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GPG Signing Cheatsheet

This guide walks through best practices of creating a gpg key and signing subkey for the purposes of signing git commits and some brief GitHub instructions.

Creating the Primary Key

First, create the primary key with the following config parameters: Ed25519, certify-only, 5-year expiry This primary key is only used to certify/renew subkeys; this key will be moved off the workstation and secured)

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

METADATA=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/latest)
VERSION=$(echo "$METADATA" | grep '"tag_name":' | sed -E 's/.*"v([^"]+)".*/\1/')
curl -s -L -o /tmp/powershell.tar.gz https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases/download/v$VERSION/powershell-$VERSION-linux-arm64.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /opt/microsoft/powershell/7
sudo tar zxf /tmp/powershell.tar.gz -C /opt/microsoft/powershell/7
sudo chmod +x /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/pwsh
sudo ln -s /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/pwsh /usr/bin/pwsh

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import json
import re
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime, timezone

_FIELD_REGEX = re.compile(r"^\s*([^:]+):\s*(.+)$")


def _run_certbot():
    command = ["sudo", "certbot", "certificates"]

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# Check current PATH
Write-Host "Current PATH:" $env:PATH

# Split PATH into entries
$pathEntries = $env:PATH -split ';'

# Filter out invalid entries (empty or whitespace)
$cleanEntries = $pathEntries | Where-Object { $_ -and ($_ -match '\S') }

# Ensure pyenv-win paths are first

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#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

<# Ported to powershell from https://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.iis.php #>

# PHP Installation Path. CHANGEME
$phpPath = 'C:\frameworks\php'

# Check for file $phpPath\php-cgi.exe else exit 1
if (!(Test-Path "$phpPath\php-cgi.exe")) {
    Write-Error "PHP executable not found at $phpPath\php-cgi.exe"

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import redis
import json

# Connect to Valkey/Redis
client = redis.Redis(host='127.0.0.1', decode_responses=True)

def dump_to_json(output_file="redis_dump.json"):
    all_data = {}

    cursor = 0

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#!/bin/bash

INSTANCE_ID="$(InstanceID)"
REGION="us-east-2"
PING_STATUS=""

aws ec2 start-instances --instance-ids $INSTANCE_ID --region $REGION

while :; do
  # Run the AWS CLI command and capture the response

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Instructions to Rename User Profile Directory

In Windows 11, when setting up your MSFT Account, the OS defaults to the first 5 characters of your MSFT account for your user profile directory (ie- C:\Users\12345). These instructions are how to rename the directory safely.

Steps

1. Enable local administrator account and log in as it

2. Make replacements in Windows Registry. Find the acct sid and change the username there (Update this with the exact path)

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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Moves contents from one directory to a temporary deletion folder.

.DESCRIPTION
This script safely moves files and folders from a specified directory to a randomly named
temporary folder. It preserves the original directory structure and handles the move operation
with error suppression.

Why? When you need to delete a directory such as a large .NET app webroot, there can be hundreds of

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# Get the list of installed programs
$installedPrograms = Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName
$containsSplunk = $installedPrograms.DisplayName -like "*UniversalForwarder*"

if ($containsSplunk) {
    Write-Output "[INFO] Splunk found. Removing"
    if (Get-Service -Name SplunkForwarder -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
        Start-Process -FilePath "C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\bin\splunk.exe" -ArgumentList "stop" -Wait -NoNewWindow
    }
    $productCode = Get-WmiObject Win32_Product -Filter "name='UniversalForwarder'" | ForEach-Object { $_.IdentifyingNumber }