Oscar Foley's questions

I have 2 RDS databases size db.t2.medium. I went to AWS recommendations and got this:

So far I've done only EC2 reservations. I am not sure how to proceed from here. First I guess I have to make the reservation on RDS menu for 8 db.t2.micro reserved instances...

And after? How can I modify existing databases to assign them 4 db.t2.micros to each one?

• I see where to change the instance type.... but I will be replacing one database db.t2.medium with another one db.t2.micro...
• Maybe storage auto-escaling will do the trick?

I have an AWS instance that suddenly I've lost access both by SSH and to the web server there.

I used to access by a public Elastic IP (54.76.201.91), so I know for sure that Security Groups are ok. Now that IP doesn't respond, ssh port is closed, also port 80.

If I press Get System Log I can see:

As I can see IP 169.254.169.254 I think there is a DHCP problem.

You can see full log here

What I have tried unsucessfully?

• Reattach new Elastic IP
• Connected by browser Java SSH Client
• Create AMI (it worked) and start new instance with a new Elastic IP

So my question is

Is there any other way to connect?

I have an AWS Windows box (Windows 2008 R2) with the following disks:

C:\ 60 Gb (EBS)
D:\ 200 Gb (EBS)
Y:\ 40 Gb (Ephemeral SSD) 
Z:\ 40 Gb (Ephemeral SSD)

Every time it boots I change ephemeral drives to D: and E: and EBS drive to Z:. Some times after a reboot ephemeral drives are not mounted. I really need to be this way as I have a program that has its data in D: drive and cannot be changed. I want to benefit of extra speed of Ephemeral SSD.

What is the best way of automating this in AWS?

I thought of making a PowerShell script that uses WMI to change drive letters on boot (following this), but I am not sure if this is the best option. Does AWS has some way to control/configure ephemeral drives?

In this question I asked about the possibility of monitoring instant cpu load.

The answer was that windows default snmp agent does not give that option (seems only allow to read 1 minute average cpu load).

After googling for it there is no clear indication if other agents give average cpu load or instant cpu load so my plan is to install several until I learn if they provide instant cpu load or not.

QUESTION

So, anyone knowns or have used a windows (even a linux will be acceptable) SNMP Agent software that provide instant cpu load?

It will be a really time saver to know which one to try instead of choosing it blidnly.

Application Server Windows Server 2003 SP2 with IIS 6.0

IIS has a "Default Web Site" (port 18000, ssl 443, ID=1) with a certificate created by me. I have an specific site called "scj.galaxy.Weekly" (port 80, ssl 443, ID=1272369728) that is working fine. I have an entry in windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts that links galaxy.Weekly.scjdev.ds to the server ip in both my local machine and in the application Server.

These sites works:

http://scj.galaxy.weekly/test.html works

http://scj.galaxy.weekly/test.aspx works

But

https://scj.galaxy.weekly/test.html fails

Error message is:

The connection was reset The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

The certificate was working fine for months. It was created with something similar to this:

Selfssl /N:CN=*.scjdev.ds /V:3650 /S:1 /P:443

I have tried several options and none of them are working:

• 1) Create a certificate only in "Default Web Site" and link it to SecureBindings with command prompt

cscript adsutil.vbs set /w3svc/1272369728/SecureBindings ":443:galaxy.Weekly.scjdev.ds"

• 2) Create a certificate only in "Galaxy Site" and link it to SecureBindings

• 3) Create a certificate in both and link them to secureBindings.

Probably I am missing an step or something, but I can't see it.

Here is the relevant config of Galaxy Site:

<IIsWebServer   Location ="/LM/W3SVC/1272369729"
        AuthFlags="0"
        LogPluginClsid="{FF160663-DE82-11CF-BC0A-00AA006111E0}"
        SSLCertHash="c36a514a0be90fbc121d9c19bb052842289d5aee"
        SSLStoreName="MY"
        SecureBindings=":443:galaxy.Weekly.scjdev.ds"
        ServerAutoStart="TRUE"
        ServerBindings=":80:galaxy.Weekly.scjdev.ds"
        ServerComment="galaxy.Weekly.scjdev.ds"
    >
</IIsWebServer>

<IIsWebVirtualDir   Location ="/LM/W3SVC/1272369729/root"
        AccessFlags="AccessRead | AccessScript"
        AppFriendlyName="Default Application"
        AppIsolated="2"
        AppRoot="/LM/W3SVC/1272369729/Root"
        AuthFlags="AuthAnonymous | AuthNTLM"
        DefaultDoc="Default.aspx"
        DirBrowseFlags="EnableDirBrowsing | DirBrowseShowDate | DirBrowseShowTime | DirBrowseShowSize | DirBrowseShowExtension | DirBrowseShowLongDate"
        Path="D:\Webs\Galaxysite"
        ScriptMaps="some config... "
    >
</IIsWebVirtualDir>

My problem is that I want to automatically to move spam messages to a folder and not sure how.

I have a linux box giving email access. MTA is Postfix, IMAP is Courier. As webmail client I use Squirrelmail. To filter SPAM I use Spamassassin and is working ok.

Spamassasin is overwriting subjects with [--- SPAM 14.3 ---] Viagra... Also is adding headers:

    X-Spam-Flag: YES
    X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on xxxx
    X-Spam-Level: **************
    X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=14.3 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_99,
     DATE_IN_FUTURE_24_48,HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_HTML_ONLY,RCVD_IN_PBL,
     RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB,RCVD_IN_XBL,RDNS_NONE,URIBL_RED,URIBL_SBL autolearn=no
     version=3.2.5
    X-Spam-Report:
     * 0.0 URIBL_RED Contains an URL listed in the URIBL redlist
     * [URIs: myimg.de]
     * 3.5 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100%
     * [score: 1.0000]
     * 0.9 RCVD_IN_PBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus PBL
     * [113.170.131.234 listed in zen.spamhaus.org]
     * 3.0 RCVD_IN_XBL RBL: Received via a relay in Spamhaus XBL
     * 0.6 RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB RBL: SORBS: sender is a abuseable web server
     * [113.170.131.234 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net]
     * 3.2 DATE_IN_FUTURE_24_48 Date: is 24 to 48 hours after Received: date
     * 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message
     * 1.5 MIME_HTML_ONLY BODY: Message only has text/html MIME parts
     * 1.5 URIBL_SBL Contains an URL listed in the SBL blocklist
     * [URIs: myimg.de]
     * 0.1 RDNS_NONE Delivered to trusted network by a host with no rDNS

I want to automatically to move spam messages to a folder. Ideally (not sure if possible) only to move messages with puntuation 5.0 or more to folder.. spam between 2.0 and 5.0 I want to be stored in Inbox. (I plan later to switch autolearn on)

After reading a lot in procmail, postfix and spamassasin sites and googling a lot (lot of outdated howtos) I found two solutions but not sure which is the best or if there is another one:

1. Put a rule in squirrelmail (dirty solution?)
2. Use Procmail

Which is the best option? Do you have any updated howto about it? Thanks