DevOps

Photo by Tadas Sar on Unsplash The first step is identifying the versions of the OpenSSH components we want to install, for this guide we will only be installing the SSH Agent, not the server. All of the following will need to be executed from a Elevated PowerShell Prompt. Get-WindowsCapability -Online | ? Name -like 'OpenSSH*' This will spit out two capabilities, we want the client: Name : OpenSSH.Client~~~~0.0.1.0 State : NotPresent Name : OpenSSH.Server~~~~0.0.1.0 State : NotPresent Which we can install with the following command: ...

Disclosure: This page contains Amazon Affiliate links; as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Further information can be found in my disclaimer and privacy policy. Photo by Carl Cerstrand on Unsplash Apologies for the click-bait title, I do stand by my statement though. There is no such thing a NoOps, or DevOps, Production Engineering or DevSecOps for that matter! They are all words that describe our aspirations, passions and desire to innovate and identify as part of a tribe. The problem with all these “words” is they mean different things to different people; it’s a sad truism that: ...

Somethings a process doesn’t go to plan, this isn’t unusual by any stretch of the imagination. However we can all feel a little lost when the instructions set out before us just don’t seem to work. That was how I was feeling today when I got the following message while trying to use the Azure Resource Manager API through PowerShell: Get-AzureLocation : No current subscription has been designated. Use Select-AzureSubscription -Current to set the current subscription. At line:1 char:1 + Get-AzureLocation + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Get-AzureLocation], ApplicationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Resources.GetAzureLocationCommand As it turns out the error message is less than helpful as there were no subscriptions defined at all, tracking this all the way back through my process I noticed this warning message: ...