Steps to the Launch Labs

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Near the training date a link to a zip file containing the labs will be provided.

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The labs were created with Mkdocs. Each student will self-host the lab server on the provided Linux VM. To do so follow the steps below.

  1. Open Firefox on the VM and navigate to the provided breaching_the_cloud_labs.zip link. Download the zip file to the course VM.

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If you have issues with copy/paste to the VM press "ctrl+alt+shift" in the VM window to open the Guacamole user interface. You can use the box there to copy/paste data into and out of the VM.

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  1. Open a terminal on the Linux VM

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  1. Make sure the file is located on your desktop and then unzip it with the following commands
cd Desktop
unzip ~/Downloads/breaching_the_cloud_labs.zip

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  1. Change directories to the labs folder and start mkdocs:
cd ~/Desktop/breaching_the_cloud_labs/
mkdocs serve

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  1. This should launch a web server on your localhost on port 8000. Open Firefox in the Linux VM and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000

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Do not close the terminal window where mkdocs is running. It needs to stay running in order for the web server to operate throughout the labs. Feel free to just minimize this terminal window for the training.

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BONUS! If you haven’t used Linux before or want a quick refresher I would recommend going through step 5 to familiarize yourself with it. Step 5: Additional Linux Prep (Optional)

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🎉 Setup is now complete! 🎉