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Ping Multiple Hosts using PowerShell
Are you are working in a windows environment and need to check if a large number of hosts are online? The below ps1 script may be what you are looking for. Place all hostnames to be checked in a text file called computer.txt and on one per line. Modify the script as necessary, then ‘run’
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Backup Files to S3 using Bash
Description A bash script will be used to copy a file from a Linux server to an S3 bucket. Next, it will run a checksum on the results to verify the upload. Finally, it will output the local file size, the local etag , the aws file size, and the aws etag value for easy
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Validate the Integrity of a File Backup using Ansible
Introduction Running nightly file backups is a common task for administrators. How do we know the file was copied successfully with no errors? In this post, we will set up an ansible script and it will run a file integrity check using MD5 on both the source and the destination files to verify it was
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Update, Reboot, & Get the Health of Remote Servers
Introduction Ansible was designed to remotely manage multiple Linux servers simultaneously. Scripts can be used for many common tasks like updating, rebooting, or to the check health of your Linux servers . Ansible scripts are very format sensitive, so be sure that all columns match up, as below, or it will not run. Notice that
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Managing User Accounts with Ansible
Introduction Ansible is a program designed to manage Linux servers. See blog post on setting up Ansible, creating a script, creating an inventory file, and calling a script from the command line. You can call a single server or multiple servers by separating then with a colon on the ‘hosts’ line. If a large number
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Make a Batch Script to Map Your Drives
Use a simple batch script to map local and network folders — it saves time, reduces strain on your wrist, and eliminates manual navigation.