May 3, 2026
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Scratches
Tips worth saving • A collection of thoughts and tutorials
April 5, 2025
Install gopls
Solves an issue where gopls hung in vim on Ubuntu and CentOS Vim hung with this a bottom of vim window: <pre>vim-go: initializing gopls</pre> ensure yo...
April 4, 2025
Jenkins API: curl with CSRF crumb and token
Create CSRF Crumb and save to Environment Variable $CRUMB <pre>CRUMB=$(wget -q --auth-no-challenge --user JenkinsAdmin --password $PASSWORD --output-docum...
April 3, 2025
AWS ECS FarGate 1.3.0 uses Docker, 1.4.0 uses containerd
In terraform the ECS version can be specified.<br> Using platform_version 1.3.0 uses Docker for your containers.<br> Using platform_version 1.4.0 uses containe...
April 1, 2025
k8s, kubctl, pods
Kubernetes delete all running pods
<pre>kubectl delete pods -n development kubectl get pods -n development | grep Running | awk '{print $1}'</pre> ...
March 30, 2025
capability, aws, awscli
AWS create-stack aws cli capabilities and parameters
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/passing-parameters-to-cloudformation-stacks-with-the-aws-cli-and-powershell/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/...
March 29, 2025
powershell, script, api automation
Powershell API Call with base64 encoded auth
<pre> Ignore Certificate Issues >add-type @" using System.Net; using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates; public class TrustAllCertsPolic...
March 27, 2025
Python, mail server, DebuggingServer
mock mail server in python that writes to stdout
<pre>python -m smtpd -n -c DebuggingServer localhost:8025</pre> ...
March 24, 2025
boot.sh: Docker container start-up script -- explains use of 'bash exec'
<pre> !/bin/sh source venv/bin/activate flask db upgrade exec gunicorn -b :5000 --access-logfile - --error-logfile - microblog:app </pre> Note the __exec__...
March 22, 2025
aws, cloudwatch, collectd
AWS Install CloudWatch Agent on Amazon Linux2
<pre> wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/amazoncloudwatch-agent/amazon_linux/amd64/latest/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm sudo rpm -U ./amazon-cloudwatch-agent.rpm sudo ...
March 20, 2025
aws, cloudformation, multiple accounts
AWS CloudFormation Multiple Accounts and Regions
<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/infrastructure-and-automation/multiple-account-multiple-region-aws-cloudformation/">https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/infrastr...
March 19, 2025
aws, account number, get-caller-id
AWS CLI get account id
To launch some stacks, you need the AWS account ID for each account. If you don’t know the account IDs, you can get them from the AWS CLI by using the sts ge...
March 18, 2025
spotify, ubuntu, snap
Location of Spotify prefs file on Ubuntu after Snap install
Spotify Prefs file location on Ubuntu <pre>/home/<USER>/snap/spotify/current/.config/spotify/prefs</pre> Set app.window.position.saved value to f...
March 13, 2025
aws cli, aws iam, mfa
AWS CLI - setup iam mfa with cli
Use AWS CLI to setup virtual MFA device token <pre>aws iam create-virtual-mfa-device --virtual-mfa-device-name {username} outfile /home/{username}/QRCod...
March 10, 2025
aws cli, aws iam, mfa
AWS IAM - get temporary credentials with cli
Run the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sts/get-session-token.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sts get-session-to...
March 5, 2025
Powershell sendKeys to Java installer
We used this to enable sending keystrokes to a Java-based installer in Windows <pre> [void] [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Draw...
March 2, 2025
Create launch template in AWS CLI
<pre> aws ec2 create-launch-template --launch-template-name my-template-for-auto-scaling --version-description version1 --launch-template-data file://co...
February 26, 2025
install ruby gem
<pre> gem install tzinfo -v "~> 1.2" gem install tzinfo-data </pre> ...
February 23, 2025
IAM Policy for uploading docker image to ECR
<pre> { "Version": "2012-10-17","Statement": [ { "Sid": "", "Effect": "Allow","Action": [ "ecr:CreateReposit...
February 20, 2025
Windows select to end of current line
Home key sends the cursor to start of line, Shift-END selects to end of line from cursor <pre>{HOME} then +{End}</pre> ...
February 17, 2025
AWS Create Bucket with LocationConstraint
Create S3 bucket in AWS CLI with LocationConstraint <pre> aws s3api create-bucket --bucket my-bucket --region us-west-2 --create-bucket-configurat...
