Technical requirements

For this chapter, you can use any machine to run Terraform. Terraform supports a large number of platforms, including Windows, Linux, macOS, and others.

You will need an active Azure subscription to follow the exercises. Currently, Azure is offering a free trial for 30 days with $200 worth of free credits; you can sign up at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free.

You will also need to clone the following GitHub repository for some of the exercises:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modern-DevOps-Practices

Run the following command to clone the repository into your home directory, and cd into the ch6 directory to access the required resources:

$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modern-DevOps-\
Practices.git modern-devops
$ cd modern-devops/ch6

So, let's get started!