To get the most out of this book
For this book, you will need the following:
- An Azure subscription to perform some of the exercises: Currently, Azure offers a free trial for 30 days with $200 worth of free credits; sign up at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/free.
- An AWS subscription: Currently, AWS offers a free tier for some products. You can sign up at https://aws.amazon.com/free. The book uses some paid services, but we will try to minimize how many we use as much as possible during the exercises.
- A Google Cloud Platform subscription: Currently, Google Cloud Platform provides a free $300 trial for 90 days, which you can go ahead and sign up for at https://console.cloud.google.com/.
- For some chapters, you will need to clone the following GitHub repository to proceed with the exercises: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Modern-DevOps-Practices-2e
Software/hardware covered in the book
Operating system requirements
Google Cloud Platform
Windows, macOS, or Linux
AWS
Windows, macOS, or Linux
Azure
Windows, macOS, or Linux
Linux VM
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
