Abstract

According to The Hechinger Report “On the eastern edge of Silicon Valley, school districts have gone into debt by, authorizing a $16.2 million sale of general-obligation bonds intended almost exclusively for laptop purchases.” (Marcus, 2019) CyberPods is a system designed to let high school classes delve into the world of Cyber Security, leveraging the cheap used hardware market. Designed using the existing Proxmox Virtualization platform, CyberPods provides a way of easy installation and operation of Virtual Machines, so the focus can be on learning about Cyber Security, rather than battling configuration files. By utilizing the power of the cloud, CyberPods automatically configures and installs itself on hardware. A web-based user interface provides easy management and deployment of pre-configured Virtual Machines that are ready for a classroom environment.