A Framework for Implementing and Managing Platform as a Service in a Virtual Cloud Computing Lab

With the rapid development of Internet and Cloud computing, there are more and more network resources. Sharing, management and on-demand allocation of network resources are particularly important in Cloud computing. Platform as a Service (PaaS) is one of the key services in Cloud computing. PaaS is very attractive for schools, research institutions and enterprises which need reducing IT costs, improving computing platform sharing and meeting license constraints. However, nearly all current available cloud computing platforms are either proprietary or their software infrastructure is invisible to the research community except for a few open-source platforms. For universities and research institutes, more open and testable experimental platforms are needed in a lab-level with PCs. In this paper, a framework for managing PaaS in a virtual Cloud computing lab is developed. The framework implements the user management, resource management and access management. The system has good expandability and can improve resource's sharing and utilization.