Docker > Settings > Overview > Recreate, making sure that “Reset variable to default” is not checked.
Finally start.
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Docker > Settings > Overview > Recreate, making sure that “Reset variable to default” is not checked.
Finally start.
Multipass is pretty useful but what a pain this was to figure out, due to Ubuntu’s Node.js package not working with AWS-CDK.
Multipass lets you manage VM in Ubuntu and can take cloud-init scripts as a parameter. I wanted an Ubuntu LTS instance with AWS CDK, which needs Node.js
and python3-venv
.
#cloud-config
packages:
- python3-venv
- unzip
package_update: true
package_upgrade: true
write_files:
- path: "/etc/environment"
append: true
content: |
export PATH=\
/opt/node-v20.11.1-linux-x64/bin:\
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:\
/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:\
/usr/games:/usr/local/games:\
/snap/bin
runcmd:
- wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v20.11.1/node-v20.11.1-linux-x64.tar.xz
- tar xvf node-v20.11.1-linux-x64.tar.xz -C /opt
- export PATH=/opt/node-v20.11.1-linux-x64/bin:$PATH
- npm install -g npm@latest
- npm install -g aws-cdk
- git config --system user.name "Dougie Richardson"
- git config --system user.email "xx@xxxxxxxxx.com"
- git config --system init.defaultBranch main
- wget https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip
- unzip awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip
- ./aws/install
Save that as cdk.yaml and spin up an new instance:
multipass launch --name cdk --cloud-init cdk.yaml
There’s a couple useful things to note if you’re checking this out:
/var/log/cloud-init-output.log
.Shell into the new VM with multipass shell cdk
, then we can configure programmatic access and bootstrap CDK.
aws sso configure
aws sso login --profile profile_name
aws sts get-caller-identity --profile profile_name
aws configure get region --profile profile_name
The last two commands give the account and region to bootstrap:
cdk bootstrap aws://account_number/region --profile profile_name
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Working closely with a designer was a great experience and the charity are pleased with the result.
Avoiding complexity and using hosted solutions minimise maintenance and training for the charity, allowing them to focus on their core mission.