Features

Free & Open Source¶

There are no commercial product requirements in order to deploy a fully functional VCL cloud.

Self-Service Web Portal¶

• Designed to present simple interface to end users
• Scheduling

Support for Multiple Authentication Methods¶

• Built-in
• LDAP
• Shibboleth

Simple Image Creation¶

• Image revision control
• Delegation of image creation

Robust Privilege & Authorization Model¶

Robust privilege model allows for granular access to be granted...

Support for Multiple Provisioning Methods¶

• Bare Metal
• Virtual Machines
  • VMware ESXi 4.x/5.x
  • KVM
  • VirtualBox
• Traditional computer lab machines

Block Allocations¶

• Ideal for in the classroom or workshops
• Create pre-scheduled loads of multiple nodes for a group of users.
• Priority loading, dedicated access.

Cluster Environments¶

• Create parent child type environments
• Ideal for small to medium size clusters,
• Self-service, build and manage your own custom cluster

Statistics & Log Data¶

• Built in Statistics page
• Provides data in readable format
• Number of reservations, total and unique by user count, by OS, by environment.
• Graphs
• Useful in determining how and when environments are used.