Lightning Talk Intermediate First Talk

KWS: how I built a self-hostable cloud platform?

Approved

Session Description

KWS is a self-hostable cloud platform that has a lot of features including,

Deploying LXC instances.

Pre-managed services like PostgreSQL.

Single click hosting by giving your sub-domain, and port to expose.

VPN - secured access to instances.

KWS tunnels which allows home network to be accessible over the internet without exposing(can take in user custom domains)

Here, ill be explaining the whole architecture of KWS, the networking concepts and the system design. I'll share my experiences and challenges I faced while deploying it to my college server. I will talk linux networking, server management and more.

Key Takeaways

Why I built KWS and the problems it addresses

Deploying lightweight instances using LXC

Pre-managed services like PostgreSQL that save setup time

One-click app hosting with subdomains

VPN for secure, private access to instances

KWS Tunnels to safely access home network over the internet, including custom domains

Using the DNS-01 challenge to automate SSL certificate management

Practical insights into DNS, SSL, and reverse proxy setup

System design choices that balance scalability and security

Challenges faced while deploying on a college server environment

Audience Learning Outcomes

A practical understanding of Linux networking

How to set up and manage DNS correctly

How to think about system design in real-world conditions

How architecture decisions impact scalability and security

References

https://github.com/20vikash/KWS

https://kws.kamarajengg.edu.in

https://github.com/20vikash/KWS-Tunnels

https://dev.to/ssvikash_20/o1-ip-allocator-regardless-of-the-network-size-ol7

https://dev.to/ssvikash_20/my-experience-with-college-server-43dj

Session Categories

Technology architecture

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project

Story of a FOSS project - from inception to growth

Speakers

Vikash SS

I tell computer to do stuff..

Student | KWS https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssvikash05/

Reviews

This talk was presented in Chennai Meetup and got good attention. It was delivered by a college student and meeting students in NIT who are already doing great work in FOSS would be a great spark of inspiration for this speaker to go and try something similar in their own college.

Reviewer #1 Approved

Looks like a nice project, good for a talk

Reviewer #2 Approved

Project is not under active development but significant work has gone into this, so the technical bits might be interesting. You might want to narrow down the proposal, don't try to cover too many things.

Looks like this talk is happening at the Chennai meetup this weekend, we can take a decision after feedback from the volunteers.

Reviewer #3 Not Sure