Technical requirements

For this chapter, you can use any machine to run Terraform. Terraform supports many platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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-2e

Run the following command to clone the repository into your home directory, and cd into the ch8 directory to access the required resources:

$ git clone https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modern-DevOps-Practices-2e.git \
  modern-devops
$ cd modern-devops/ch8

So, let’s get started!