Introduction:

In this Research project, we want present how we can use kata containers as run
time plug in to provide security to multi tenant applications in federated Clouds.

First we will understand federated cloud architecture along with that we understand
multi tenant architecture along with traditional container technology.

We will also discuss on the advantages of kata containers over tradition traditional
container technology in terms of security.

Motivation for selected topic:

1. Modernization
 Due to growth in number of users on internet, Companies also
need to scale up their applications according to the requirements of
the users.
 With technologies like 5G, IoT; we need to work on availability
and processing of real time data.(need less latency, more storage
space - federated cloud architecture, edge computing)

2. Benefits of container technology

 Lightweight, occupies less memory space on host OS, faster than
virtual machine technology also they are very efficient
 Despite all the benefits there is always fear of security threats.

3. Increase in multi tenant application

 Due to rise in demand , Enterprise are opting for pay per use cloud
computing where multiple users are sharing the same allocated
space for the enterprise along with other cloud users.
 Multi tenancy architecture makes it convenient for enterprise to
maintain, scale and upgrade the application.
 4. Growing concern regarding the security of the multi tenant application

 If any security issue occurs in any of the container than it will

other containers running on the same host ,it might also create
threat to other applications on the same cloud.

Research resources being used:

1. IEEE papers
2. Online blogs
3. Official documentation on kata containers, Dockers and Kubernetes.

Learning achieved:
1. Understood how kata containers combine the isolation feature of virtual
machines along with speed of containers.
2. By using kata containers, the security of the application inside the containers
can be increased as each container has its own vm running on the host OS.
3. Even if a security threat is been immerged in any of the individual container
than other containers are safe from the threat and at most the host OS might
get corrupted.
4. Lightweight and faster than traditional vm’s
5. Provides more security than container.

Hurdles Faced:
1. Slower than runC
2. For better performance we need to use kata on bare Metal
3. Has more boot up time than tradition container