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July 28, 2020

AWS IAM Self Manage Policy

Here’s the permission needed for an AWS user to manage their own IAM account. The policy allows them to view their own account information, change their own passwords, rotate access keys and certificates, and manage their own git credentials.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "AllowViewAccountInfo",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy",
                "iam:GetAccountSummary"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnPasswords",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:ChangePassword",
                "iam:GetUser"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnAccessKeys",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:CreateAccessKey",
                "iam:DeleteAccessKey",
                "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed",
                "iam:ListAccessKeys",
                "iam:UpdateAccessKey"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSigningCertificates",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:DeleteSigningCertificate",
                "iam:ListSigningCertificates",
                "iam:UpdateSigningCertificate",
                "iam:UploadSigningCertificate"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSSHPublicKeys",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:DeleteSSHPublicKey",
                "iam:GetSSHPublicKey",
                "iam:ListSSHPublicKeys",
                "iam:UpdateSSHPublicKey",
                "iam:UploadSSHPublicKey"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        },
        {
            "Sid": "AllowManageOwnGitCredentials",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "iam:CreateServiceSpecificCredential",
                "iam:DeleteServiceSpecificCredential",
                "iam:ListServiceSpecificCredentials",
                "iam:ResetServiceSpecificCredential",
                "iam:UpdateServiceSpecificCredential"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}"
        }
    ]
}

{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "AllowViewAccountInfo", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:GetAccountPasswordPolicy", "iam:GetAccountSummary" ], "Resource": "*" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnPasswords", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:ChangePassword", "iam:GetUser" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnAccessKeys", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:CreateAccessKey", "iam:DeleteAccessKey", "iam:GetAccessKeyLastUsed", "iam:ListAccessKeys", "iam:UpdateAccessKey" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSigningCertificates", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:DeleteSigningCertificate", "iam:ListSigningCertificates", "iam:UpdateSigningCertificate", "iam:UploadSigningCertificate" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnSSHPublicKeys", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:DeleteSSHPublicKey", "iam:GetSSHPublicKey", "iam:ListSSHPublicKeys", "iam:UpdateSSHPublicKey", "iam:UploadSSHPublicKey" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" }, { "Sid": "AllowManageOwnGitCredentials", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": [ "iam:CreateServiceSpecificCredential", "iam:DeleteServiceSpecificCredential", "iam:ListServiceSpecificCredentials", "iam:ResetServiceSpecificCredential", "iam:UpdateServiceSpecificCredential" ], "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:user/${aws:username}" } ] }

July 28, 2020

Change Default Editor

Ubuntu and Linux Mint use nano as their default editor. You’ll see it if you try to edit crontab or visudo. Now, there’s nothing wrong with nano, but I prefer using vim instead. Here’s how to change the default editor.

sudo update-alternatives --config editor

You’ll be prompted to change the default editor.

There are 4 choices for the alternative editor (providing /usr/bin/editor).
 
  Selection    Path                Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /bin/nano            40        auto mode
  1            /bin/ed             -100       manual mode
  2            /bin/nano            40        manual mode
* 3            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        manual mode
  4            /usr/bin/vim.tiny    15        manual mode
 
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

Type 3 to choose vim basic.

November 18, 2019

GCP Change Instance Type

Here’s how to change instance types via the command line

# Set Project
gcloud config set project your-project-id
 
# Change instance type to 2 CPU 20GB memory.
gcloud compute instances set-machine-type your-server-name \
--zone us-east1-a \
--machine-type n2-custom-2-20480
 
# Change instance type to original settings.
gcloud compute instances set-machine-type your-server-name \
--zone us-east1-a \
--machine-type n2-custom-2-15360