The de.NBI Cloud is a federated cloud infrastructure operated by eight academic cloud centers across Germany which provide storage and computing resources free of charge for usage by academic users. All layers, i.e. hardware and personnel resources, IT administration and operation, as well as deployment of operating systems, frameworks and workflows are provided by the local cloud centers.
The de.NBI Cloud is coordinated by Forschungszentrum Jülich staff at the Institute for Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-5, Computational Metagenomics Group located at Bielefeld University. The cloud portal for project applications & management, as well as other technical components are developed, deployed and operated by the cloud development team at IBG-5. The cloud governance, also part of IBG-5, reviews project applications and provides a central help-desk for de.NBI Cloud users.
Using the de.NBI Cloud: Cloud Portal, Resource Applications & Single Sign-On
Through a cloud federation concept, all de.NBI cloud sites are integrated into a single cloud platform. The user will be guided to the respective project type and is assigned to a suitable cloud location to host their project via the central de.NBI cloud portal application process. The system is based on Single sign-on (SSO) and Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) using the Life Science Login provider and eduGAIN.
Further information about the de.NBI Cloud can be found in this flyer.
IT Security, Certification and Sensitive Data Projects
The eight de.NBI Cloud locations have established IT security management systems.
Most de.NBI Cloud locations are certified according to ISO / IEC 27001 or TÜV IT Trusted Site Infrastructure or BSI IT Grundschutz. Some Locations are still in the process of fully implementing their ISMS before being officially certified.
At the moment, the de.NBI Cloud sites at DKFZ Heidelberg, Tübingen University and BIH/Charite Berlin also support hosting and processing of pseudonymized sensitive data projects. If you want to run a sensitive data project on the de.NBI Cloud, please make sure to indicate your intent and the nature of the data in the project application form. Please check our information on sensitive data projects or contact us if you have further questions!
The certifications are marked on the map as follows:
* ISO 27001
■ BSI IT Grundschutz
○ TÜV IT TSI
▶ Certification in progress
Service Offering
The de.NBI cloud provides different project types to cater for different user requirements:
SimpleVM
SimpleVM provides users simple browser-based management and access to Virtual Machines (VMs) in the Cloud.
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OpenStack
OpenStack lets you manage your storage, compute and network resources and thereby start frameworks for parallel processing of large data.
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Kubernetes
Kubernetes automates deployment, scaling, and maintenance of containerized apps, ensuring high availability and efficiency.
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Galaxy
Galaxy is a powerful and user-friendly bioinformatics workflow platform. The University of Freiburg operates the usegalaxy.eu instance on de.NBI Cloud.
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Further Information on de.NBI Cloud Sites
Partners
Technologies
