From the course: Virtualization: Configuring VMs Across Platforms with VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Vagrant, and KVM
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Virtual machines in the cloud
From the course: Virtualization: Configuring VMs Across Platforms with VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Vagrant, and KVM
Virtual machines in the cloud
- If you really don't have the hardware to install virtual machines yourself, you can always go for virtual machines in cloud. Free-tier virtual machines are provided by most public cloud providers. But there is one important thing to realize, and that is that the cloud is taking over specific functionality from the operating system. So boot loaders, for instance, are normally not accessible from cloud. So if you want to learn virtual machines to learn a new operating system like Linux, there is really nothing better than a real virtual machine. Nevertheless, if it's helpful for you, go have a look at the public cloud. Let me show you how it works on Google Cloud. So here I am on cloud.google.com, I'm clicking console, and I've already logged in with my current credentials. Of course, you need credentials, so you may have to sign up. If you're new to Cloud, you can use a free tier layer in the cloud. And if you have used it before, then you need to leave your credit card details so…
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