In this part of the project, we implement an Azure function from the following specification: Specification The function will be triggered by an HTTP request. The HTTP request will contain the name of an uploaded file that exists on Azure Blob storage. The function must support using either GET or…
October 2022
Hands-On Project 3: Serverless Computing
In this project, you gain initial exposure to serverless functions on both Azure and Amazon Web Services. Overview The purpose of this project is to gain initial exposure to serverless functions on both Azure and Amazon Web Services. The principal benefits of working through this exercise are: You will gain…
Serverless Computing: Implement an AWS Lambda Function using the Management Console
In this part of the project, we will implement a Lambda function from the following specification: Specification The Lambda function will be triggered by creation of an object in an S3 Bucket. The Lambda function will write information about the uploaded object to a DynamoDB table. The function will capture…
Set Up an Ubuntu PC for Azure Function Development Using Python and VS Code
This brief post provides a setup checklist for configuring an Ubuntu 20.04 PC for developing Azure Functions using Python and VS Code. It assumes that you have installed all the software needed for Hands-on Projects 1 and 2. Prepare APT Repository to Install Azure Functions Core Tools Install Azure Functions…
Use the Python SDK to Access Cloud Storage – AWS
This is step 5 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you first install client software on your cloud PC that is needed to access AWS services from a Python program. Then, you create one simple Python program which accesses your cloud storage using…
Use the Python SDK to Access Cloud Storage – Azure
This is step 5 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Azure. In this step, you first install client software on your cloud PC that is needed to access Azure services from a Python program. Then, you create two simple Python programs which access your storage account using the Python…
Get Started with Python under Visual Studio Code
This is step 4 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Azure and Amazon Web Services. In this step, you create a new Python project and virtual environment under Visual Studio code and get a Hello World program running in the VS Code Debugger. Note that this process can be…
Prepare a Virtual Machine to be a Development PC – Azure
This is step 1 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Azure. In this step, you prepare a virtual machine that is suitable to be a development computer in the cloud. Back to Project New VM, or Upgrade? Later in this project, we will be installing and running a graphical…
Creating an SSH key pair
Back to reset SSH public key Open a Windows Command Prompt (Search –> cmd — Command Prompt). Then, On Windows, in the event that you paste the above to the clipboard and, right-click on the command prompt, the command will be pasted in and you can simply press enter to…
AWS EC2 Scheduled Events
step-by-step instructions for how to set up. Amazon Elastic Compute CloudAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a part of Amazon.com’s cloud-computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), that allows users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications. EC2 promotes scalable application deployment by offering a web…