Setup Guides
Create SSH Keys
Step 1. Generate an SSH key pair.
# -t: defines the key pair type
# -b: defines the key lengths (i.e., the number of bits)
# -C: used to include a comment
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "for DevOps"
Step 2. Press "Enter" to save your private key to the default location (i.e., under .ssh/id_rsa within your home directory).
Step 3. Enter a passphrase to encrypt the private key.
Setup Single Sign-On Using SSH
Setting up SSH-based Single Sign-On (SSO) allows you to present your SSH private key automatically during authentication (e.g., when authenticating with GitHub).
Step 1. Open your BASH configuration file using your favorite text-editor
vim .bashrc
Step 2. Append the commands below to your BASH configuration file so they are be executed every time you login.
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" # starts the SSH authentication agent
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa # adds your SSH private key to the SSH authentication agent
Add Your SSH Public Key to GitHub
Step 1. Print and copy your SSH public key.
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
Step 2. Open a browser and login to GitHub.
Step 3. Click your profile (top-right icon) and click "Settings."
Step 4. Click "SSH and GPG keys" in the pane on the left-hand side.
Step 5. Click "New SSH key."
Step 6. Enter a "Title" (e.g., "for DevOps").
Step 7. Click "Add SSH key."
Create a GitHub Personal Access Token
Step 1. Login to GitHub.
Step 2. Click your profile (top-right icon) and click "Settings."
Step 3. Click "Developer Settings" at the bottom of the pane on the left-hand side.
Step 4. Click "Personal access tokens" > "Tokens (classic)."
Step 5. Click "Generate new token" > "Generate new token (classic)."
Step 6. Enter a "Note" (e.g., AI2C-DevOps-Week03).
Step 7. Set the "Expiration" date (e.g., 60 days).
Step 8. Select "repo" as the scope.
Step 9. Click "Generate token."
Create an Azure DevOps Personal Access Token
Step 1. Browse to http://dev.azure.com/.
Step 2. Click your Azure DevOps project.
Step 3. Click your profile (the person-and-gear icon in the top-right corner).
Step 4. Click "Personal access tokens."
Step 5. Click "New Token."
Step 6. Enter a "Name."
Step 7. Set the "Scopes" field to "Custom defined."
Step 8. Under the "Build" section, select "Read."
Step 9. Click "Create."
Step 10. Record your PAT and use it as necessary.
Install the Azure CLI
Step 1. Enter the command below.
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
Step 2. Identify your tenant and subscription IDs and save them as environment variables.
# your tentant and subscription IDs are NOT secrets
export TENANT_ID="da3cb2a3-95dd-4a37-b857-c1264e363deb"
export SUBSCRIPTION_ID="17408d59-f3b6-43a5-a48c-c3667527f330"
Step 3. Enter the command below and authenticate when prompted.
az login --tenant "${TENANT_ID}" --use-device-code
Step 4. Set your default subscription.
az account set --subscription "${SUBSCRIPTION_ID}"
Install Terraform
Step 1. Install the following packages if not already done: gnupg, software-properties-common, and curl. They are required to verify the identity of HashiCorp's package repository.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common
Step 2. Install HashiCorp's GPG key.
wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | \
gpg --dearmor | \
sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
Step 3. Verify HashiCorp's GPG key fingerprint.
gpg --no-default-keyring \
--keyring /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg \
--fingerprint
Step 4. Add HashiCorp's package repository to your list of trusted package repositories.
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
Step 5. Download package information from HashiCorp's package repository.
sudo apt update
Step 6. Install Terraform.
sudo apt install terraform
Install Ansible
Step 1. Install Ansible.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository --yes --update ppa:ansible/ansible
sudo apt install ansible
Install Sqlcmd
Step 1. Import the GPG keys for Microsoft's Ubuntu package repository.
sudo su
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.asc
Step 2. Register Microsoft's Ubuntu package repository to your list of trusted package repositories.
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
exit
Step 3. Download package information from HashiCorp's package repository.
sudo apt update
Step 4. Install sqlcmd.
sudo apt install mssql-tools18 unixodbc-dev
Step 5. Update your execution path environment variable to include sqlcmd.
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools18/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Install Homebrew on macOS
Step 1. Install the Command Line Tools for macOS if you haven't already.
xcode-select --install
Step 2. Install Homebrew.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Step 3. Run the two command sentences it mentions after installation.
Step 4. Run Homebrew to make sure it's working.
brew --version
Install Packer
wget -O - https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install packer
Install Syft
curl -sSfL https://get.anchore.io/syft | sudo sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
Install Grype
curl -sSfL https://get.anchore.io/grype | sudo sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
Install Go
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.26.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.26.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm go1.26.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Install Vexctl
go install github.com/openvex/vexctl@latest
Install Cosign
go install github.com/sigstore/cosign/v2/cmd/cosign@latest
Install Docker
Refer to the instructions online.
Install Kubectl
curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
Install Helm
sudo apt-get install curl gpg apt-transport-https --yes
curl -fsSL https://packages.buildkite.com/helm-linux/helm-debian/gpgkey | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/helm.gpg > /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/helm.gpg] https://packages.buildkite.com/helm-linux/helm-debian/any/ any main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/helm-stable-debian.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install helm
Install KinD
go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.31.0
Install Kyverno
curl -LO https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/download/v1.12.0/kyverno-cli_v1.12.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xvf kyverno-cli_v1.12.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv kyverno /usr/local/bin/
rm kyverno-cli_v1.12.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
Install Zarf
ZARF_VERSION=$(curl -sIX HEAD https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/releases/latest | grep -i ^location: | grep -Eo 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+')
curl -sL "https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf/releases/download/${ZARF_VERSION}/zarf_${ZARF_VERSION}_Linux_amd64" -o zarf
chmod +x zarf
sudo mv zarf /usr/local/bin/zarf
Install k3d
k3d allows you to provision a multi-node k3s cluster on a single machine using Docker. k3s is a lightweight Kubernetes distribution by Rancher.
wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k3d-io/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
Install UDS
wget -O uds https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-cli/releases/download/v0.35.1/uds-cli_v0.35.1_Linux_amd64 &&\
chmod +x uds &&\
sudo mv uds /usr/local/bin/
Install NVM
Step 1. Running this command will put the Node Version Manager (NVM) binary in your home directory. So if you need or want to un-install it (to install a new version), just delete the .nvm folder in your home directory.
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.8/install.sh | bash
Step 2. Copy, paste, and run the commands printed in the previous step.
export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This loads nvm
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" # This loads nvm bash_completion
Install Node, NPM, and NPX
Step 1. Use NVM to install the latest copy of Node (aka Node.js), the Node Package Manager (NPM), and Node Package Executor (NPX). If you're having any issues installing the latest version of Node, NPM, or NPX, verify you have the correct certificates installed locally.
nvm install node
Step 2. To confirm what version of Node is installed, enter the command below.
node --version
Step 3. To confirm what version of NPM and NPX are installed, enter the command below.
npm --version