Fueling Curiosity, One Insight at a Time

To check if an instance is running using Terraform, you can use the following command:
terraform show
This command displays the current state of your infrastructure as recorded by Terraform. It will show information about the resources that Terraform has created, including details about the EC2 instance, such as its ID, IP address, and other attributes.

If we want to create an instance in different regions within the same Terraform file, we need to use provider aliases. In Terraform, a single file typically contains one default provider configuration for ‘aws.’ To work with multiple regions, we use provider aliases.
Instead of having two separate provider blocks, we add aliases to them. For example:

hcl
provider "aws" {
  alias  = "us-east-2"
  region = "us-east-2"
}

resource "aws_instance" "example" {
  provider       = aws.us-east-2
  ami            = "ami-id"
  instance_type  = "t2.micro"
}

provider "aws" {
  alias  = "us-east-1"
  region = "us-east-1"
}

resource "aws_instance" "example1" {
  provider       = aws.us-east-1
  ami            = "ami-id"
  instance_type  = "t2.micro"
}

This way, we can create instances in different regions using a single Terraform file, and each instance is associated with its respective region through the use of provider aliases

how to troubleshoot the visibility of an AWS EC2 instance.
discovered that instances may not appear in the console if deployed in a different region , verified instance existence by providing the correct region in the AWS console.
example:

provider "aws" {
 region = "us-east-2"
}

if you are using ngrok to expose your localhost , you can serve that in a static domain.
Every time you start ngrok it will use the same domain name

ngrok http --domain=<your-domain>.https://ngrok-free.app|ngrok-free.app <port>

setup tailwind css without using node.js
The below setup is for macOS arm64

Step1

curl -sLO https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/latest/download/tailwindcss-macos-arm64
chmod +x tailwindcss-macos-arm64
mv tailwindcss-macos-arm64 tailwindcss

Step2

./tailwindcss init // this will create tailwind.config.js file

Step3
Create input.css file and import the required tailwind base, components & utilities

Step4

./tailwindcss -i input.css -o output.css --watch // this will generate a output.css file, so make sure to link it in your root file

For production add the tailwind watcher command with --minify flag

./tailwindcss -i input.css -o output.css --minify

ChatGPT 4.0 has a limit of 40 messages per 3 hours while using some of the custom GPTs like DALL·E

touch filename : Used to create an empty file .
git remote : The command is used to manage remote repositories.
git reset HEAD~1 : Removes the most recent commit from the current branch without modifying the working directory.
git pull origin branch_name : Fetches changes from the specified branch (branch_name) on the origin remote repository.

Activerecord validations & callbacks are not called when upsert_all or insert_all are used. They will be directly converted to raw sql queries and executed

To launch a Rails app on https://fly.io|fly.io, you can follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have the flyctl command-line tool installed.

2. Open a terminal and navigate to the root directory of your Rails app.

3. Launch a new https://fly.io|fly.io application by running the following command:
flyctl launch

This command will guide you through the process of setting up your https://fly.io|fly.io application. You'll be prompted to provide a name for your app and
select the organization you want to associate it with. Refer below.

   Creating app in ~/list
   Scanning source code
   Detected a Rails app
   ? Choose an app name (leave blank to generate one): list
   ? Select Organization: John Smith (personal)
   ? Choose a region for deployment: Ashburn, Virginia (US) (iad)
   Created app list in organization personal
   Admin URL: https://fly.io/apps/list
   Hostname: list.fly.dev
   Set secrets on list: RAILS_MASTER_KEY
   ? Would you like to set up a Postgresql database now? Yes
   For pricing information visit: https://fly.io/docs/about/pricing/#postgresql-clu
   ? Select configuration: Development - Single node, 1x shared CPU, 256MB RAM, 1GB disk
   Creating postgres cluster in organization personal

   . . .

   Postgres cluster list-db is now attached to namelist
   ? Would you like to set up an Upstash Redis database now? Yes
   ? Select an Upstash Redis plan Free: 100 MB Max Data Size

   Your Upstash Redis database namelist-redis is ready.

   . . .

         create  Dockerfile
         create  .dockerignore
         create  bin/docker-entrypoint
         create  config/dockerfile.yml
   Wrote config file fly.toml

   Your Rails app is prepared for deployment.

   Before proceeding, please review the posted Rails FAQ:
   https://fly.io/docs/rails/getting-started/dockerfiles/.

4. Once the launch is complete, you can deploy your Rails app to https://fly.io|fly.io by running the following command:
flyctl deploy

This command will build a Docker image of your Rails app and deploy it to https://fly.io|fly.io. It may take a few minutes to complete the deployment process.

5. After the deployment is finished, you'll see a message indicating that your app has been deployed successfully. It will also display the URL
where your app is accessible.

You can use following cmd to open app.
fly apps open

That's it! Your Rails app is now running on https://fly.io|fly.io. You can access it using the provided URL.

6. If you make any changes to your app, you can redeploy it by running following command again.
flyctl deploy

To install https://fly.io|fly.io on macOS using Homebrew and authenticate with flyctl, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal on your macOS machine.

2. Install Homebrew if you haven't already. Run the following command in the terminal:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

3. Once Homebrew is installed, you can use it to install flyctl. Run the following command in the terminal:
brew install superfly/tap/flyctl

4. After the installation is complete, you can authenticate with flyctl using the auth login command. Run the following command in the terminal:
flyctl auth login

This will open a browser window where you can log in with your https://fly.io|fly.io account credentials. Once you log in, the authentication token will be saved on your machine.

5. After successful authentication, you can start using flyctl commands to manage your https://fly.io|fly.io resources.

That's it! You have now installed https://fly.io|fly.io on your macOS machine using Homebrew and authenticated with flyctl.