February 15, 2025
Powershell 2.0 get ip address (Windows 2008)
<pre>ip_address=(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter 'IPEnabled=True').IPAddress</pre> ...
February 15, 2025
aws userdata log and start apache (aws linux/rhel)
<pre> !/bin/bash -xe exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log| logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1 yum -y update echo "...
February 13, 2025
Powershell string check for null or empty
<pre> if([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($VERSION)){ Write-Host "No NSM Version Found" $installType='new install' } </pre> <pre> $VERSION -notmatch "\S" > $null...
February 11, 2025
powershell, win32_product, windows
List installed applications in Windows
<pre> Get-CimInstance win32_product | Select-Object Name, PackageName, InstallDate | Out-GridView </pre> look in both locations for installed software <pre> ...
February 9, 2025
apt, dpkg, error
sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
This was the help on dpkg errors when running yum updates in Windows WSL Ubuntu <pre> Options to Fix sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) s...
February 7, 2025
aws, aws-cli, awscli
AWS Canonical ID - get via command line (aws cli)
List S3 buckets with AWS CLI and get Canonical ID <pre>aws s3api list-buckets --query Owner.ID --output text</pre> ...
February 4, 2025
auth, remote, remote login
Windows Create Secure Creds
In a secure Windows environment, create a SecureString to authenticate between Windows computers <pre> $adminName = 'admin-username' $pw = 'St00p1dP@ssw0r...
February 1, 2025
linux, pgrep, processes
top -- pgrep for specific app
Make top return results for only one process <pre> top -p $(pgrep -d, "(events|sshd)") </pre> ...
January 28, 2025
bash, linux, return code
rsyslog check return code
<pre> !/bin/bash rsyslogd -N1 retCode=$? if [ "$retCode" -eq 0 ] then echo ryslogd succeeded with return code: "$retCode" else echo rsyslo...
January 26, 2025
alpine, docker, docker run
Docker Notes
Dockerfile: <pre> FROM alpine:latest RUN apk upgrade RUN apk add nginx COPY files/default.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf RUN mkdir -p /var/www/html W...
January 24, 2025
azureDevOps, create pipelines, powershell
Powershell loop to create AzureDevOps pipelines
<pre> $pipeline_names = $("pipeline1", "pipeline2")$environment_name = 'test_environment'$branch = 'master' </pre> <pre> cd C:\\repo\directory foreach ($pipeli...
January 22, 2025
Get VersionId of Object in S3 bucket
<pre> aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket ${bucket_name} --prefix ${bucket_path}/${object_name} | jq ".Versions[].VersionId" </pre> ...
January 20, 2025
decrypt an ansible string
This will prompt for vault password <pre> ansible-vault decrypt oo-encrypted.txt --output=/dev/stderr > /dev/null </pre> ...
January 18, 2025
ansible install on ubuntu
Add ppa repo for ansible install on ubuntu <pre> sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common sudo apt-add-repository --yes --update ppa:ans...
January 16, 2025
Ansible encrypt string
Encrypt string for use in ansible vault <pre> echo -n ${pwdstring} | ansible-vault encrypt_string --vault-password-file ${pwdFile} --stdin-name Application...
January 15, 2025
Linux command line Password Generator
use apg to create passwords on the CLI <pre> alias mkpsswd='apg -s -a 1 -m 32 -n 4' </pre> apg command line help <pre> apg [-a algorithm] [-M m...
January 11, 2025
classes, methods, OOP
OOP Class Planning
Before you decide to define a new class, there are a few things to keep in mind, and questions you should ask yourself: <ul> <li><strong>Figure out your data...
January 7, 2025
Continuous Delivery vs Continuous Deployment
<ul> <li>Continuous <strong>Delivery</strong> does <strong>not</strong> mean every commit is deployed to <strong>production</strong> after passing automated te...
January 4, 2025
What is Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment?
<strong>Continuous Integration</strong> <ul> <li>Developers <strong>regularly</strong> merge code changes into a central repository <ul> <li>this <strong>tri...
December 31, 2024
Policy and Standards Automation (2)
<strong>AWS Secrets Manager</strong> <strong>Troubleshoot Cross-Account Secret Sharing</strong> <ul> <li>When Sharing credentials cross-account <ul> <li>cr...
