Mobile Application for OpenStack Private Cloud Administration

The main purpose of this thesis was to create a mobile application for OpenStack cloud administration. Besides administration the application is also capable of receiving messages about cloud events through Google Cloud Messaging system. In the beginning of this thesis we first go through some basic cloud computing concepts and get to know the most prominent commercial cloud computing platforms. Then the OpenStack cloud is represented, with emphasis on its administration together with examples. In the end we present OpenStackMobile application that we created, along with its significant code fragments. This is followed by closely examined messaging system and the enhancements made on OpenStack server