{"slug": "provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists", "title": "Provisioning an Auto-Scaling, On-Premises AI & Data Platform for NASA Scientists", "summary": "A deployment team extended the open-source Nebari platform to support K3s and non-cloud, air-gapped installations for NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) and the SAGE III project, contributing the core changes back upstream. The build used QEMU/LibVirt virtualization with dedicated GPU pass-through for NVIDIA V100 and A100 cards and achieved dynamic load balancing across a 3-server cluster with zero clustering overhead for end-users. Because external access to NASA hardware and networking is prohibited, all deployment work was pre-scripted or performed via paired sysadmin sessions.", "body_md": "Client: NASA LaRC & SAGE III project\n\nThe new platform also needed to work in an air-gapped environment within security constraints. External access to NASA hardware and networking is strictly prohibited, which requires all deployment work to be pre-scripted or performed via paired sysadmin sessions\n\nThe Nebari platform provided the key features like **reproducible and governable software environments, role-based-access-control to all resources, and observability.**\n\n1\n\n2\n\nExtended the open-source Nebari codebase to support K3s and non-cloud deployments, contributing core improvements back to the upstream codebase.\n\n3\n\nGuided NASA system administrators through setting up open-source virtualization (QEMU/LibVirt) with dedicated GPU pass-through (NVIDIA V100 & A100) for high-performance workloads.\n\n4\n\n5\n\nAchieved dynamic load balancing across a 3-server cluster with zero clustering overhead for end-users.\n\n6\n\nWe use cookies to improve your experience on this website. You may choose which types of cookies to allow and change your preferences at any time. Disabling cookies may impact your experience on this website. You can learn more by viewing our Cookie Policy.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists", "canonical_source": "https://openteams.com/provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists/", "published_at": "2026-11-05 15:09:08+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-11-05 15:24:54.522628+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "mlops", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["NASA", "NASA Langley Research Center", "SAGE III", "Nebari", "K3s", "QEMU", "LibVirt", "NVIDIA"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/provisioning-an-auto-scaling-on-premises-ai-data-platform-for-nasa-scientists.jsonld"}}