December 28, 2024
AWS Monitoring and Logging
<strong>AWS Lambda Monitoring</strong> <ul> <li>Lambda does not provide a built-in metric for memory usage</li> <li>you can set up a CloudWatch metric filter...
December 26, 2024
High Availability, Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery
<strong>AWS Solution to migrate data from relational database to DynamoDB</strong> <ul> <li>use Amazon DMS to migrate data to a DynamoDB table</li> <li>creat...
December 23, 2024
Incident and Event Response
<strong>Amazon CloudSearch vs ElasticSearch</strong> <ul> <li><strong>CloudSearch</strong> is a <strong>managed</strong> service <ul> <li><strong>no</strong>...
December 22, 2024
Software Development Life Cycle Automation
<strong>Using CodePipeline Build and Deploy .Net Application</strong> <ul> <li>To build a .Net application from source, use an <strong>MSBuild</strong> Windo...
December 17, 2024
Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code
<strong>CloudFormation Template Errors</strong> <ul> <li>Invalid Value or Unsupported Resource Property <ul> <li>EITHER Parameter naming mistake</li> <li>OR ...
December 15, 2024
AWS Policies and Standards Automation
<strong>AWS Config</strong> <ul> <li><strong>Error</strong>: "We are unable to complete the request at this time. Please contact AWS Support." <ul> <li>eithe...
December 14, 2024
Kinesis Data Streams Terminology
<strong>Kinesis Data Stream</strong> <ul> <li>A Kinesis data stream is set of shards. Each shard is a sequence of data records. <ul> <li>each data record in ...
December 13, 2024
Writing Data to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
<ul> <li>A producer is an application that writes data to Amazon Kinesis Data Streams</li> <li>An Amazon Kinesis Data Streams producer is an application that p...
December 9, 2024
Infrastructure as Code - Reusable Templates
<strong>Reuseable Templates</strong> <ul> <li><strong>Nested Stacks</strong> and <strong>Cross-Stack References </strong>can be used to modularize stack temp...
December 9, 2024
Infrastructure as Code on AWS
<strong>Introduction</strong> <ul> <li>Cloud computing takes advantage of virtualization to enabled on-demand provisioning of compute, network and storage</l...
December 7, 2024
Using AWS to Create Microservice Architectures
<strong>User Interfaces</strong> <ul> <li>User Interfaces for microservices are typically Javascript</li> <li>Javascript can be chatty and cause latency</li>...
December 6, 2024
Using Data Management tools to redo transactions
<ul> <li>Microservices need a way to synchronize their data and roll back state, where possible.</li> <li>AWS Step functions allow implementation of a Saga Exe...
December 5, 2024
Distributed Data Management
<ul> <li>Each microservice should have its own data persistence layer</li> <li>distributed microservice architectures trade <strong>consistency</strong> for <s...
December 4, 2024
AWS App Mesh
<ul> <li>Provides application level networking</li> <li>allows service intercommunication across multiple types of infrastructure</li> <li>standardizes how ser...
December 2, 2024
Service Meshes are Transparent
application developers don't need to modify code to make their applications function in a service mesh ...
November 29, 2024
Service Mesh - data plane + control plane
<ul> <li><strong>data plane</strong> is a set of intelligent proxies</li> <li>deployed with the application code</li> <li>as a special <strong>sidecar</strong>...
November 26, 2024
microservices, service discovery, service mesh
Implementing Microservices on AWS
<strong>Service Meshes</strong> <ul> <li>microservice applications can be made up of <strong>thousands</strong> of services</li> <li>most <strong>complex</st...
November 24, 2024
Welcome to Jekyll!
You’ll find this post in your _posts directory. Go ahead and edit it and re-build the site to see your changes. You can rebuild the site in many different way...
November 24, 2024
Lousy Conversation
I'm a terrible conversationalist, I lose track of my train of thought in the middle of talking, especially when I start to feel passionate about a subject, and...
November 20, 2024
art, classics, literature
The Lost Generation
I have a BA in French Literature, and spent a couple years in grad school working on a Master's degree in that subject. I loved interpretation of lit, finding ...
November 17, 2024
existential, misery, transcendant
Misery, but not miserable
Miserable can mean physical poverty, to the point of hunger and despair. It can also mean emotional unhappiness totally unrelated to your physical state. Mi...
November 16, 2024
life, school, training
Are you working in the wrong field?
