Category: Scripting

Create a Slack FAQ Bot in AWS Lambda


I recently wrote a simple Slack FAQ bot that can answer users' questions automatically. User is able to find the knowledge base articles and relevant shortcut in the ticketing system with just one click. This is how it looks like in Slack. And it is also super easy to customize the Bot to fit different … Continue reading Create a Slack FAQ Bot in AWS Lambda →

Use Git Workflow to Manage Multiple AWS Environments


Managing multiple AWS environments (sandbox/dev/uat/stage/prod) is challenging, as it is hard to keep track of the current status of each environment. For example, user A deploys his feature branch into dev to test his code, then later user B deploys his hotfix branch into dev to test his code. This can cause many issues: User … Continue reading Use Git Workflow to Manage Multiple AWS Environments →

Automate Atlassian Add-on Management Part Two


Continue with Part One, let me list some requirements that I would like to keep in the scope: Must Have Plugins metadata (application, version, desired_state...) is source controlled.Can query plugins information (version, license, expiry date...) from servers.Can query plugins information from Atlassian Market place.Can enable/disable plugins.Can install/uninstall plugins.Can update plugins.Can check compatibility. Should Have Can … Continue reading Automate Atlassian Add-on Management Part Two →

Renew AWS credential for a long run AWS CLI process


We use aws s3 sync to synchronise a big mount of files (800,000+ objects) from on-premise to AWS S3 bucket. Due to security restrictions, the Maximum CLI/API session duration is configured for 1 hour. So it is most likely the credential will expire before the sync job is completed. There are generally two places to … Continue reading Renew AWS credential for a long run AWS CLI process →