Run PowerShell in Windows Containers with Docker Desktop
Learn how to run PowerShell Desktop Edition (5.1) inside Windows containers on Windows 10, using Docker Desktop.
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Run Multiple Versions of PowerShell Side-by-Side using Docker Desktop
Learn how to run different versions of the PowerShell engine side-by-side using Linux containers and Docker Desktop.
Monitor AWS Auto Scaling Activities with PowerShell
Recently, I needed to monitor my auto scaling groups in AWS, to see why they weren’t scaling up properly. Although I can use the AWS management console to monitor these activity messages, it isn’t very efficient to continuously click the refresh button. Hence, I wanted to automate the process of …
Parsing HTML Tables with PowerShell for BIOS Update Notifications
I wanted to get notified any time there was a new BIOS update for the motherboard that I use on one of my desktop systems, which is an ASRock Phantom Gaming 4. Unfortunately, most motherboard manufacturers have terrible websites, that are hard to navigate, so I had to improvise. One …
Automatically Launching Cloud-based Linux Desktops with PowerShell and Amazon WorkSpaces
Introduction Amazon WorkSpaces provides a mechanism to rapidly deploy cloud-based desktop systems that can be used by software developers, call center representatives, knowledge workers, and nearly any other role. They’re great for short-term contractor roles as well, since they don’t require physical procurement of any new hardware. In the rest …
Find the Main Route Table of a VPC with PowerShell
In Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), each VPC has a default route table, known as the “main” route table. If you want to identify the route table that is considered the “main” route table, it can be a little challenging. Using the Get-EC2RouteTable command, you might notice …
Keep AWS PowerShell Module Updated on Mac OS
Are you on Mac OS and need to keep your AWS PowerShell module up-to-date? As you’ve probably noticed, there are frequently new versions of the AWS PowerShell module being released, to keep pace with new services and service features being added to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Updating PowerShell modules …
CloudFormation YAML: EC2 Instance with PowerShell UserData
Someone recently was asking for an AWS CloudFormation template, in YAML format as opposed to JSON, that would deploy an EC2 instance running Windows Server, and supported a PowerShell-based UserData script. In response to this, I created the YAML snippet below. Note that the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) ID is …
Retrieve AWS AccountID using PowerShell
As an AWS customer writing programs against AWS service APIs, using the AWS Tools for PowerShell, you’ll often need to reference your AWS AccountID. For example, some service API calls require passing in an Amazon Resource Name (ARN), which contains your AWS AccountID as one of its parts. Much of …
Use PowerShell to Copy Files over WMI
Scenario Recently, a question came up on StackOverflow, about PowerShell, where someone wanted the ability to copy a file to a remote system via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). The question went on to clarify that the individual did not want to have any dependency on SMB (Server Message Block) shares, …
