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Splitting predefined GCP roles

A short sketch of automatically creating custom roles that split the permissions in a pre-defined GCP role based on a regex. This can be useful in an environment which requires, e.g., more control over permissions like Set IAM Policy.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 26, 2024. Tagged with: howto, gcp, google cloud, terraform.

Extract a CA certificate bundle from macOS Keychain

How to export CA root certificates from macOS keychain as a PEM file that can be used with tools that don't easily integrate with the system trust store (e.g. almost anything UNIX-y).

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 20, 2024. Tagged with: howto, certificates, python, curl, openssl, keychain.

Ledger accounting with GnuPG

Transparently encrypt your Ledger CLI plain-text accounting journals with GnuPG.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 4, 2024. Tagged with: howto, accounting, ledger, gnupg.

Setup Yubikey with OpenPGP for git

Setup a new Yubikey with, add OpenPGP keys, and configure git and GitHub to use them.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 3, 2024. Tagged with: howto, git, yubikey, gpg, ssh, github.

Notes on AWK scripting

A few notes about using AWK to write more substantial scripts.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on November 1, 2023. Tagged with: howto, awk, scripting.

Use Colima to build and run containers on macOS

Use Colima for Docker and Kubernetes development on your Mac.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on October 20, 2023. Tagged with: howto, linux, unix, docker, containers, macOS.

Installing OpenBSD on a Microsoft Surface Go 3

Installing OpenBSD 7.2 on a Microsoft Surface Go 3 and doing some basic setup.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on January 8, 2023. Tagged with: howto, openbsd, unix.

Aborting supersede Jenkins builds

How to get Jenkins to abort running builds that are supersede by a later build.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on June 30, 2021. Tagged with: howto, jenkins, ci.

Making GitHub pull request comments in a Jenkins pipeline

How to get a Jenkins multibranch pipeline build to post comments on your pull-requests.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on May 4, 2021. Tagged with: howto, jenkins, ci.

Reducing TLS client security requirements on OpenSSL and GnuTLS

This is how to configure common GnuTLS and OpenSSL clients to allow connections with servers using TLS keys and parameters now considered insecure.

Posted by Thomas Sutton on March 30, 2021. Tagged with: howto, openssl, gnutls, diffie-hellman, configuration, security.