Before starting the exercises, you'll need to do a little bit of work to set things up. Depending on whether you're working through the Guide on your own (see Section 1.2.1) or participating in an organized tutorial (see Section 1.2.2), this may include getting logged in to a remote system, preparing the CCA environment, and building the tutorial code. Once you've setup everything as outlined below, you should be ready to proceed to Chapter 2.