Color coded directory listing with PowerShell
Creating colorized Directory listing with PowerShell. A modification to Get-ChildItem.
How to troubleshoot name resolution
Six-step procedure to troubleshoot name resolution using PowerShell and Test-NetConnection and other network cmdlets.
Counting the days with PowerShell
Created a script for counting the days until a set date in the future. To see how many days is left to reach a goal or just to find out how many days there is before Christmas. Just for fun.
Working with bindings on Windows Web Server IIS with PowerShell
Short post today about how you can get, add and remove bindings with PowerShell on Windows Server running IIS (Internet Information Server). I find it more effective to add bindings through PowerShell rather than clicking through the user interface, especially if a website contains a lot of bindings and you have to scroll and look through the list manually to find the binding you want to delete.
How to export Custom Domains from an Azure Web App with PowerShell
PowerShell script for listing and exporting Custom Domains from an Azure Web App using PowerShell and Azure cmdlets.
Adding a backup_filter file to Azure Web App with PowerShell
Need to exclude files from your Web App Backup? Then you can use a file called _backup.filter and add it to the D:homesitewwwroot folder of your app. In this file you specify the files and folders you want to exclude. Further in this post I show you how to add this file to a Web App using PowerShell.
PowerShell script for counting files and folders
A complete PowerShell script for counting files, folders and files with a specific file type.
Creating Azure Web-App backup with PowerShell
Using PowerShell to create an Azure Web App backup configuration. Post contains a complete script with examples.
The FizzBuzz challenge with PowerShell
A couple of nights a go I suddenly got the urge to write the “FizzBuzz” challenge with PowerShell. As I sat there I came up with four different ways to solve it, even tough three of them is quite similar.
Experimenting with PowerShell and role based access control in Azure
Played around with role-based access control this weekend while learning more about Azure and the cloud. Thought I make a short post about the experimentation and some of the learnings a long the way.
What is Role Based Access Control?
Role-based access control (RBAC) facilitates Microsoft Azure delegated resource administration. It helps you manage who has access to Azure resources.
Enabling disk encryption on Virtual Machines in Azure
How to enable “Disk encryption should be applied on virtual machines” recommendation from Azure Security Center.
What is Azure Policy?
Azure policies ensures proper cloud governance by controlling resource deployment, usage and enforcing standards in your Azure Environment.
10 Quick tips for writing better PowerShell scripts
Tips and practices for writing better PowerShell scripts, like parameterization, advanced functions, shortcuts, cmdlets and more.
Resource Tagging in Azure
A brief explanation of the concept of tags in Azure, and a few scripts for managing tags. In this post I’m not focusing on how to manage tags manually in the Azure Portal, rather a possible way to manage tags with Azure PowerShell.
What is Infrastructure as Code (iac)?
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) can be described with the following: IaC defines your environments, to include network, servers, storage and other computer resources as a text file, this can be in a form of a script or definition, which is checked into version control and used as the base source for creating or updating environments.
My Visual Studio Code extensions for PowerShell development
Good evening, though I should share some of my Visual Studio Extensions I use for PowerShell development in Visual Studio Code. This post will probably be updated when I find new cool and useful extensions. You probably have a few yourself?
How to get started writing a PowerShell script | From idea to action
A step-by-step approach from idea to the actions to take create a complete functioning PowerShell script.
10 DNS questions solved with Resolve-DnsName
The Resolve-DnsName cmdlet is a powerful network administration tool command-line tool in PowerShell, used for querying DNS to obtain domain names or IP addresses, mapping or for any other specific DNS Records
Using PowerShell to bulk look up DNS for domain names
How to use PowerShell to bulk resolve DNS information for domain names.
How to control invoice number on Azure
How you can use PowerShell to download invoice information from Azure subscriptions, so that you can verify your credit card bills
Getting started with Azure Resource Management Templates | ARM templates
Tried out Azure Resource Management templates this evening, to learn more about the “Infrastructure as Code” topic. A Resource Manager template is a JSON file that defines the resources to be deployed together through a declarative syntax. A templates can then be deployed via code. I started simple by creating a Resource Group in Azure first and then deployed a Storage Account with Azure PowerShell and an ARM template.
Testing out PowerShell Desired State Configurations
Tested out PowerShell Desired State Configuration this morning, in this post I”m going step-by-step through my first script using “PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)”. The project I created is a simple website to the Default website in my lab environment, running the Microsoft Internet information Services (IIS) Server.
PowerShell script for creating files and directories
Good evening, messed around on the computer the other day, ended up with creating a PowerShell script prompting you to create files and directories.
How to convert IDN Domains to ACE encoding with PowerShell
The other day I needed to lookup a lot of domains regarding changes to DNS. The list was long and contained plenty of IDN (International Domain Name) which contains special characters such as “æøå”. I used the command Resolve-DnsName, and for this to work one must use the ACE-encoded version of the domain to make it resolve. So, this ended with two small scripts that converts domains such as “krøllalfa.no” to “xn—krllalfa-64a.no” and “xn—krllalfa-64a.no” to “krøllalfa.no”
Testing Python and TravisCI
Played around with Python and TravisCI on a cabin trip this weekend, learning more about Continuous Integration, automatic builds and testing of code each time a change is committed to version control.
How to set up Ghost blog on Ubuntu Server in Azure
Good winter morning, thought I make a post on how you can set up a Ghost CMS instance on an Ubuntu server hosted on Azure. Even though it wasn’t the platform I ended up with, there might be someone you might find it useful, so thought I should share it.
How to create shortcuts in PowerShell
Find yourself repeatedly manually accessing often used folders by using cd and tab completion? For instance when you open a new console and have to access a file or folder like the “repo” folder or the “hosts” file. Instead of typing the path each time. I found that creating simple aliases for paths I often use spares a lot of punching.
8 Useful network troubleshooting tools
Good evening folks! This evening I am going through 8 command line tools for you can use to diagnose and resolve many network-related issues. Are you new to networking like me and need a helping hand with troubleshooting? This post goes through 8 command line tools and what purpose their serve, to get you started with network troubleshooting in Windows.
Automatic DNS lookup script for PowerShell
Played around with PowerShell in the spare time during our yearly business trip. This year we went to Tallinn in Estonia. I wanted to automate look up changes for DNS, instead of typing commands like “nslookup” or “Resolve-DnsName” now and then, to see if the DNS cache got updated. This ended with this script.
How To Troubleshoot Network Issues
Of all troubles you can stumble upon with a computer, network issues might be one of the most frustrating. First instinct when an issue occurs is, “Oh, let me Google that”, and your”e opening the browser to find the message “This site can”t be reached” and you feel kind of helpless.
What is DNSSEC and why is it important?
DNSSEC is an security extension to the domain name system (DNS). This makes it possible to check the reply to a domain lookup comes from the original source and lookup remains unchanged. If you’re not familiar with the DNS term on before hand, Let’s start with a simple explanation to understand the aspects of implementing DNSSEC.