectsAIX toprovides [[CENIC]]connectivity andto [[Internet2]], at [[10GigE]] connections.the Nebula is a hybrid cloud that uses open data APIs for interoperability with commercial cloud providersCloud, such asenabling [[Amazon10 EC2Gigabit Ethernet]] andconnections to [[Google App EngineNISN]].<ref name="coveranetnebula">{{cite web

The Nebula-Project uses a variety of [[free and open-source software]].

== See also ==

* [[Eucalyptus (computing)]]

* [[Ganeti]]

== References ==

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{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

*[{{official website|http://nebula.nasa.gov/}} NASA Nebula Cloud Computing Platform under development at{{Dead NASAlink|date=May Ames]2022}}

*[http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=180&sid=1767596 Interview with Chris C. Kemp about NASA Nebula on Federal News Radio]

*[http://www.meritalk.com/video.php?user=MeriTalk&video_id=77 Chris C. Kemp participation in Meritalk/AFFIRM Luncheon CIO/CFO Panel: The New IT Economics May 21, 2009]

*[http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/chrisckemp Chris C. Kemp - NASA Ames CIO Blog]

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