Technical requirements
This chapter requires AWS and Azure accounts if you want to follow along with the practical examples. Both cloud providers provide free subscriptions:
- AWS Free Tier: https://aws.amazon.com/free
- Microsoft Azure free account: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
You will also need a local machine with a Linux distribution of your choice to install and experiment with the AWS CLI and Azure CLI utilities. The web-console-driven management tasks for both AWS and Azure require a modern web browser, and you can access the related portals on any platform. To run the AWS and Azure CLI commands, you need a Linux command-line terminal and intermediate-level proficiency using the shell.
With this, let's start with our first contender, AWS EC2.