When parsing a string that is divided by a separator char, getting the first N values OR last N values is a common scenario when dealing with: IP address separated by periods, e.g. “10.11.12.13” File path separated by forward slash “/tmp/myfolder/subpath1/subpath2/subpath3” Fully qualified domain separated by periods “sub1.sub2.my.domain.com”
Although the GCP console provides a nice interface for displaying which user/service account is in which IAM security role (IAM & Admin > IAM), it can be difficult to analyze using gcloud get-iam-policy because of the inner array of ‘members’ returned. However, if you use the flattening ability of gcloud, it becomes much easier to … GCP: Analyzing members of IAM role using gcloud filtering and jq
In my previous posts, I have shown how to test grok patterns locally using Ruby on Linux and Windows. This works well when your VM do not have full internet access, or only have console access, or any reason that you want to test it locally. If you have access to a graphical web browser … Logstash: Testing Logstash grok patterns online