Abstract: Aiming at the existing problems of distributed system in teaching, through the analysis of existing problems and exploration of the teaching reform, we put forward to cloud computing as a framework, theoretical knowledge teaching distributed system under this framework, at the same time with the related comprehensive design. The teaching practice has proved that in popular technology as a teaching reform framework can not only bring the interest of students, obtain good teaching effect, the combination of theory and practice, but also the comprehensive training carries on the beneficial exploration to the students.