Summary
In this chapter, we learned the definition of a cloud, the different cloud deployment models, and the different cloud service models. We also learned what the shared cloud responsibility model is, and how AWS, Azure, and GCP look at this concept from their points of view.
Lastly, we had a short introduction to the AWS, Azure, and GCP built-in command-line tools, and, during the next chapters, I will provide you with examples of how to implement various tasks using the command-line tools.
The foundation set in this chapter will be referred to in the following chapters, where we will dive deeper into the best practices for securing cloud services using (in most cases) the cloud providers’ built-in capabilities.
In the next chapter, we will review the various computing services in the cloud, including virtual machines, container services, and finally serverless services.
