prereqs.md

Lab Prerequisites ✅

Make sure that you meet the following prerequisites before you begin the lab.

• IBM Cloud

  • An IBM Cloud Pay-Go or Subscription account

  • An IBMid

    ℹ️ Note: Participants in the TechXchange classroom will be provided with credentials to access an IBM Cloud account during the lab.

  • API key with the following permissions

  Service	Resources	Role
  IBM Cloud Projects	Aldministrator
  Activity Tracker event routing	All	Editor
  Transit Gateway	All	Editor, Manager
  Schematics	All	Editor, Manager
  Key Protect	All	Editor, KeyPurge, Manager
  Cloud Object Storage	All	Editor, Manager
  VPC Infrastructure Services	All	Editor, Manager
  Resource group only	All resource group in the account	Viewer, Editor, Administrator

  ❗ Important: Participants in the TechXchange classroom will need to create an API key for their provided credentials. Please save the generated API key for later use.

• A development computer with the following software.

  • Terraform

  • Text editor of your choice

  • Web browser

  • Tools to generate SSH key

    • Linux and Mac come with ssh-keygen.
    • Windows users can use PuTTYgen

    For more information, see Generating an external SSH key.

  • Optional: IBM Cloud CLI

ℹ️ Note: Participants in the TechXchange classroom will be provided with a development VM with the prerequisite software installed.