git, https://git-scm.org (mandatory)
- open-source, cross-platform
- Keep track of "code" and include versioning (for example using Tags)
- Allows for collaboration (if repository is hosted in a shared location)
- Public/Private repositories cloud-hosted: github.com
Visual Studio Code, https://code.visualstudio.com (or other editor of choice)
- open-source, cross-platform
- With a GitHub account you can sync settings between computers
- In a GitHub repo: Opened by pressing "."
Azure: Azure Resource Manager Templates, Bicep
Amazon: CloudFormation
Google: Cloud Deployment Manager
terraform
- hashicorp, also produces tools like Packer
- Can be extended with Resource Providers to target different clouds (including Private Clouds like Hyper-V, VMWare Esxi)
- Provides a Domain-specific language to define and deploy Resources
Pulumi
Snyk
SDKs (Software Development Kits): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads Azure CLI: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli
- Single download, no additional components, but: Not as great as PowerShell ;) Azure PowerShell:
- PowerShell: Object-oriented, interactive Shell
- Uses Verb-Noun syntax for its native code called Cmdlets
- On Windows: Integrated, powershell.exe
- On Linux/MacOs: pwsh --> github.com/powershell/powershell
Get-PackageProvider -Name Nuget -ForceBootstrap
# Module: Library of functions
# Az.Accounts --> Required to #
# Az.Compute --> Required for IaaS resources like VMs
# Az.Storage --> Required for Storage Accounts
Install-Module Az.Accounts, Az.Compute, Az.Storage -Force -Repository PSGallery -Scope CurrentUser
Azure Cloud Shell (Browser): https://shell.azure.com/
- bash and PowerShell
- git is preinstalled, among other tools
- Runs in container that is spun up for you
- Storage Account with File Share required!
- Can specify your own storage, if not, it tries to create one (which at ReDI, will fail!)
- Storage Account Name needs to be unique, File Share name does not have to be unique
Tools: https://aws.amazon.com/tools