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Missing RHEL Prompt on Bash

February 20, 2023

Here’s how to restore or set the Bash prompt on RHEL systems.

echo "PS1='\u@\h \w]\$'" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

echo "PS1='\u@\h \w]\$'" >> ~/.bashrc source ~/.bashrc

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: bash, missing, prompt, restore, rhel, set

GCP Reset Windows Password

February 4, 2022

How to reset password of a GCP Compute Engine running on Windows OS.

gcloud compute reset-windows-password servername \
--zone us-central1-a \
--project your-project-id

gcloud compute reset-windows-password servername \ --zone us-central1-a \ --project your-project-id

Output

This command creates an account and sets an initial password for the
user [firstname_lastname] if the account does not already exist.
If the account already exists, resetting the password can cause the
LOSS OF ENCRYPTED DATA secured with the current password, including
files and stored passwords.
 
For more information, see:
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/operating-systems/windows#reset
 
Would you like to set or reset the password for [firstname_lastname]
(Y/n)?  y
 
Resetting and retrieving password for [firstname_lastname] on [servername]
Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/your-project-id/zones/us-central1-a/instances/servername].
WARNING: Instance [servername] does not appear to have an external IP
address, so it will not be able to accept external connections.
To add an external IP address to the instance, use
gcloud compute instances add-access-config.
password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
username: firstname_lastname

This command creates an account and sets an initial password for the user [firstname_lastname] if the account does not already exist. If the account already exists, resetting the password can cause the LOSS OF ENCRYPTED DATA secured with the current password, including files and stored passwords. For more information, see: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/operating-systems/windows#reset Would you like to set or reset the password for [firstname_lastname] (Y/n)? y Resetting and retrieving password for [firstname_lastname] on [servername] Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/your-project-id/zones/us-central1-a/instances/servername]. WARNING: Instance [servername] does not appear to have an external IP address, so it will not be able to accept external connections. To add an external IP address to the instance, use gcloud compute instances add-access-config. password: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx username: firstname_lastname

Filed Under: Cloud Tagged With: compute, gcp, password, reset, set, windows

AWS Set Profile

November 7, 2021

If you find yourself using a named profile for every awscli command, you can set it temporarily.

Listing a bucket with a named profile.

aws s3 ls --profile=yourprofile

aws s3 ls --profile=yourprofile

If you set AWS_PROFILE, you can then list a bucket without a named profile.

export AWS_PROFILE=yourprofile
aws s3 ls

export AWS_PROFILE=yourprofile aws s3 ls

After you are done, you can reset it back to default.

export AWS_PROFILE=default

export AWS_PROFILE=default

Filed Under: Cloud Tagged With: aws, AWS_PROFILE, default, export, profile, s3, set

Set Timezone Permanently

March 18, 2021

It’s recommended to set the clock to UTC. In rare occasions, local time may be needed.

Here’s how to set your server’s timezone permanently.

Check the date first.

date

date

Backup localtime. Set it to US Eastern Time.

mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.backup
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

mv /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.backup ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime

Backup clock. Set it to US Eastern Time.

cp -p /etc/sysconfig/clock /etc/sysconfig/clock.backup 
> /etc/sysconfig/clock
echo ZONE=\"America/New_York\" > /etc/sysconfig/clock

cp -p /etc/sysconfig/clock /etc/sysconfig/clock.backup > /etc/sysconfig/clock echo ZONE=\"America/New_York\" > /etc/sysconfig/clock

Run the date again to validate.

date

date

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: permanent, redhat, set, timezone

EFS Tags Auto Assign Backup Tags

January 17, 2021

Here’s a script that scans all EFS systems in several AWS accounts and regions and randomly assigns backup tags to EFS systems that are missing backup tags. This is assuming EFS is using AWS Backup service using tags to apply backup policies. If there are no backup tags, an EFS gets assigned a randomly picked backup policy.

