Create GUIs for Powershell scripts? Yeah, sometimes that could be useful...if you want to create a tool to distribute to your team without requiring them to remember switches or reviewing what the script does (especially if not used much). Below is a template I worked up to speed up the process of slapping a GUI … Continue reading Creating GUIs for Powershell
A while back, I did a post on creating snapshots of EC2 instances with Powershell here. Well, in November, AWS released an option to do VSS-aware snapshots via SSM. You'll find AWS' post about that here. From the AWS post... To create VSS-enabled EBS snapshots by using AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell: Send-SSMCommand -DocumentName AWSEC2-CreateVssSnapshots … Continue reading An update on Windows EC2 Instance Snapshotting with Powershell
For various administrative purposes, it can be useful to download files and install via Powershell. There are a few ways to do it, but with Powershell 5.1, I'll leverage invoke-webrequest and start-process. In the example below, I'm downloading Windows Powershell for AWS installer, using /qn to install silently. As always, don't forget to Run As … Continue reading Download and Install Applications from the Web with Powershell
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