The amount of data produced in life sciences is continuously rising and is impossible

to analyze on local computers. For that reason the German network for bioinformatics

de.NBI is establishing a cloud computing environment called de.NBI Cloud with the

prospect to be integrated into the European life sciences network Elixir. For that process

and for the interconnection of compute centers a novel cloud platform “de.NBI Cloud

Portal” was developed. It utilizes Elixir’s authentication and authorization infrastructure

and connects five OpenStack-driven compute centers together in an abstract manner.

This thesis deals with requirements, design and initial implementation of the de.NBI

Cloud Portal.