#!/bin/bash
# log file
output="test.log"
tmpfil="temp.txt"
# empty file
> $output
# set random array
arr[0]="efs-0000"
arr[1]="efs-0400"
arr[2]="efs-0800"
arr[3]="efs-1200"
arr[4]="efs-1600"
arr[5]="efs-2000"
rand=$[ $RANDOM %6 ]
backup=${arr[$rand]}
# set accounts and regions
declare -a account=("default" "one" "two" "three" "four" "five")
declare -a region=("us-east-1" "us-east-2" "us-west-1" "us-west-2")
for i in "${account[@]}"; do
  echo "===================" >> $output
  echo $i >> $output
  echo "===================" >> $output
  for j in "${region[@]}"; do
    echo $j >> $output
        aws efs describe-file-systems \
        --query "FileSystems[*].[FileSystemId,Tags[?Key=='aws-backup']|[0].Value]" \
        --profile $i \
        --region $j \
        --output text > $tmpfil
        while read -r id tag; do
      if [[ $tag == "" ]]; then
        aws efs tag-resource \
        --resource-id $id \
        --tags Key="aws-backup",Value=${arr[$rand]} \
        --profile $i \
        --region $j >> $output
        echo "Added backup tag $backup to $id" >> $output
      elif [[ $tag == "no-backup" ]]; then
        echo "Backup tag is already set to no-backup on $id." >> $output
      else
        echo "No backup tag changes applied to $id." >> $output
      fi
    done < $tmpfil
  done
done
rm $tmpfil

#!/bin/bash # log file output="test.log" tmpfil="temp.txt" # empty file > $output # set random array arr[0]="efs-0000" arr[1]="efs-0400" arr[2]="efs-0800" arr[3]="efs-1200" arr[4]="efs-1600" arr[5]="efs-2000" rand=$[ $RANDOM %6 ] backup=${arr[$rand]} # set accounts and regions declare -a account=("default" "one" "two" "three" "four" "five") declare -a region=("us-east-1" "us-east-2" "us-west-1" "us-west-2") for i in "${account[@]}"; do echo "===================" >> $output echo $i >> $output echo "===================" >> $output for j in "${region[@]}"; do echo $j >> $output aws efs describe-file-systems \ --query "FileSystems[*].[FileSystemId,Tags[?Key=='aws-backup']|[0].Value]" \ --profile $i \ --region $j \ --output text > $tmpfil while read -r id tag; do if [[ $tag == "" ]]; then aws efs tag-resource \ --resource-id $id \ --tags Key="aws-backup",Value=${arr[$rand]} \ --profile $i \ --region $j >> $output echo "Added backup tag $backup to $id" >> $output elif [[ $tag == "no-backup" ]]; then echo "Backup tag is already set to no-backup on $id." >> $output else echo "No backup tag changes applied to $id." >> $output fi done < $tmpfil done done rm $tmpfil

Filed Under: Cloud Tagged With: auto, aws, backup, efs, set, tags

GCP Set Scopes

September 4, 2020

Here’s how to set the instance scope in GCP. Stop the server.

gcloud compute instances stop server-name

gcloud compute instances stop server-name

Default scopes.

gcloud beta compute instances set-scopes server-name \
--service-account=your-service-account@gserviceaccount.com \
--scopes=default \
--project your-project-id \
--zone=us-central1-a

gcloud beta compute instances set-scopes server-name \ --service-account=your-service-account@gserviceaccount.com \ --scopes=default \ --project your-project-id \ --zone=us-central1-a

Change scopes by adding storage-rw to default.

gcloud alpha compute instances set-scopes servername \
--service-account=your-service-account@gserviceaccount.com \
--scopes=default,storage-rw \
--project your-project-id \
--zone=us-central1-c

gcloud alpha compute instances set-scopes servername \ --service-account=your-service-account@gserviceaccount.com \ --scopes=default,storage-rw \ --project your-project-id \ --zone=us-central1-c

Start the server.

gcloud compute instances start server-name

gcloud compute instances start server-name

Possible scope values.

  • default
  • cloud-platform
  • storage-rw
  • and more

Filed Under: Cloud Tagged With: gcp, scopes, set

Change Default Editor

July 28, 2020

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

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:

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.

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: change, default, editor, set

Timedatectl

June 24, 2020

Here’s another way of setting your server’s timezone. See all the options under North America.

timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i America

timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i America

Set timezone.

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

To check.

date

date

Restart cron if needed.

systemctl restart cron.service

systemctl restart cron.service

Filed Under: Linux Tagged With: set, timedatectl, timezone

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