Darwin Sanoymissionimpossiblecode.io·Sep 5, 2018Undo-WinRMConfig Version 1.2.0 is Generally AvailableBack in June I kicked off the open source project for reverting WinRM to its pristine state (or as close as possible). There has not been a lot of community feedback, so I’m going to take that as a sign that the approach is sound and the initial oper...Security
Darwin Sanoymissionimpossiblecode.io·Jun 20, 2018WinRM For Provisioning - Close The Door On The Way Out Eh!Growing up in Northern Canada I heard “Don’t forget to close the door on your way out!” many times a day for about 9 months of the year. Leaving a door open on your home wastes energy - leaving a door open in your computing environment can lead to do...1 like·2.1K readsSecurity
Darwin Sanoymissionimpossiblecode.io·Feb 8, 2018Fully Automated, On Demand EBS Initialization in both Bash (for Linux) and PowerShell (for Windows)There has been a nasty rumor going around that EBS volumes no longer need initialization (formerly pre-warming). The Amazon page that talks about this mentions that it is no longer needed, but that it IS needed for EBS volumes created from snapshots....215 readsAWS
Darwin Sanoymissionimpossiblecode.io·Aug 30, 2017PowerShell Core for Windows Chocolatey PackageI have been maintaining the PowerShell Core for Windows Chocolatey package for quite some time, however, since it is a pre-release package, it does not show up on Chocolatey’s search. This post lets you know it is available and gives the commands for...31 readsPowershell
Darwin Sanoymissionimpossiblecode.io·Aug 1, 2017The Universal PowerShell Core Installer (Install-PowerShell.sh)Since PowerShell Core was announced not quite a year ago, I have had a surprising number of reasons to migrate or refit existing PowerShell code to run on PowerShell Core. In some cases keeping future development compatible with both environments add...53 readsPowershell