Prerequisites for this chapter

First, we need to perform some setup steps to lay the foundations for the activities we will be performing in this chapter.

Cloning this book’s GitHub repository to your local machine

Throughout the rest of this book, we will perform a lot of hands-on activities that require the use of resources such as code, data, and other files. Many of these resources are stored in the GitHub repository associated with this book, so the easiest way to access them would be to clone the repository to your local machine (that is, your laptop/PC). The exact way to do this will differ based on the operating system you use, but the process is generally to open a command terminal on your system, navigate to a directory of your choice, and run the following commands:

git init
git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Google-Machine-Learning-for-Solutions-Architects

The Google Cloud console

In the Prerequisites for using Google Cloud tools and services...