Bash_Scripts

Automated scripts created with Bash

• weather.sh: returns weather forecast for a specified location

  • You must have 'curl' installed on your system $ sudo apt install curl
  • Run script with -h / --help option to see help page OR -l / --location to see weather report of specified location. E.g:
    $ ./weather.sh -h or $ ./weather.sh --help >> to see help page
    $ ./weather.sh -l new-york or $ ./weather.sh --location new-york >> to see weather forecast for new-york

• postgreSQL-install.sh: installs & configures postgreSQL on Debian 11 distro

• new_user_account_(interactive): prompts user for details and creates a new user account

• backup_script: a simple script that backs up a specified directory and sends an email notification in the event of a failure

  • Replace the values of BACKUP_SRC and EMAIL_RECIPIENT with your desired source directory and a valid email address respectively
  • To be able to send emails from your Linux server, you must install & configure the appropriate packages. Check out my blogpost on how to integrate Gmail on an Ubuntu server

• monitor_system.sh: along with a cron job, this scripts monitors/tracks and logs the health & performance of an ubuntu system. It sets thresholds for CPU, memory, disk, I/O, plus network usage, and sends an email to the administrator if any of these thresholds are breached

• cloud_based_backup.sh: backs up a specified directory using rsync. Archives, encrypts and copies backup to pre-existing S3 bucket via the AWS CLI

  • You must have mailutils, AWS CLI & gpg installed
  • You will be required to enter a passphrase to secure your encryption
  • To download and decrypt the file from s3:
    • $ mkdir s3-downloads >> create a dedicated directory to store downloads
    • $ aws s3 cp s3://S3_bucket_name/backup_filename.tar.gz.gpg ~/s3-downloads/ >> to download using aws cli
    • $ cd s3-downloads/
    • $ gpg -o backup_filename.tar.gz -d backup_filename.tar.gz.gpg >> to decrypt file. Enter previous passphrase to authenticate