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import re
import boto3
import csv
from botocore.exceptions import ClientError

ec2 = boto3.client('ec2')

def get_snapshots():
    return ec2.describe_snapshots(OwnerIds=['self'])['Snapshots']

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Boostrapping Salt on Linux EC2 with Cloud-Init

Salt is a great tool for remote execution and configuration management, however you will still need to bootstrap the daemon when spinning up a new node. One option is to create and save a custom AMI, but this creates another resource to maintain and document.

A better method for Linux machines uses Canonical's CloudInit to run a bootstrap script during an EC2 Instance initialization. Cloud-init takes the user_data string passed into a new AWS instance and runs it in a manner similar to rc.local. The bootstrap script needs to:

1. Install Salt with dependencies
2. Point the minion to the master

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## Install necessary packages
$ sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose qemu-utils genisoimage cloud-utils

## get kvm unloaded so virtualbox can load
$ sudo modprobe -r kvm_amd kvm_intel
$ sudo service virtualbox stop
$ sudo service virtualbox start

## URL to most recent cloud image of 12.04
$ img_url="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/server/releases/12.04/release"

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{
	"variables": [],
	"info": {
		"name": "TAXII-1.1 (0.1)",
		"_postman_id": "f355c2a2-5d3e-6f5b-f957-afe4d5646d7a",
		"description": "Simple collection of TAXII 1.1 requests.\nYou need an environment with the following keys to run this:\n- hostname: hostname of the TAXII server\n- collection: name of the collection to poll (needed only for Poll Request)\n\nDiscovery request points to {{hostname}}/taxii-discovery-service\n\nCollection Information Request points to {{hostname}}/taxii-collection-management-service\n\nPoll Request to {{hostname}}/taxii-poll-service",
		"schema": "https://schema.getpostman.com/json/collection/v2.0.0/collection.json"
	},
	"item": [
		{

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// Source: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/ansi/countylookup.html

var countyToFIPS = {
    'Alabama': {
        'Autauga County': '01001',
        'Baldwin County': '01003',
        'Barbour County': '01005',
        'Bibb County': '01007',
        'Blount County': '01009',
        'Bullock County': '01011',

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{
   "01": "Alabama",
   "02": "Alaska",
   "04": "Arizona",
   "05": "Arkansas",
   "06": "California",
   "08": "Colorado",
   "09": "Connecticut",
   "10": "Delaware",
   "11": "District of Columbia",