It's relatively easy to provide a Cloud stack when you have a credit-card that can be used to pay monthly cloud provider bills. Not the case for many LATAM Universities with limited resources, where you may get a one-off allowance to purchase a bunch of mainstream PCs.

What started as a "what-if (these bunch of machines can be turned into ...)?" ended up being an on-prem solution to provide a Cloud Native computing platform for students to learn and experiment with Cloud-related topics in self-served, safe, isolated environments.

By stacking *K*ubernetes on metal, R*ook as storage layer, *O*pen*S*tack for virtualization, to then build virtual *K*ubernetes clusters on top, you can provide a Cloud computing infrastructure that can be used by students and teachers. We affectionately call it KROS*K ;-)

In this talk, you'll learn how these pieces can be plugged together: the good, the bad, and the ugly you may find along the way that, while you DIY. Lots of inception and fun ahead!