prerequisites.md

Prerequisites

Laptop / PC

You need an laptop. OS installed at this laptop doesn't really matter. The tools we use all work cross platforms. I will be using Windows 11 with PowerShell as my shell.

Microsoft Teams

Download and install Microsoft Teams

Visual Studio Code

Please download and install VS Code. It's available for all platforms. Download Visual Studio Code

Bicep plugin

Install Bicep plugin from marketplace

Windows Terminal

Download and install Windows Terminal or install it with winget

# Install with winget
winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal

Active Azure account

If you don't have an Azure account, please create one before the workshop. Create your Azure free account

Install az cli

Download and install latest version of az cli from this link
Install the Azure CLI

If you already have az cli installed, make sure that you use the latest version. To make sure, run the following command

az upgrade

Test your azure account with az cli

Open your terminal (bash, cmd or powershell) and login to your azure account by running this command

# Login using your Azure account
az login

# Get a list of available subscriptions
az account list -o table

# Set subscription by subscription id
az account set --subscription  xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

# Set subscription by name
az account set --subscription subscription_name

Install git

# Install for Mac
brew install git

# Install  with choco
choco install git

# Install with winget
winget install Git.Git

Install load testing tool k6

# Install k6 for Mac
brew install k6

# Install k6 with choco
choco install k6

# Install with winget
winget install k6.k6