Monthly Archives: December 2012

HOWTO: Create AWS EC2 spot instance with the specific IAM Role

Get IAMInstanceProfile $iam=[Amazon.AWSClientFactory]::CreateAmazonIdentityManagementClient($awsKeyId, $awsKey) $req = (new-object Amazon.IdentityManagement.Model.GetInstanceProfileRequest).WithInstanceProfileName(‘S3Reader’) $res = $iam.GetInstanceProfile($req1).GetInstanceProfileResult $iamprofile = (new-object Amazon.EC2.Model.IAMInstanceProfile).WithArn($res.InstanceProfile.Arn).WithId($res.InstanceProfile.InstanceProfileId) Create LaunchSpecification $spec = (new-object Amazon.EC2.Model.LaunchSpecification).WithInstanceProfile($iamprofile).WithSecurityGroup(‘your security group’) $spec.ImageId = ‘ami0000000’ $spec.InstanceType = ‘m1.small’ Create spot request $ec2=[Amazon.AWSClientFactory]::CreateAmazonEC2Client($awsKeyId, $awsKey) $req = new-object Amazon.EC2.Model.RequestSpotInstancesRequest $req.InstanceCount = 1 $req.SpotPrice = ‘0.02’ $req.LaunchSpecification = $spec $ec2.RequestSpotInstances($req).RequestSpotInstancesResult.SpotInstanceRequest[0].SpotInstanceRequestId

PowerShell: Wait till time service initiated synchronization with the time source (Windows 2008)

$ew = new-object system.management.ManagementEventWatcher $ew.query = “Select * From __InstanceCreationEvent Where TargetInstance ISA ‘Win32_NTLogEvent'” while(!(get-eventlog -logname ‘System’ -Source ‘Microsoft-Windows-Time-Service’ | ? {$_.EventId -eq 35})){ $ew.WaitForNextEvent() }

PowerShell: Wait till time service initiated synchronization with the time source (Windows 2003)

$ew = new-object system.management.ManagementEventWatcher $ew.query = “Select * From __InstanceCreationEvent Where TargetInstance ISA ‘Win32_NTLogEvent'” while(!(get-eventlog -logname ‘System’ -Source ‘W32Time’ | ? {$_.EventId -eq 35})){ $ew.WaitForNextEvent() }

Windows Core: Install PowerShell 3.0 by using PowerShell 2.0

Run the script below in the PowerShell 2.0 on your Windows Core (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(‘http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/6/1/361DAE4E-E5B9-4824-B47F-6421A6C59227/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64_SC.exe’, ‘c:\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64_SC.exe’) .\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64_SC.exe (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(‘http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/7/6/E76850B8-DA6E-4FF5-8CCE-A24FC513FD16/Windows6.1-KB2506143-x64.msu’, ‘c:\Windows6.1-KB2506143-x64.msu’) .\Windows6.1-KB2506143-x64.msu It is not unattended installation. You will be prompted several times to click Next.

Installing AWS CloudFormation Command Line Tools on Windows Core

AWS CloudFormation Command Line Tools (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(‘https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-cli/AWSCloudFormation-cli.zip’, ‘c:\AWSCloudFormation-cli.zip’) (new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile(‘https://s3.amazonaws.com/velaskec/7z920.exe’, ‘c:\7z920.exe’) (start 7z ‘x c:\AWSCloudFormation-cli.zip -oc:\ -r’ -wait -PassThru).ExitCode

AWS PowerShell store credentials

The AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell enable you to set up default credentials and a default region which can be used in every PowerShell session you run. This approach avoids having to specify these every time you run a cmdlet. The default credentials are placed in the credentials store under the profile name, AWS PS Default.Continue reading “AWS PowerShell store credentials”