dev container configuration

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/azure-cli:1": {
+			"version": "latest"
+		}
+	},
+	"postCreateCommand": "pip install -r requirements.txt"
+}

README.md

@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ Clone this repo as follows, and follow [instructions](./scenarios/covid/README.m
 
 ```bash
 git clone --recursive http://github.com/iSPIRT/depa-training
+```
+
+You can also use Github codespaces using the [dev container](./.devcontainer/devcontainer.json) to create a development environment. Please ensure you allocate at least 64GB disk space in your codespace. Also, run the following command in the Codespace to update submodules.
+
+```bash
+git submodule update --init --recursive
 ```

requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+wheel

scenarios/covid/README.md

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ For deploying the sample to Azure, you will additionally need.
 
 - Valid Azure subscription with sufficient access to create key vault, storage accounts, storage containers, and Azure Container Instances. 
 - [Azure Key Vault](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/key-vault/) to store encryption keys and implement secure key release to CCR. You can either you Azure Key Vault Premium (lower cost), or [Azure Key Vault managed HSM](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/managed-hsm/overview) for enhanced security. Please see instructions below on how to create and setup your AKV instance. 
-- [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux). 
+- [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux). This is pre-installed if you are using Codespaces. 
 - [Azure CLI Confidential containers extension](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/confcom?view=azure-cli-latest). After installing Azure CLI, you can install this extension using ```az extension add --name confcom -y```
 - [Go](https://go.dev/doc/install). Follow the instructions to install Go. After installing, ensure that the PATH environment variable is set to include ```go``` runtime.
 - ```jq```. You can install jq using ```sudo apt-get install -y jq```