This chapter explains how to add logging to a service and parse command-line parameters or the environment variables required to configure a microservice. You don't need any special software except the Rust compiler, version 1.31 or above. Install it using the rustup tool.
You can find the code for the examples of this chapter on GitHub: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Hands-On-Microservices-with-Rust-2018/tree/master/Chapter3.