Technical requirements
To complete the tasks in this chapter, you will require the following:
- 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/
- A local machine with a Linux distribution of your choice to install and experiment with the AWS CLI and Azure CLI utilities.
- A modern web browser (such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox) for the web-console-driven management tasks for both AWS and Azure. You can access the related portals on any platform.
- A Linux command-line terminal and intermediate-level proficiency using the shell to run the AWS and Azure CLI commands.
Important note
As you proceed, please make sure to shut down your EC2 instances or Azure virtual machines after you finish experimenting with them. Failure to do so may result in relatively high bills being...