Blog Posts

• Get-TimeZone in PowerShell

  October 27, 2021

  The Get-TimeZone cmdlet in PowerShell retrieves the current time zone of a computer. It can also list all available time zones, which is helpful if you’re planning to make changes to the system’s time zone settings. In this post I’m sharing two examples of how to check the…

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• Get-Service in PowerShell

  October 26, 2021

  Get-Service is a command in PowerShell that returns a list of Services on a Computer. This post is a quick guide on running this command in a PowerShell terminal, using a wildcard ( * ) to show me my services with “SQL” in the service name. We can…

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• How to Install & Configure AWS CLI on Ubuntu

  April 8, 2021

  This guide will walk you through the steps to install and configure AWS CLI version 1 on Ubuntu (20.04). Topics Covered: 1. Updating Local Packages2. Installing AWS CLI on Ubuntu3. Checking Installed AWS CLI Version4. Configuring AWS Profile5. Running AWS CLI Commands 1. Updating Local Packages To start,…

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• How to Install and Configure AWS CLI on Windows

  April 7, 2021

  This post is a how-to for installing & configuring AWS CLI (Version 2) on Windows. In this guide, we’re going to download the AWS Command Line Interface installation media and run through the simple installation. Once done we’ll configure AWS CLI, which you’ll need an AWS Account to…

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• How to Install Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL

  April 6, 2021

  This guide shows how to install Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Before installing a WSL Linux distribution you should have already enabled WSL on your computer. All WSL Linux distributions are available for download in the Microsoft Store. This is the easiest way to install…

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• How to Uninstall a Linux Distro in WSL

  April 5, 2021

  If you want to remove a Linux distro from your Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installation, you can use the wsl –unregister <distro-name> command to unregister it. This blog post shows a quick demo of uninstalling a WSL distro. Keep in mind that unregistering a distro will permanently…

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• How to Set Default WSL Distribution

  April 4, 2021

  This guide contains a demo on how to set the default Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distribution on a Windows computer. This is particularly useful if you have multiple WSL distributions installed and need to manage various Linux environments on Windows. There are two parts to this:> Check…

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• Show Event Logs in PowerShell

  April 3, 2021

  In this post, we will explore how to use PowerShell to view event logs. We will use the Get-EventLog command to accomplish this. Specifically, we will cover the following:– List Event Types Available– Get Most Recent Events– Get Events Between a Date Range List Event Types Available To…

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• Open Current Folder in PowerShell

  April 2, 2021

  When working in a PowerShell terminal session, you might want to open Windows Explorer to view the current directory. This guide is a simple guide to demo how to open the current working directory directly from PowerShell. Using Invoke-Item to Open the Current Folder The Invoke-Item cmdlet lets…

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• Redshift JDBC Driver Download

  April 1, 2021

  A handy post to note down the JDBC client driver download. I’m frequently in need of this myself. You can download the JDBC driver from the AWS Docs and then gain your cluster endpoint address from the main Redshift dashboard window Instead of doing the above, you navigate…

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