Cloud Vedas: December 2017

Solved: How to check remote port status in windows server 2016 without telnet

Telnet was always a security risk as data transfer is not secure on it. Seems like Microsoft has now finally removed it from Windows Server 2016.

We generally use telnet to check if a port is open on the remote server. So, how to check it now without telnet?

Instead of telnet you can use powershell commands to check the connections.

Please follow below steps for details.
Search for Windows powershell and open its console in your Windows 2016 server.
Use “Test-NetConnection ” command to check the port status. Let’s check if ports 3389 is open.

Test-NetConnection 10.0.1.15 -port 3389

If port is open you will get output like below.

ComputerName : 10.0.1.15
RemoteAddress : 10.0.1.15
RemotePort: 3389
InterfaceAlias : Ethernet 3
SourceAddress : 10.0.1.37
TcpTestSucceeded : True

Else, you will get failed message. In the below example we can see that the ping reply succeeded as ICMP is allowed, but “TcpTestSucceeded” is false as remote port 3389 is not open.

WARNING: TCP connect to 20.0.1.18:3389 failed
ComputerName : 20.0.1.18
RemoteAddress : 20.0.1.18
RemotePort : 3389
InterfaceAlias : Ethernet 3
SourceAddress : 10.0.1.37
PingSucceeded : True
PingReplyDetails (RTT) : 147 ms
TcpTestSucceeded : False

Tip:- Read this post for checking port in Linux without telnet .

AWS CLI Elastic Beanstalk cheat sheet

In our last post we have seen how to use EB CLI for managing elastic beanstalk through command line. But, you can also manage elastic beanstalk using traditional AWS CLI. In this post you will find AWS CLI cheat sheet for the same.
If you are new to Elastic Beanstalk, it’s recommended that you go through this free AWS Elastic Beanstalk crash course.
Below are the major commands used frequently while managing the elastic beanstalk environment.
To check the availability of a CNAME

aws elasticbeanstalk check-dns-availability --cname-prefix my-cname

To create a new application

aws elasticbeanstalk create-application --application-name CldVdsApp --description "my application"

Compose Environments

 aws elasticbeanstalk compose-environments --application-name media-library --group-name dev --version-labels front-v1 worker-v1

To create a new environment for an application
The following command creates a new environment for version “v1” of a java application named “CldVdsApp”:

aws elasticbeanstalk create-environment --application-name CldVdsApp --environment-name my-env --cname-prefix CldVdsApp --version-label v1 --solution-stack-name "64bit Amazon Linux 2015.03 v2.0.0 running Tomcat 8 Java 8"

To specify a JSON file to define environment configuration options
The following create-environment command specifies that a JSON file with the name myoptions.jsonshould be used to override values obtained from the solution stack or the configuration template:

aws elasticbeanstalk create-environment --environment-name sample-env --application-name CldVdsApp --option-settings file://myoptions.json

To create a storage location
The following command creates a storage location in Amazon S3:

aws elasticbeanstalk create-storage-location

To abort a deployment

aws elasticbeanstalk abort-environment-update --environment-name my-env

To delete an application
The following command deletes an application named CldVdsApp:

aws elasticbeanstalk delete-application --application-name CldVdsApp

You can refer the complete set of AWS CLI for elastic beanstalk on this link.
Note:- All the above commands are taken from different AWS CLI reference guides and put in one place over here. Please run the commands after due diligence as we won’t be responsible for any mistakes in executing the commands and it’s consequences. If you have any concern or query feel free to contact us or comment below.

Solved: Exceeded EC2 Instance Quota

You may face an error like “Exceeded EC2 Instance Quota” while you are trying to spin up new instances either standalone or in cluster.
This error is caused because you have hit the limit on number of instances allowed in your AWS account.
This limit is region and instance size specific. To get rid of this error you will have to request Amazon to increase the EC2 instance limit.
Requesting a limit increase is simple. Please follow below steps to know more.

Login to you AWS console and select EC2 from Services drop down.
Once in EC2 dashboard, in the left menu look for “Limits” and click on it.(refer image below)

Expand “Instance Limits” to see the limits in your account for each instance type. In our case we have limit of 5 on “r4.2xlarge instances” so we click on “Request limit Increase”.
You will get option to Create Case. Fill the details as in below image with a reason for requesting limit increase.

Once you submit the case, if your reason is good enough for Amazon they will increase the limit between couple of minutes to few hours.

You won’t be charged for increasing the limit but, only for instances that you spin up.

AWS EB CLI Cheat Sheet - Elastic Beanstalk

In this post we will discuss about the Elastic Beanstalk CLI called EB CLI.
If you are new to Elastic Beanstalk, it’s recommended that you go through this free AWS Elastic Beanstalk crash course.
If you want to manage Elastic Beanstalk using traditional AWS CLI follow this post .
Installation
Follow these guides to install eb cli on Windows, Linux and MacOS .
Get help

eb -h

Initialize eb cli

eb init

It will ask questions:-

Default region
Access key details
Select existing application or create new.
Application name
Platform e.g. PHP, Python etc.
Setup ssh
Select keypair or create one.

