Setting Up of a Cloud Cyber Infrastructure Using Xen Hypervisor

In this paper, we describe the procedure to set up a cyber infrastructure to provide a cloud service to various academic institutions using the Xen Hypervisor according to the Platform as a Service (PaaS) model. The users of this service should be able to access the servers located in the Computer Network Systems and Security (CNSS) Laboratory at Jackson State University remotely. They will use this access in the cloud to run virtual machines and utilize the powerful server hardware. These virtual machines can either be created from user provided images or operating system images that have been previously stored on the server. In order to allow users to use these virtual machines some type of virtual machine manager is needed. For this project, the Xen Hypervisor was chosen to fulfill this need. The hypervisor was installed on two servers located in the laboratory and allows users to remotely log in and create their desired machines.