ER's cards - cloud, virtualisation, UX/UI, automation

Hello World! Welcome to this blog. I am shipping containers to Azure @ Microsoft by day and author of this blog by night.

Most of the posts highlight what I am focused on and express work and personal experience. Reason I put them here - recall later or help someone else with similar challenge.

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postgresql tree jquery erudinsky CSS web development locale issue games cloud cloudfront aws ec2 microsoft free tier iso aws s3 image pbx psexec fail2ban g729 minio jekyll deployment nested hypervisor backup VMware ntfs cloudberrylab orchestration macbook html virtualisation blog materializecss wysiwyg nokogiri tags acts_as_toggable paperclip containers swap fix digitalocean azure ad asterisk mixmonitor mount bucket ls administration sinatra windows s3 compatible ubuntu virtualbox https merchant docker azure ec2 nested hyper-v scripts bat certbot capistrano ssl jumpbox meetup debian macos password cli awsrus certification cloudacademy exchange rails ruby efs static site amazon s3 python amazon sns amazon efs aws ses smtp seo hyper-v rails console storage linux mac amazon google powershell chrome 
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Jumpbox on-demand in Azure Cloud with web-based ssh console
I've been playing with ACI ("serverless" containers in Azure) and were thinking about use case of this wonderful service. Ended up with jumpbox as one of the example ... more
10 months#docker #azure #jumpbox
Azure AD disable sync
If you are like me having hard time to delete Azure AD directory which is in sync with on-prem AD and still have remaining synced users (which you can't delete while active), you are welcome to read this post! ... more
over 1 year#azure ad #azure
How to use S3 Compatible Minio with CloudBerry
Here at CloudBerry, where one of the goal I have is to help partners decide, pick and build right configurations for dealing with computers data when they need backup solution. FTP, SCP, WebDav and some other proprietary protocols have been here forever, where simplicity and flexibility made them number one in data protection and management fields as primary target configurations. But, there is big BUT... ... more
over 1 year#minio #backup #cloudberrylab
How to PsExec powershell software on remote machine
In this short article you will learn how to use PsExec with remote powershell script to download, execute and clean up software. You can do it for multiple computers in super easy way. ... more
over 1 year#aws s3 #psexec #cloudberrylab
Episode #2: Build your own free PBX with Asterisk
AWS EC2 free tier. In this episode we are going to build absolutely free PBX (telephony system) based on Asterisk free switch hosted on our Amazon free EC2. ... more
over 1 year#aws ec2 #free tier
Episode #1: AWS backup to S3
Looking for free option to backup your data? No issues, - have a look at various options available with AWS S3, AWS CLI or 3d parties for your sensitive data. ... more
over 1 year#aws s3 #backup
How to install Google Chrome using PowerShell CLI
I know how annoying it is when you need Chrome on your server and you have to go through intensive security barriers of MS Explorer, so here is quick CLI recipe on how to get Chrome.. ... more
almost 2 years#google #powershell #chrome
What is possible with AWS free tier
I made light talk on one of our recent #AWSRus community gathering in Moscow and decided to discover this topic with further series of posts in my blog covering various AWS services. ... more
almost 2 years#free tier #amazon
AWS EC2 user data script windows
How to pre-deploy App using user data script for Windows OS with powershell powered script in EC2? Example inside. ... more
almost 2 years#aws ec2 #cloudberrylab #amazon
EC2 user data script example
Launching AWS EC2 can be supplied by something what is known as "user data" and it helps to have things ready before you access it. ... more
almost 2 years#aws ec2 #cloudberrylab #amazon
SMTP server for notifications
AWS SES supports SMTP settings for sending through it-self. This is really helpful if we want to configure personal outbound server. ... more
almost 2 years#aws ses #smtp #amazon
How to send SMS using Amazon SNS and Python
Send text messages (SMS) with few lines of Python code using Amazon SNS and boto3 SDK. ... more
almost 2 years#python #amazon sns #amazon
AWS EFS Windows
AWS Elastic File System is scalable file system in the cloud, requires NFSv4.1 client and does not support Windows at the moment. However let's see what we can do.. ... more
almost 2 years#efs #amazon efs #amazon
How to download random pictures
In CloudBerry Lab we help people to move data offsite to the cloud either with backup or file management solution. Sometimes I need sample files, a lot of sample files. ... more
almost 2 years#cloudberrylab #ruby
How to run Rails app with Postgres, Puma and Nginx in docker
Docker opens wide range of options for applications delivery. It is not just deployment tool, but great for testing and development. Even for production ... ... more
about 2 years#docker #rails
How to follow the 3-2-1 rule with CloudBerry Backup
In this article you'll learn how to protect your data against hardware and software failures according to the 3-2-1 rule. ... more
about 2 years#backup #cloudberrylab
Data backup and Disaster recovery with AWS
CloudAcademy webinar: how to use AWS services for Backup and DR challenges. I am presenter! ... more
about 2 years#backup #cloudacademy #amazon
Grant FullAccess to all Mailboxes in Exchange 2010
Since FullAccess is disabled even for Administrator's account in Exchange (including 2010) CloudBerry Backup for Exchange can't restore using Administrator's username and password pair for item level restore of any mailbox. Let's fix it. ... more
over 2 years#cloudberrylab #exchange
AWSRus — Russian (St. Petersburg) User Group for AWS
AWSRus — Official AWS User Group Russia (St. Petersburg). ... more
over 2 years#meetup #awsrus #amazon
Parallax snippet
Little snippet for great footer effect. ... more
over 2 years#jquery
SEO friendly AWS static website with SSL
It's been written many times, however there is no consistency how to make static web site with SSL and SEO friendly urls (301 redirect). Pure AWS based services static website ahead, check details inside! ... more
over 2 years#static site #seo #amazon
How to renew Certbot (Let's Encrypt) for Rails app with Capistrano
Let's Encrypt is free SSL certificate. Running rails app it is not obvious how to renew such cert. Here is the user guide. ... more
over 2 years#certbot #capistrano #ssl #rails
How to backup PostgreSQL on Ubuntu to the cloud of your choice?
PostgreSQL is very popular database backend for many Linux deployed / web-based applications. But how to protect? ... more
over 2 years#postgresql #backup
«Conveyoring» files for backup (CloudBerry Backup with pre/post scripts)
Working with customers is great experience and you always learn or invent something new. I've been working on the case with files portioning ... more
over 2 years#cloudberrylab #scripts #bat
How to enable Hyper-V role in VMware VM (nested Hyper-V)
Quick note not to forget the following .vmx file configuration when wanting to enable Hyper-V role in VM resides in VMware ESXi. ... more
almost 3 years#vmware #nested hyper-v #hyper-v
Since 2007 here.