Create environment

eb create

Check status

eb status

Check health information

eb health

Check events

eb events

Pull logs

eb logs

Open environment website in browser

eb open

Deploy Update

eb deploy

Check configuration options

eb config

Terminate environment

eb terminate

List environments

eb list

Change current environment

eb use cldvds-env

Below are some other useful commands

eb abort	Cancel deployment
eb appversion	Manage EB application versions
eb clone	Create clone of environment
eb console	Open environment in AWS console
eb labs	Extra commands for experiment
eb local	Run commands on local machine
eb platform	Manage platform
eb printenv	Show environment variables
eb restore	rebuild a terminated environment
eb scale	Scaling the number of instances.
eb setenv	Set environment variables
eb ssh	Connect to instance via ssh
eb swap	Swap CNAME of two environments
eb tags	Modify environment tags
eb upgrade	Update the platform to most recent version

Above list is created by referring the AWS doc for elastic beanstalk cli . If you have any query or concern please feel free to contact us.

AWS EC2 CLI - Cheat sheet

Below is the cheat sheet of AWS CLI commands for EC2.
If you are new to EC2, it’s recommended that you go through this free AWS EC2 crash course.
If you want to know how to install AWS CLI please follow steps on this post
Get help

aws ec2 help

Create instance EC2 Classic

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-xxxxxxxx --count 1 --instance-type t1.micro --key-name MyKeyPair --security-groups my-sg

Create instance in VPC

aws ec2 run-instances --image-id ami-xxxxxxxx --count 1 --instance-type t2.micro --key-name MyKeyPair --security-group-ids \

sg-xxxxxxxx --subnet-id subnet-xxxxxxxx

Start instance

aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids <instance-id>

Stop instance

aws ec2 stop-instances --instance-ids <instance-id>

Reboot instance

aws ec2 reboot-instances --instance-ids <instance-id>

Terminate instance

aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids <instance-id>

View console output

aws ec2 get-console-output --instance-id <instance-id>

Describe Instance

aws ec2 describe-instances --instance-ids <instance-id>

Create an AMI

aws ec2 create-image \ --instance-id <instance-id> \ --name myAMI \ --description 'CloudVedas Test AMI'

List images(AMIs)

aws ec2 describe-images --image-ids <ami-id>

List security groups

aws ec2 describe-security-groups

Create security group

aws ec2 create-security-group --vpc-id vpc-1234abcd --group-name db-access --description "cloudvedas db access"

Get details of security group

aws ec2 describe-security-groups --group-names <group-name>

Delete Security group

aws ec2 delete-security-group --group-id sg-1234abcd

List key pairs

aws ec2 describe-key-pairs

Create keypair

aws ec2 create-key-pair --key-name <value>

Import keypair

aws ec2 import-key-pair --key-name keyname_test --public-key-material file:///cldvds/sagu/id_rsa.pub

Delete keypair

aws ec2 delete-key-pair --key-name <value>

Check the networking attribute

aws ec2 describe-instance-attribute --instance-id <instance-id> --attribute sriovNetSupport

Add tags to instance

aws ec2 create-tags --resources i-xxxxxxxx --tags Key=Name,Value=MyInstance

Add EBS volume

aws ec2 --block-device-mappings "[{\"DeviceName\":\"/dev/sdf\",\"Ebs\":{\"VolumeSize\":20,\"DeleteOnTermination\":false}}]"

List EBS volumes

aws ec2 describe-volumes

Check snapshot associated with EBS volume

aws ec2 describe-volumes --volume-ids vol-01c6l3de3v21bd46s

Note:- All the above commands are taken from different AWS EC2 CLI reference guides and put in one place over here. Please run the commands after due diligence as we won’t be responsible for any mistakes in executing the commands and it’s consequences. If you have any concern or query feel free to contact us.

AWS S3 CLI - Cheat sheet

Below is the cheat sheet of AWS CLI commands for S3.
If you are new to S3 it’s recommended that you go through this free AWS S3 crash course.
If you want to know how to install AWS CLI, follow steps on this post.
Get help

aws s3 help

aws s3api help

Create bucket

aws s3 mb s3://bucket-name

Removing bucket

aws s3 rb s3://bucket-name

To remove a non-empty bucket (Extremely careful while running this). This will remove all contents in the bucket including subfolders and data in them.

aws s3 rb s3://bucket-name --force

Copy object

aws s3 cp mypic.png s3://mybucket/

Copy buckets

aws s3 cp myfolder s3://mybucket/myfolder --recursive

(Note: –recursive will copy recursively everything including the subfolders)
Sync buckets

 aws s3 sync <source> <target> [--options]

List buckets

aws s3 ls

List specific bucket

aws s3 ls s3://mybucket

Bucket location

aws s3api get-bucket-location --bucket <bucket-name>

Logging status

aws s3api get-bucket-logging --bucket <bucket-name>

ACL (Access Control List)
The following example copies an object into a bucket. It grants read permissions on the object to everyone and full permissions (read, readacl, and writeacl) to the account associated with user@example.com.

aws s3 cp file.txt s3://my-bucket/ --grants read=uri=http://acs.amazonaws.com/groups/global/AllUsers full=emailaddress=user@example.com