To get the most out of this book

The knowledge that is required by readers in order to benefit from this book is as follows:

• A basic understanding of general cloud computing terminology and
  environments
• A basic understanding of networking, the OSI layers, and the IP stack
• A basic understanding of network function devices, such as routers, firewalls, load balancers, and content delivery networks
• A basic understanding of virtualization and server operating systems
• A basic understanding of user and security management
• A basic understanding of storage concepts (for example, object storage, block
  storage, and file storage)
• A basic understanding of database services
• A basic understanding of messaging in applications
• A basic understanding of serverless computing
• A basic understanding of automation and orchestration

In addition, a more in-depth understanding of the following topics will be beneficial:

• Designing applications for high availability and resilience
• Operating system scripting languages
• Database structures
• The JSON data format
• Programming languages and application design