To get the most out of this book

No development knowledge is required to understand this book. The only languages you will see are declarative languages such as JSON or YAML. In addition to this, no specific IDE is required. If you do not have one, you can use Visual Studio Code, which is free and cross-platform. It is available here: https://code.visualstudio.com/.

As regards the operating systems you will need, there are no real prerequisites. Most of the tools we will use are cross-platform and compatible with Windows, Linux, and macOS. Their installations will be detailed in their respective chapters.

The cloud provider that serves as an example in this book is Microsoft Azure. If you don't have a subscription, you can create a free account here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/.

Download the example code files

You can download the example code files for this book from your account at www.packt.com. If you purchased this book elsewhere, you can visit www.packtpub.com/support and register to have the files emailed directly to you.

You can download the code files by following these steps:

1. Log in or register at www.packt.com.
2. Select the Support tab.
3. Click on Code Downloads.
4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

Once the file is downloaded, please make sure that you unzip or extract the folder using the latest version of:

• WinRAR/7-Zip for Windows
• Zipeg/iZip/UnRarX for Mac
• 7-Zip/PeaZip for Linux

The code bundle for the book is also hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learning_DevOps. In case there's an update to the code, it will be updated on the existing GitHub repository.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://static.packt-cdn.com/downloads/9781838642730_ColorImages.pdf.

Code in Action

Visit the following link to check out videos of the code being run:
http://bit.ly/2ognLdt

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "To execute the initialization, run the init command."

A block of code is set as follows:

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "rg" {
     name = var.resoure_group_name
    location = var.location
     tags {
         environment = "Terraform Azure"
     }

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "rg" {
    name = "bookRg"
    location = "West Europe"
    tags {
        environment = "Terraform Azure"
    }
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

git push origin master

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on screen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Choose the integration of Git in Windows Explorer by marking the Windows Explorer integration checkbox."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.