Before moving ahead, let's ensure we fulfill the technical requirements. The following subsections will go over the hardware and software requirements for this chapter.
For demonstration purposes, we used a basic configured machine with the following specification:
- Memory—16GB
- Processor—Intel Core i5
- CPU—2.30GHz x 4
- Graphics—Intel HD Graphics 520
The following are the software specifications:
- OS—Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- OS-Type—64 bit
- Python 3.6
- Python development packages:
build-essential
,python-dev
, andpython-virtualenv
- AWS credentials and AWS CLI
- Zappa
We will go over a detailed description for setting up the environment in the upcoming sections. In the meantime, you can configure essential packages such as python3.6
and awscli
.