To complete the exercises in this chapter, you will require the following equipment:
- A macOS or Windows computer with the following configuration:
- For Windows: A minimum of 16 GB of RAM and an Intel Core i7 or higher processor with a minimum of 4 CPU cores
- For macOS: A macOS Pro (2015) onwards with 16 GB of RAM, Intel Core i7 processor, with 4 cores, and preferably 512 GB SSD (minimum)
- A virtualization software to build a VM.
As you go to through the book and example commands or script, pay attention to the commands that you need to run as root or as a user.
The username in the VM is user. The root and user passwords have been set to password for ease of memory. If the command uses # as a prefix, you should run ...