[cs615asa] Slides and HW

[Jan Schaumann]

All,

I've updated the homework assignment to not require access to
linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu.  You have the following options:

- use linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu; if you have an account, then this is by
  far the easiest approach to take

- if you have no account on linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu, and you use macOS
  or OS X, then you can install the AWS command-line tools and do your
  homework on your laptop/desktop; note that you must do all work in the
  terminal on that system

- if you have no account on linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu, and you use a Unix
  version (e.g. some Linux flavor), then you can install the AWS
  command-line tools and do your homework on your laptop/desktop; note
  that you must do all work in the terminal on that system

- if you have no account on linux-lab.cs.stevens.edu, and you use a
  Microsoft Windows, then you can install the AWS Tools for Microsoft
  PowerShell and use those; alternatively, you can use a VM to install a
  Unix version of your choosing, then install the AWS command-line tools
  in that VM and use that for all assignments in this class

Either option is acceptable.  But please do note that the aim is to use
the command-line interface for all your AWS work.  You should not use
the browser interface to e.g. create, start, shut down EC2 instances for
these assignments.

Slides from tonight's lecture:
http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~jschauma/615/slides/lecture01.pdf

Homework:
http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~jschauma/615/s17-hw1.html
http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~jschauma/cgi-bin/CS615-02.cgi

Suggested reading:
http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~jschauma/usenix/sage/jobs.pdf
https://www.netmeister.org/book/01-introduction.pdf
https://www.netmeister.org/book/02-unix.pdf

-Jan