Cloud-enabling a Collaborative Research Platform: The GABBs Story
Cloud-enabling a Collaborative Research Platform: The GABBs Story
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支持云的协作研究平台：GABBs 故事
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2017
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Carol X. Song
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Rajesh Kalyanam;R. Campbell;D. Kearney;Leif Delgass;L. Biehl;Lan Zhao;Carolyn Ellis;Carol X. Song
现代网络基础设施通常涉及紧密集成的计算、存储和web应用资源。它们还构成了科学网关的基础，科学网关添加了自己的科学特定处理或可视化功能。虽然一些科学网关旨在作为某个科学社区的中心资源提供者，但其他网关提供了用于在每个安装站点进一步定制的通用功能。但是，复制它们的设置是一项非常重要的任务，通常涉及特定的操作系统、软件包和配置选择，同时还需要分配实际的物理计算资源。云计算提供了一个有吸引力的替代方案，它简化了资源供应并支持可靠的复制。我们描述了我们正在进行的云化地理空间科学网关的工作，该网关承载了称为gabb的通用软件构建块，提供地理空间数据管理、分析、可视化和处理能力。我们描述了这些构建块背后的各种计算和存储资源和软件，以及我们在亚马逊网络服务（AWS）云平台上对该科学网关的部署、软件安装和配置的自动化。本文还描述了在启用云的过程中遇到和解决的一些挑战。
Modern cyberinfrastructures typically involve tightly integrated compute, storage and web application resources. They also form the basis of science gateways, which add their own science-specific processing or visualization capabilities. While some science gateways are intended as the central resource provider for a certain scientific community, others provide generic capabilities that are intended for further customization at each installation site. However, replicating their setup is a non-trivial task often involving specific operating system, software package and configuration choices while also requiring allocation of the actual physical computing resources. Cloud computing provides an attractive alternative, simplifying resource provision and enabling reliable replication. We describe our ongoing efforts to cloud-enable a geospatial science gateway hosting general-purpose software building blocks termed GABBs, that provide geospatial data management, analysis, visualization and processing capabilities. We describe the various compute and storage resources and software underlying these building blocks and our automation of the deployment, software installation and configuration of this science gateway on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform. Some of the challenges that were encountered and resolved during this cloud-enabling process are also described.