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#User script content on Windows | |||
Get-Content -path C:\Windows\TEMP\UserScript.ps1 | |||
Get-Content -path C:\programdata\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Log\UserData.log -Wait #custom file log | |||
Get-Content -path C:\programdata\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Log\UserdataExecution.log -Wait | |||
Get-Content -path C:\programdata\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\TentacleRegisterScheduleTask.log -Wait #custom file log | |||
Get-Content -path C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\var\log\splunk\splunkd.log -wait | |||
Get-Content -path C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\choco.summary.log | more | |||
Get-Content C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log |more | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:02, 23 May 2019
User_data scripts have many derivatives depends on operating system, and following do parse the script:
- Linux - uses cloud_init
- Windows 2012 - ec2config
- Windows 2016< - ec2launch
Retrieve use_data script
PS1 C:> Invoke-RestMethod -uri http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data
; never worked- in a console, select instance, Instance Settings > View/Change User Data
EC2Launch
EC2Launch is a set of Windows PowerShell scripts that replaces the EC2Config service on Windows Server 2016 and later AMIs.
Configuration file
C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Config\LaunchConfig.json
Log files are in C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Log
*Ec2Launch.txt - the app itself logs *UserDataExecution.txt - contains parsing details and the script output *WallpaperSetup.txt -
Script parsing sections:
<script>cmd://batch commands</script> #always is parsed 1st <powershell></powershell> #2nd <persist>true</persist> #by default is false, true will run on each reboot <runAsLocalSystem></runAsLocalSystem> <powershellArguments></powershellArguments>
Example user_data.tpl script that will initialise 1st attached volume
<powershell> $file = @" select disk 1 attributes disk clear readonly online disk convert mbr create partition primary format quick fs=ntfs label="log" assign letter="d" "@ Set-Content -Path ${env:TEMP}\diskpart -Value $file diskpart.exe /s ${env:TEMP}\diskpart </powershell>
Initialise disks using EC2Launch script, it will set a new attached disk with Active flag
<powershell> C:\ProgramData\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\InitializeDisks.ps1 </powershell>
Logs and important files
#User script content on Windows Get-Content -path C:\Windows\TEMP\UserScript.ps1 Get-Content -path C:\programdata\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Log\UserData.log -Wait #custom file log Get-Content -path C:\programdata\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Log\UserdataExecution.log -Wait Get-Content -path C:\programdata\Amazon\EC2-Windows\Launch\Scripts\TentacleRegisterScheduleTask.log -Wait #custom file log Get-Content -path C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder\var\log\splunk\splunkd.log -wait Get-Content -path C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\choco.summary.log | more Get-Content C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log |more
Resources
- Running commands at launch
- Configure instancesEC2Launch and EC2Config