I was recently looking at retrieving a VPC’s Name based on its id. Here is the Python/Boto3 implementation from boto3.session import Session session = Session(aws_access_key_id='aaaa',aws_secret_access_key='XXX',region_name='eu-west-1') ec2 = session.resource('ec2') vpc = ec2.Vpc('vpc-6661b904') vpc.tags[0]['Value'] The one liner version for AWS cli is aws ec2 describe-vpcs --vpc-ids vpc-6188b904 --query "Vpcs[0].Tags[?Key=='Name'].Value[]" --output text
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You sometimes run into cases where a certificate was imported by another sysadmin and he forgot to check the option to export the private key. If you want to export the certificate together with the private key the option would be greyed out. Unless you have access to the original certificate there is no Windows built-in method to retrieve the certificate. Mimikatz is a nice program that hooks into the Windows NT APIs and allows you to export unexportable certificate. ...
Have just received confirmation from my employer that I will be able to participate at this year’s Microsoft Summit 2014. Microsoft Summit, currently at the 2nd edition is probably the largest event for the IT Pro community and a few acquaintances are speaking at the event including Tudor Damian, Adrian Stoian and others. The event is being held at Willbrook Platinum Business & Convention Center Bucharest (same place as last year) between 12/13 November 2014. ...
Moving a 3PAR virtual volume between two remote groups is a scenario