Preparing the necessary components and prerequisites
In this section, we will be setting up a few key components and prerequisites before we proceed with preparing the Terraform code in the next section. We will start by manually creating a resource group for storing some of the resources later in this chapter. In addition to this, we will generate the SSH keys that will be used to access the attacker’s virtual machine (VM) instance.
Before we proceed with the hands-on portion of this section, let’s familiarize ourselves first with a few key services and terminologies relevant to this section:
- Resource group: A logical container for grouping multiple resources together
- Golden image: A custom VM image containing all applications, along with the configuration settings designed to serve as a standardized template for provisioning multiple instances with identical software and configuration
- Cloud Shell: A browser-based interactive command-line environment...