Nobody should expect to be paid for their passion, but your greatest satisfaction, your greatest benefit to your community is where you can actually contribute...
November 11, 2024
Volatile People and Me
See the opposition there, in my title? I may be volatile, too, a little emotional, but the emotions don't show like some other folks. That's why I fit in with e...
November 8, 2024
What's it mean to be a new manager?
So, suddenly, I'm "in a manager role". Trying to figure out what that means, or even what I'm supposed to do in that role. It hasn't been announced to anybody y...
November 8, 2024
I hate Phone Interviews
Got yet another phone interview scheduled, it's a lousy way to find new employees, so hard to communicate. I feel sorry for the candidate, half the time we brin...
November 5, 2024
Apple, Buble, frustration
iTunes for Windows Blows!
Spent a couple hours trying to update my wife's 3gs, couldn't get one playlist to synch to the phone. Was a new Michael Buble album, not new to the world, 2007,...
November 3, 2024
It was a Drive-By Fruiting!
One of those days at work, lots of meetings, some "drive-by" conversations. Not really satisfying, but tiring. I miss the opportunity to do real thinking, plann...
October 31, 2024
Short form posts
Interesting that Amazon now sells short books, some under a hundred pages. I wonder if that's a good thing? Is there something special about the 300 to 500 page...
October 28, 2024
linux
list of all listening TCP ports with lsof
<pre> To get a list of all listening TCP ports with lsof type: sudo lsof -nP -iTCP -sTCP:LISTEN Copy The options used are as follows: -n - Do not convert por...
October 27, 2024
git
Git Rebase to Squash Commits
you can squash multiple commits on a local branch into a single commit using the git rebase command with the -i or --interactive option. <h3>Steps:</h3> First...
October 25, 2024
aws
AWS SystemsManager CLI Examples
Ubuntu install only security updates <pre> apt-get install -y --only-upgrade $( apt-get --just-print upgrade | awk 'tolower($4) ~ /.security./ || tolower(...
October 21, 2024
aws
AWS SystemsManager CLI Examples
Loop over many users with paginate <pre> self.iam_client = self.session.client("iam") paginator = self.iam_client.get_paginator('list_users') fo...
October 18, 2024
aws
Python Loop over List and swap elements
Terraform module aws_lb_listener_rule oidc the module accepts a variable called lb_listener_rules which is a list of objects containing the rule name, typ...
October 15, 2024
aws
Jenkinsfile using AWS assumed-role
Jenkinsfile using AWS assumed role to deploy a docker container <pre> stage('Deploy - Prod') { when { branch 'main' ...
October 10, 2024
aws
Python Loop over List and swap elements
Swap elements in a list of any size assign length variable with the current list's length for convenience for loop runs through body length // 2 tim...
October 7, 2024
python
Python Bubble Sort
Bubble Sort a List of Numbers Check adjacent elements and swap them if right element < left element <pre> my_list = [8, 10, 6, 2, 4] list to sort swap...
October 7, 2024
aws
AWS SystemsManager CLI Examples
Run yum update against specific Patch Group Tag <pre> PATCH_GROUP=development aws ssm send-command --document-name "eXp-YumUpdateSecurityOnly" --document-ve...
October 3, 2024
AWS CodeBuild Sample buildspec.yaml
CodeBuild buildspec.yaml example <pre> version: 0.2 phases: pre_build: commands: - echo Logging in to Amazon ECR... - aws --version ...
October 2, 2024
aws, jq, json
Use jq to parse AWS CLI
list cidrs for VPC's accross accounts <pre> for acct in acct1 acct2 acct3 acct4 acct5 acct6; do aws ec2 describe-vpcs --profile ${acct} --region us-east-1 |...
September 27, 2024
AWS EC2 Userdata to install docker and set systemd config
UserData install Docker/systemctl config <pre> !/bin/bash -xe exec > >(tee /var/log/user-data.log|logger -t user-data -s 2>/dev/console) 2>&1 echo "...
September 23, 2024
Symlink log files to stdout and stderr
Symlink logfile writes to stdout and stderr <pre> ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log \ && ln -sf /dev/stderr /var/log/nginx/error.log </pre> <pre...
September 22, 2024
Python function to tag aws instances based on AMI name
<pre> import json import boto3 environment = "dev" instance_list = ["i-05e7e29b0d2d2a58c"] region_name="us-west-2" def lambda_handler(event, context): ses...
