The KOALA cloud management service: a modern approach for cloud infrastructure management

Abstract

While the variety of public and private cloud infrastructure and storage service offerings increases, only few tools exist to efficiently manage hybrid cloud resources of different cloud providers. KOALA is a novel cloud management tool that allows to work with a large variety of services of various public and private cloud providers in a seamless and transparent way. While most management solutions like command-line tools or browser extensions require a local installation, KOALA follows the cloud paradigm and operates itself as a software service on the basis of a public or private cloud platform. In addition, KOALA executes alternatively standalone with a Linux or Mac OS X system. The KOALA cloud manager allows to control almost all existing cloud resources with an API compatible to the Amazon Web Services. The users of KOALA have the freedom of choice to use any browser and device to interact with the cloud services. Especially in cases where the users have strong requirements regarding security and privacy, it is a benefit to run the management solution for different cloud services in a private context.