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Powershell

Let’s create TOP for PowerShell

Top is a super-cool interactive tool. It displays real-time processes and resources. And you can interact with them. Linux guys always have the shiniest command prompts… pfff. Let’s try to fix that! TLDR… Right to some code! What do I want from Top on Windows? First, it should look the Read more…

By yvez, 2 years2 years ago
Powershell

Shorten your PowerShell one-liner

Need to fit your PowerShell oneliner in a Twitter message? Oh, noes!!! Too many characters! Let’s shorten that oneliner with some useful tricks.

By yvez, 2 years2 years ago
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Hardware

Add a graphical battery level indicator to your PowerShell prompt

Laptops are cool for some scripting on the go. But sometimes you need to check on your juices. You don’t want to end your PowerShell session mid-command! Enter the commandline battery indicator.

By yvez, 3 years2 years ago
Hardware

How to check if your rebooting device is back online using PowerShell

Rebooting a switch is easy. Having patience enough to not frantically click the F5 button to check if the webinterface is back online is next to impossible. Here’s a quick PowerShell snippet with a solution!

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago
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Azure

Structure of an ARM template – ARM template series

Second article in a series on how to use Azure Resource Manager templates. This time a deeper dive in the JSON structure of ARM templates.

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago
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Azure

How to use Azure RM templates series – Introduction

This time we’re going to start an Azure RM template series. Got the hang of deploying Azure resources the manual way? Let’s auto-deploy that stuff!

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago
classic disk vs azure managed disk
Azure

Benefits of Azure managed disks and how to create and attach one

File storage in Azure can be quite daunting. Blobs, files, queues,… what do I really need? And what about managing those storage accounts with their nice, ahem…, naming convention?

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago
none shall pass unless Just In Time
Azure

How to manage Azure virtual machines with Just in time access

Network Security Groups (NSG) are great for securing devices and networks in Azure. But a strict policy can hinder fluent management of your resources. Just in time access provides a reasonable compromise.

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago
brute force treasure found
Powershell

Brute force PowerShell in search of unknown aliases

As humans, we normally have 10 fingers. Keeping these fingers in control is not an easy feat. That is why we invent things like aliases.

An alias shortens long functions or commands to just a few characters.

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago
boolean switch powershell
Powershell

Toggle boolean in PowerShell without using $true and $false

Switch on, switch off. Enabled, disabled. Up, Down. All possible wordings for $true and $false in PowerShell. Unfortunately, there is no simple way to toggle between 2 variables when not using these boolean values.

By yvez, 3 years3 years ago

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