September 21, 2024
Python fstring mini-language specification
Format Specification Mini-Language <pre> The general form of a standard format specifier is: format_spec ::= [[fill]align][sign][][0][width][grouping...
September 18, 2024
Python get LastModified date
<pre> for page in page_iterator['Contents']: if page['LastModified'] <= utc.localize(datetime.datetime.now()) - datetime.timedelta(days=1): print('Ob...
September 14, 2024
Python aws lambda cross account tagging
Format Specification Mini-Language python import json import boto3 from boto3.session import Session acct_ids = { "qa": "123456789", "productio...
September 12, 2024
Python function to tag aws instances based on AMI name
sample jenkinsfile to run script from git repo groovy pipeline { parameters { string defaultValue: '1234567890', name: 'account-number' }...
September 11, 2024
Create Docker Secret from openssl rand
write secret to stdout <pre> openssl rand -base64 20 | docker secret create my_secret_data - </pre> write secret to file <pre> openssl rand -base64 20 >...
September 7, 2024
2022-09-04-jenkins-shared-libraries
run shared libraries from github https://github.com/darinpope/github-api-global-lib/blob/main/vars/helloWorld.groovy <pre> @Library("shared-library") _ pi...
September 4, 2024
try and catch boto3 client exceptions
<pre> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43354059/catching-boto3-clienterror-subclass If you're using the client you can catch the exceptions like this: imp...
September 1, 2024
aws, aws-cli, efs
AWS CLI Filters and Queries
delete aws backup recovery points, so you can delete the vault <pre> !/bin/bash set -e echo "Enter the name of the vault where all backups should be de...
August 31, 2024
2022-09-02-reconnaissance-tools
get info about domains/websites <pre> There are hundreds of tools relevant to security assessments, network reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and pene...
August 28, 2024
2022-09-02-password-crackers
PASSWORD CRACKERS Although there are some Windows tools, including the infamous Cain and L0phtcrack (l0phtcrack.com) tools, most password crackers run...
August 25, 2024
AWS CLI describe-images from describe-instances
<pre>aws ec2 describe-images --owner amazon --image-id $(aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids i-05e7e29b0d2d2a58c --query "Reservations[0].Instances[0].Im...
August 22, 2024
Ansible playbooks and templates
ansible playbook to replace text in config file yaml --- - hosts: labservers become: yes handlers: - name: restart apache service: name="...
August 18, 2024
Ansible playbooks and templates - part two
Use a variable in a playbook {% raw %} yaml --- - hosts: localhost vars: inv_file: /home/ansible/vars/inv.txt tasks: - name: file: pa...
August 14, 2024
Boom Load Tester Tips
Run Boom against localhost passing a custom header <b> 30 concurrent requests, total requests of 3000 <pre> boom http://localhost/ --header Host:test-webs...
August 12, 2024
MySql Tips
reset mysql root password <pre> 1. Stop Service 2. mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables & mysql UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('the-pw') WHERE U...
August 9, 2024
Nginx Tips
Create Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Nginx <pre> mkdir /etc/nginx/ssl openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 \ -keyout /etc/nginx/ssl...
August 5, 2024
SELinux Tips
Updating SELinux Permissions for Nginx <b>ngx_modsecurity_module.so: failed to map segment from shared object: Permission Denied</b> <p>After installing a ...
August 2, 2024
Vim Tips
Open a second file within same window <pre> -ESC- :e $filename </pre> Switch __back__ to previous buffer ('file') <pre> -ESC- :bn </pre> ...
July 28, 2024
Jenkins Tips
Backup jobs directories with subdirectories but not builds directories <pre> tar zcvf jenkins-backup-jobs.tar.gz --exclude "builds" /var/tmp/jenkins/jobs/...
July 27, 2024
Git Tips
Git's HEAD pointer For me, the key to understanding how git works came when I grasped that the HEAD notation is similar to a window that can slide over a se...
July 24, 2024
aws, boto3, python
Get Size of S3 Buckets with Boto3
Get Size of S3 Buckets with Boto3 https://www.slsmk.com/getting-the-size-of-an-s3-bucket-using-boto3-for-aws/ <pre> import boto3 import datetime now = dat...
July 20, 2024
Curl Tips
Send 'Host' header to localhost with a custom value <pre> curl --header "Host: example.com localhost" </pre> ...
