JSC OpenStack Training (training course, online)
Björn Hagemeier
(Course no. 1802026 in the training programme 2026 of Forschungszentrum Jülich)
This course will take place as an online event. The link to the streaming platform will be provided to the accepted registrants only. The course will be held in English.
Course Content:
JSC offers a Cloud computing platform for users with a demand for scientific use cases. The cloud platform at JSC is based on OpenStack and comprises a number of services like compute, network, volumes, etc. It also extends its services to fulfill more complex use cases, such as services based on data residing in the HPC file systems and services requiring GPUs. The aim of this course is to give users of the JSC Cloud an introduction to different core OpenStack services, such that they can interact with these services and perform operations according to their needs.
The course will start with an introduction to cloud computing and OpenStack in general and then prepare a tutorial environment which is later to be used to run the OpenStack commands. We then go on to explain core OpenStack services with hands-on exercises. By the end, participants will be able to create their own resources like network subnets, images, and block storage. Eventually, these resources can be used to create and run their Virtual Machines (VMs), where they can host their own services/applications.
Topics covered include:
- Authentication, basic setup, environment
- Nova
- Glance
- Neutron
- Cinder
- Discussion
Advanced topics covered in the afternoon:
- Kubernetes
- Heat
- Load balancers
Prerequisites:
A personal institutional email address (university/research institution, government agency, organisation, or company) is required to register for JSC training courses. If you don't have an institutional email address, please get in touch with the contact person for this course.
Target Audience:
Users of the JSC Cloud
Language:
This course is given in English.
Duration:
5 hours
Date:
17 February 2026, 09:00-12:00 and 13:30-15:30
Venue:
Online
Instructors:
Sebastian Achilles, Prateek Gautam, Björn Hagemeier, Tim Kreuzer
Registration:
Register for the course here: https://indico3-jsc.fz-juelich.de/event/282/
Contact:
Björn Hagemeier
Head of ATML Data Management and Analytics and co-lead of division Large Scale Data Science PI in Helmholtz Information Program 1, Topic 1
- Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
Room 339