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DESCRIPTION:This talk begins with a simple question: if students are to tru
 ly learn cloud infrastructure\, what kind of environment should we give th
 em?\n\nAt Aolda\, a student cloud infrastructure group at Ajou University 
 in South Korea\, we did not want to stop at handing out server accounts. W
 e wanted students to see how a cloud is put together\, try things on their
  own\, and learn by touching the systems behind the service. That goal led
  us to open source. Commercial solutions were expensive and convenient\, b
 ut they also hid too much of the structure we wanted students to understan
 d. So we built our environment around OpenStack\, MicroCeph\, Proxmox VE\,
  and observability tools such as Prometheus\, Grafana\, and Loki.\n\nOpen 
 source gave us many of the things we were looking for: flexibility\, visib
 ility\, and room to learn by doing. At the same time\, it exposed us to pr
 oblems that are discussed less often. Documentation was uneven\, learning 
 paths were unclear\, and some tools solved one problem while creating anot
 her. We learned that open source is not a shortcut around complexity. It c
 hanges the kind of work you have to do\, and it forces you to think more c
 arefully about what you are really trying to build.\n\nThat experience sha
 ped not only our infrastructure\, but also our student community itself. W
 e had to decide what was realistic for students to learn\, what level of c
 omplexity was worth keeping\, and how to build a culture around shared stu
 dy\, experimentation\, and responsibility.\n\nThis talk is not a tutorial 
 or a polished success story. It is a practical account of why we chose ope
 n source\, what it helped us build\, where it fell short\, and how those t
 rade-offs shaped the direction of our group. We hope it will give students
  and small communities a more honest starting point for building with open
  source.
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SUMMARY:Can Students Build Their Own Cloud? What Open Source Gave Us\, and 
 What It Didn’t - leenahyun\, Hwagyun Kim
URL:https://pretalx.coscup.org/coscup-2026/talk/PRKPG7/
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