Iristyle

# Windows AMIs don't have WinRM enabled by default -- this script will enable WinRM
# AND install the CloudInit.NET service, 7-zip, curl and .NET 4 if its missing.
# Then use the EC2 tools to create a new AMI from the result, and you have a system 
# that will execute user-data as a PowerShell script after the instance fires up!
# This has been tested on Windows 2008 R2 Core x64 and Windows 2008 SP2 x86 AMIs provided
# by Amazon
# 
# To run the script, open up a PowerShell prompt as admin
# PS> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
# PS> icm $executioncontext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.github.com/gist/1672426/Bootstrap-EC2-Windows-CloudInit.ps1'))

Elindalyne

# Windows AMIs don't have WinRM enabled by default -- this script will enable WinRM
# AND install the CloudInit.NET service, 7-zip, curl and .NET 4 if its missing.
# Then use the EC2 tools to create a new AMI from the result, and you have a system 
# that will execute user-data as a PowerShell script after the instance fires up!
# This has been tested on Windows 2008 R2 Core x64 and Windows 2008 SP2 x86 AMIs provided
# by Amazon
# 
# To run the script, open up a PowerShell prompt as admin
# PS> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted
# PS> icm $executioncontext.InvokeCommand.NewScriptBlock((New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.github.com/gist/1672426/Bootstrap-EC2-Windows-CloudInit.ps1'))

mikeyk

def run_pg_fouine():
    info = host_info[env.host_string]
    db_name = info.tags.get('Name')
    sudo('perl -pi -e "s/log_min_duration_statement = .*/log_min_duration_statement = 0/" /etc/postgresql/9.*/main/postgresql.conf')
    sudo('/etc/init.d/postgresql reload')
    time.sleep(30)
    sudo('perl -pi -e "s/log_min_duration_statement = .*/log_min_duration_statement = 500/" /etc/postgresql/9.*/main/postgresql.conf')
    sudo('/etc/init.d/postgresql reload')
    run('tail -n 100000 /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-9.*-main.log > /tmp/pgfouine.txt')
    run('gzip -f /tmp/pgfouine.txt')

bartek

This example is based on having a cascading setup, where you have a single master, a single "primary" slave, and cascading slaves which are being replicated from the primary slave. For an example of this setup, check out http://bartek.im/blog/2012/12/04/postgresql-92-streaming-primer.html

On the existing master, if accessible, stop postgres.

$ sudo service postgresql stop

And better to be safe than sorry. We can't have two masters running. (I only use this in an automated script. If you're doing this manually, you'd know if it was shutoff)

$ kill -9 `sudo cat /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/main/postmaster.pid | head -n 1` &> /dev/null

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

fernandoaleman

# Start the old vagrant
$ vagrant init centos-6.3
$ vagrant up

# You should see a message like:
#  [default] The guest additions on this VM do not match the install version of
#  VirtualBox! This may cause things such as forwarded ports, shared
#  folders, and more to not work properly. If any of those things fail on
#  this machine, please update the guest additions and repackage the
#  box.

hofmannsven

Git

Global Settings

• Related Setup: https://gist.github.com/hofmannsven/6814278
• Related Pro Tips: https://ochronus.com/git-tips-from-the-trenches/
• Interactive Beginners Tutorial: http://try.github.io/
• Git Cheatsheet by GitHub: https://services.github.com/on-demand/downloads/github-git-cheat-sheet/

Reminder

Press minus + shift + s and return to chop/fold long lines!

pmp

If you use Amazon AWS for nearly anything, then you are probably familiar with KMS, the Amazon Key Management Service.

KMS is a service which allows API-level access to cryptographic primitives without the expense and complexity of a full-fledged HSM or CloudHSM implementation. There are trade-offs in that the key material does reside on servers rather than tamper-proof devices, but these risks should be acceptable to a wide range of customers based on the care Amazon has put into the product. You should perform your own diligence on whether KMS is appropriate for your environment. If the security profile is not adequate, you should consider a stronger product such as CloudHSM or managing your own HSM solutions.

The goal here is to provide some introductory code on how to perform envelope encrypt a message using the AWS KMS API.

KMS allows you to encrypt messages of up to 4kb in size directly using the encrypt()/decrypt() API. To exceed these limitations, you must use a technique called "envelope encryptio

lukeplausin

# Count total EBS based storage in AWS
aws ec2 describe-volumes | jq "[.Volumes[].Size] | add"
# Count total EBS storage with a tag filter
aws ec2 describe-volumes --filters "Name=tag:Name,Values=CloudEndure Volume qjenc" | jq "[.Volumes[].Size] | add"
# Describe instances concisely
aws ec2 describe-instances | jq '[.Reservations | .[] | .Instances | .[] | {InstanceId: .InstanceId, State: .State, SubnetId: .SubnetId, VpcId: .VpcId, Name: (.Tags[]|select(.Key=="Name")|.Value)}]'
# Wait until $instance_id is running and then immediately stop it again
aws ec2 wait instance-running --instance-id $instance_id && aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-id $instance_id

# Get 10th instance in the account

Spaider

If you use Amazon AWS for nearly anything, then you are probably familiar with KMS, the Amazon Key Management Service.

KMS is a service which allows API-level access to cryptographic primitives without the expense and complexity of a full-fledged HSM or CloudHSM implementation. There are trade-offs in that the key material does reside on servers rather than tamper-proof devices, but these risks should be acceptable to a wide range of customers based on the care Amazon has put into the product. You should perform your own diligence on whether KMS is appropriate for your environment. If the security profile is not adequate, you should consider a stronger product such as CloudHSM or managing your own HSM solutions.

The goal here is to provide some introductory code on how to perform envelope encrypt a message using the AWS KMS API.

KMS allows you to encrypt messages of up to 4kb in size directly using the encrypt()/decrypt() API. To exceed these limitations, you must use a technique called "envelope encryptio