Technical Requirements

If you wish to follow along with the exercises throughout this chapter, in addition to requirements from previous chapters, you will require the following:

• For container exercises, if using a Windows machine, enable the Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2). Details can be found at https://packt.link/NrnN4. Note: After installing WSL, run the wsl –update command before attempting to install Docker Desktop.
• To build and run Docker images locally, the recommended tool to use is Docker Desktop. A Docker Personal plan is free for personal, individual use and can be found at https://packt.link/n4K73.
• The code files for this chapter can be downloaded from here: https://packt.link/1VSiy.
• The Dapr CLI can be downloaded at https://packt.link/dol8P.

Note on Docker Desktop

Although Docker Desktop is listed here as a technical requirement, and there will be exercises that make use of it, if you don’t want to sign up for a Docker...