Welcome to kthcloud! #

kthcloud is a student-run cloud provider that offers a free and open-source alternative to commercial cloud services.

Our project is proudly supported by a diverse group of partners, financial backing is provided by KTH CBH, the EU Erasmus+ program and the KTH Digitalisation Platform. We also receive invaluable computational support from KTH PDC via CoS

The project was kickstarted by the thesis “Designing and implementing a private cloud for student and faculty software projects” by Pierre Le Fevre and Emil Karlsson in 2022. You can find the thesis here.

Use kthcloud #

Our cloud platform is available here where users can create VMs and deploy containers.

We use Discord for account requests and support, so please join our server to get started.

You can also follow our status bot account on Mastodon to stay up-to-date with any maintenance or outage notifications. We’re also on Bluesky.

News #

You can find our news and blog posts in the sidebar, or menu on mobile.

Some posts you might be interested in:

• The State of Open-source API Clients
• Hej KubeVirt
• From CloudStack to KubeVirt: The Journey to a New Cloud
• Incident Report: Major March 2024 Outage

Browse the Documentation #

Use the sidebar, or menu on mobile, to navigate through the documentation.

• Usage
  Using the kthcloud platform. - Most users will find what they need here.
  
  
• Maintenance
  Maintenance and setup information for maintainers.
  
  
• Projects
  Related projects and research.
  
  
• Administrator’s Handbook
  Information for administrators, and overview of the platform.
  
  
• Internal
  Docs about internal services used by kthcloud.
  
  
• Archive
  Old or outdated documentation.
  
  

How to Contribute #

There are many ways to contribute to kthcloud. Whether you’re a developer or not, we welcome your contributions! You can help us by:

• Writing code
• Testing and debugging our software
• Reporting issues
• Contributing to our documentation
• Suggesting new features

To get started, check out our GitHub organization where you’ll find our source code repositories, documentation, and issue tracker. We use GitHub for our development process, so be sure to familiarize yourself with it if you’re not already. Before you submit a pull request, please make sure to:

• Review our Code of Conduct
• Follow our Contributing Guidelines
• Submit a descriptive pull request with a clear title and a detailed description
• Ensure that all tests pass
• Sign off on your commits

Thank You! #

Thank you for considering kthcloud! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us on our Discord server. We’re always happy to help new contributors get up to speed.