• Description

• Professional fields to which it applies

• Prior knowledge

• Learning objectives and results

The objectives that the student is expected to achieve through this subject are the following:

-Understand the concepts and formal definitions associated with operating systems & cloud computing infrastructures that process user data.

-Know how to distinguish and configure the different parts of the operating systems processes & services and cloud computing infrastructure considering aspects such as management, performance and security.

-Understand the most appropriate technologies for the deployment of Cloud Computing infrastructures securely and efficiently, considering aspects such as scalability, performance evaluation and high availability aspects.

-Know the main actors available in the Cloud Computing ecosystem such as hypervisors, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, open-source cloud infrastructures (i.e. OpenNebula), environments (i.e. Proxmox) and public cloud (i.e. AWS, Azure).

-Understanding the concepts of automated and verified deployment of infrastructures and applying these concepts to use benchmarks in the cloud providers will be considered.

The subject is organized into six modules, and four challenges (carrying out the corresponding PAC activities).

• Content

The subject is organized into six modules and four challenges (PEC). 

- M1.- Introduction to Linux

- M2.- Linux Administration

- M3.- Fundamentals and Platforms of Cloud Computing

- M4.- Virtualization and Hypervisors

- M5.- Cloud Infrastructure (Iaas, Paas/SaaS) 

- M6.- Introduction to Cloud Administration

In the "Introduction to Linux" module, a user-level introduction to the open-source GNU-Linux operating system will be presented. The main functional aspects of this operating system will be analyzed (concepts that can later be exported to MacOS or Windows) and this will be a solid base to develop the following topics.
The "Linux Administration" module will focus on aspects of Linux operating system administration including sections such as local administration (processes and procedures to manage a desktop machine without external services), network management, service administration and security of the whole environment.
The essential aspects of Cloud Computing will be presented in the "Introduction to Cloud Computing" module, where aspects such as models, infrastructures, advantages and disadvantages will be analyzed, as well as the most relevant aspects and the important actors in public o private cloud computing ecosystem.
An essential aspect of the functional model of Cloud Computing is virtualization, which allows the use of hardware infrastructures efficiently and profitability way, reducing space and improving the use of energy and resources. These contents will be analyzed in the "Hypervisors" module.
The "Cloud Infrastructure (Iaas, Paas/SaaS)" module will present the most important deployment models such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). These categories are the most important ones and all the advantages/disadvantages can be analyzed and different activities can be carried out that allow conceptualizing and learning new skills in this type of environment.  Finally, the "Introduction to Cloud Administration" module will allow the student to learn about the management and administration processes of the cloud (both in private and public environments) and to acquire skills that allow designing, manage a cloud infrastructure based on virtual machines/containers to provide services using a public or private cloud environment. 
The challenges (CAA, continuous assessment activities) will be oriented to cases study deployment to carry out some real & common and practical tasks in Linux & Cloud Computing environments. 

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• Guidelines on assessment at the UOC

The assessment process is based on the student's personal work and presupposes authenticity of authorship and originality of the exercises completed.

Lack of authenticity of authorship or originality of assessment tests, copying or plagiarism, the fraudulent attempt to obtain a better academic result, collusion to copy or concealing or abetting copying, use of unauthorized material or devices during assessment, inter alia, are offences that may lead to serious academic or other sanctions.

Firstly, you will fail the course (D/0) if you commit any of these offences when completing activities defined as assessable in the course plan, including the final tests. Offences considered to be misconduct include, among others, the use of unauthorized material or devices during the tests, such as social media or internet search engines, or the copying of text from external sources (internet, class notes, books, articles, other students' essays or tests, etc.) without including the corresponding reference.

And secondly, the UOC's academic regulations state that any misconduct during assessment, in addition to leading to the student failing the course, may also lead to disciplinary procedures and sanctions.

The UOC reserves the right to request that students identify themselves and/or provide evidence of the authorship of their work, throughout the assessment process, and by the means the UOC specifies (synchronous or asynchronous). For this purpose, the UOC may require students to use a microphone, webcam or other devices during the assessment process, and to make sure that they are working correctly.

The checking of students' knowledge to verify authorship of their work will under no circumstances constitute a second assessment.

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