July 16, 2024
AWS Patch Management
AWS Patch Management with SSM <pre> Use Patch Manager to patch different SSM-supported OSes. Create a patch baseline and see how it can help maintain and...
July 12, 2024
aws, cli, vpc
Use AWS CLI to build a VPC with a Bastion
Create VPC <pre>aws ec2 create-vpc --cidr-block $VPC_CIDR --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=vpc,Tags=[{Key="Name",Value="TOOLS_VPC"}]'</pre> Create ...
July 10, 2024
error, eventlistener, null
Resolve JavaScript error 'cannot add EventListener of null'
this was causing an error 'cannot add EventListener of null', until I moved the script tag in index.html to after the element I was listening for <pre> doc...
July 6, 2024
python, json, dict
Combine Two Json API responses into a dict of lists
Take json response for 'apps' and combine it with json response for 'branches' Makes dictionary of app names, each with a list of app branches in a li...
July 3, 2024
aws, ebs, ec2
AWS CLI Filters and Queries
allow bucket owner to read objects written by other accounts <pre> How to know if your disk is EXT4, XFS, etc? Remember, in Linux, everything is a ...
July 1, 2024
aws, awscli, s3
AWS CLI Filters and Queries
allow bucket owner to read objects written by other accounts <pre> s3client = session.client('s3') s3client.put_object(Key=iam_username, ...
June 30, 2024
aws, awscli, queries
AWS CLI Filters and Queries
list load balancer attributes for each LoadBalancerArn <pre> for i in $( aws elbv2 describe-load-balancers --region ${aws_region} --profile ${profile_name}...
June 28, 2024
Python Method Resolution Order .__mro__
Python Method Resolution Order When dealing with class inheritance, it can be tricky to understand which objects are inherited in which order. Using <cla...
June 26, 2024
Git Tips
Enable Default encryption for new EBS volumes, run once per account <pre> aws ec2 enable-ebs-encryption-by-default --region us-east-1 { "EbsEncryptionBy...
June 24, 2024
aws, ssh-keygen, openssl
Create AWS pem file with CLI
use openssl to create a pem file to ssh into an aws instance <pre>ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -m PEM -f vm_base mv vm_base vm_base.pem</pre> ...
June 23, 2024
aws, awscli, describe-images
AWS CLI get latest AMI
Using SSM: Amazon Linux2 <pre> aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2 --region us-east-2 </pr...
June 21, 2024
bash, file rename
2021-05-24-bash-rename-file-extension
<pre> Rename all .html to .markdown for f in .html; do mv -- "$f" "${f%.html}.markdown" done </pre> <br> <pre>-- marks the end of the option list.</p...
June 18, 2024
2021-05-21-remove-config-recorder
AWS Control Tower sets up a number of required rules in each account’s Config service to protect the integrity of the configuration checks and logs. Adding an...
June 14, 2024
2021-05-12-macos-install-ebcli
1. install Xcode 2. install Xcode commandline tools 3. git clone https://github.com/aws/aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setup.git 4. ./aws-elastic-beanstalk-cli-setu...
June 14, 2024
2021-05-07-aws-sam-pathlib-exist-ok
Using python3.8 with AWS SAM to create a lambda from a script that runs without error before applying changes for SAM. Using pathlib to check if a path exists ...
June 10, 2024
AWS CLI run-instances with keyname and region
<pre>aws ec2 run-instances \ --image-id $(aws ssm get-parameters \ --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-gp2 \ ...
June 8, 2024
2021-05-02-terragrunt-advantages
<h4>Terraform weaknesses that can be helped with Terragrunt:</h4> <strong>the lack of Terraform module dependencies:</strong> it is not possible t...
June 6, 2024
2021-04-22-terragrunt-notes
you can define your backend configuration just once in the root terragrunt.hcl file <pre> stage/terragrunt.hcl remote_state { backend = "s3"...
June 3, 2024
Kubernetes: UPGRADE FAILED: another operation (install/upgrade/rollback) is in progress
troubleshoot error: <pre>UPGRADE FAILED: another operation (install/upgrade/rollback) is in progress</pre> (the release that was in progress didn't show wh...
June 2, 2024
Windows java installer research
Researching how to Automate a Java-based installer in Windows <strong>extract .msi from .exe</strong> https://www.codetwo.com/kb/msi-from-exe/ https://...