Install Additional Tools

Tip

These tools are not required to complete the workshop, but you may find it easier to work with your cluster(s) if you do have them. But don’t worry if you’re not able to install it locally.

Install jq

jq is a useful tool for processing JSON on the command line. If you’re using a Codespace or Cloud Shell, jq will already be installed.

It can be easily installed using Homebrew or other package managers :

brew install jq

Test that it’s working by running jq:

$ jq
jq - commandline JSON processor [version 1.6]

Usage:  jq [options] <jq filter> [file...]
        jq [options] --args <jq filter> [strings...]
        jq [options] --jsonargs <jq filter> [JSON_TEXTS...]

jq is a tool for processing JSON inputs, applying the given filter to
its JSON text inputs and producing the filter's results as JSON on
standard output.

The simplest filter is ., which copies jq's input to its output
unmodified (except for formatting, but note that IEEE754 is used
for number representation internally, with all that that implies).

For more advanced filters see the jq(1) manpage ("man jq")
and/or https://stedolan.github.io/jq

Example:

        $ echo '{"foo": 0}' | jq .
        {
                "foo": 0
        }

For a listing of options, use jq --help.

Install Visual Studio Code Plugins

If you are using Visual Studio Code to run through this workshop, you may find the “ Azure Account ” and “ Azure Resources ” extensions useful as they will allow you to authenticate to and interact with your Azure subscription directly within VS Code.

You can install both the plugins by clicking on the links above and then clicking the Install button, which should take you back to VS Code.

After installation, follow the instructions on the each Extension’s page to sign into your Azure subscription.