Cloud computing is becoming mainstream in the IT world as a growing number of companies around the globe are in the throes of a digital transformation by using the power of cloud-based services. Evolution leading to Revolution – traditional IT already uses a variety of virtualization technologies to better utilize physical IT resources. Moving to private clouds is another step in the data center evolution, where existing infrastructures will be utilized and upgraded to provide cloud-based services. Also, public cloud services are gaining huge market momentum as more and more companies migrate their applications to third-party cloud providers. Public clouds are now taking companies to new business frontiers. Basic Skills for Everyone – cloud computing and cloud services touch almost everyone, whether you are a software developer, IT professional, system administrator, IT manager, solution architect, project manager, marketing manager, product manager, sales engineer, security expert, network expert, students entering the IT world, and so on. Level 1 – we need to start with something so this is the first course in a larger training program (Getting Started with Cloud Computing) dedicated to the important subject of cloud computing. The training program is divided into several levels, enabling students to start from scratch and grow their knowledge step-by-step, or maybe select a specific level according to their knowledge and experience. All the code files are placed at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Getting-Started-with-Cloud-Computing---Level-1