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Cheatsheet Links

Summary: This is a list of technical links meant for people like system administrators and devops engineers that are useful in day-to-day work.
Date: 8 December 2024

Note: Always also show the source url, this makes it easier to search.

Documentation

Name Source Remarks
tree.nathanfriend.com https://tree.nathanfriend.com/ Tree is a tool to create a visual representation of a directory structure. I use this to create a visual representation of a directory structure for documentation.

Cloud Status Pages

Name Source Remarks
AWS Account Issues https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/home#/account/dashboard/open-issues Requires AWS Console login
Azure DevOps https://status.dev.azure.com/
Azure service health events https://azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status
Microsoft Cloud Status https://status.cloud.microsoft
SonarQube https://status.sonarqube.com/ Incidents are usually communicated through the Community
GitHub https://www.githubstatus.com/

Kubernetes & Containers

Name Source Remarks
Registry explorer https://explore.ggcr.dev/ Search in multiple registries for images

Microsoft

Cloud

Name Source Remarks
Azure Cloud Shell https://shell.azure.com Azure Cloud Shell is an interactive, authenticated, browser-accessible terminal for managing Azure resources. It provides the flexibility of choosing the shell experience that best suits the way you work, either Bash or PowerShell.
Azure Graph Explorer https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/graph-explorer The Azure Graph Explorer is a visual tool to explore the Microsoft Graph API. It is useful to test queries and see the results. You can login to test the queries against your own data.
Resource Changes https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_OneInventory/
ResourceChangesOverview.ReactView
See which resources have been changed in the cloud. Allows for filters. Very useful for troubleshooting unexpected and weird events
Health Issues https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_Health/
AzureHealthBrowseBlade/~/serviceIssues
Health Issues in Azure, also very useful when troubleshooting past issues
Service Retirement https://portal.azure.com/#view/AppInsightsExtension/
UsageNotebookBlade/ComponentId/Azure%20Advisor/ConfigurationId/
community-Workbooks%2FAzure%20Advisor%2FAzureServiceRetirement/
WorkbookTemplateName/Service%20Retirement%20(Preview)
See what services are being retired in Azure and what resources will be impacted by that
Private DNS zone values https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
private-link/private-endpoint-dns
When using private dns zones in the Azure Cloud, you need to create the correct private DNS Zones for your resource name resolution.
Resource abbreviations https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-best-practices/resource-abbreviations
Microsoft best practices for abbreviations for cloud resources.

Networking

Design

Name Source Remarks
Subnet mask cheat sheet https://dnsmadeeasy.com/support/subnet The Subnet Mask Cheat Sheet is a quick reference to see the subnet mask for a given CIDR notation.
Visual subnet calculator https://visualsubnetcalc.com The visual subnet calculator lets you play around with subnetting and see the results visually. It is useful to understand how subnetting works. You can add comments and share the results.

DNS Info

Name Source Remarks
DNS Info https://viewdns.info/dnsrecord/?domain=getshifting.com Check for DNS records for a domain. It is useful to check if changes records have been propagated yet.

Other

Name Source Remarks
Webhook tests https://webhook.site/ Allows you to create a temporary webhook and/or email address for testing purposes

Security

Name Source Remarks
One Time Secret - Share passwords secure https://onetimesecret.com/ The One Time Secret website allows you to share passwords securely. You can set a password and an expiration time. The recipient can only see the password once.

System Engineer

Name Source Remarks
TLDR commands https://tldr.inbrowser.app/ A short explanation of the most common bash, windows and powershell commands. Shows usage and most used options.
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