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Exercise 1

  • Sign up to Google Cloud.
  • Create a micro instance with your favorite Linux distribution.
  • Access it using the web-based SSH client.
  • Try curl on localhost. It will fail as there is no web server.
  • Install nginx.
  • Try curl again.
  • Change the default web page. (See /etc/nginx )
  • Install your favorite server or command line tool.
  • Shut down the instance.