Category: python

File Encryption Utility now offers file sharing

October 16, 2017

With the 0.5.0 version just released, crytto now allows file sharing (e.g., via email) by sharing public keys: encrypt_send -o /tmp/my-secret.enc \ -p /home/marco/.ssh/my-key.pub \ ./my-secret.doc This generates an encrypted file (in the location specified with the -o option) and an equally encrypted “passphrase” which can then be sent (ideally via a separate sharing mechanism; although, as … More File Encryption Utility now offers file sharing

File Encryption (and Decryption) Made Easy

August 30, 2017

A new release of the Crytto library (0.4.0) has just been published, which greatly simplifies encrypting (and decrypting) files The new release adds the decrypt script which, when combined with the existing automatic retrieval of the encryption key from the keystore, makes it a breeze to decrypt files. For example, if you had encrypted your … More File Encryption (and Decryption) Made Easy

Using `notify-send` and `yagmail` to send an alert if /boot partition is about to run out of space

March 30, 2017

Sometimes, you need to send both a visual and email alert for something that is checked using a background process (for example, running a `crontab` job): `notify-send` and `yagmail` provide a more user-friendly alternative on Ubuntu Linux desktop than scraping logs. … More Using `notify-send` and `yagmail` to send an alert if /boot partition is about to run out of space

HOW-TO Publish a Pyton Package on PyPi

September 19, 2016

Create a setup.py file The arguments for setup() are documented here and are non-trivial: a good example is my filecrypt‘s setup.py file. NOTE Do not confuse setuptools with distutils – this is the correct import for setup.py: from setuptools import setup The trickiest part is figuring out the packages, modules and the script files: probably … More HOW-TO Publish a Pyton Package on PyPi

A python notebook to experiment with the Apache Mesos HTTP API – Part 3 of 3

September 3, 2016

This is the third and final part of a three-part series: Part 1 describes the required setup and how to get Apache Mesos Master and Agent running in two Vagrant VMs; Part 2 shows how to connect to the HTTP API and accept resource offers. This series is an extended (and updated) version of the … More A python notebook to experiment with the Apache Mesos HTTP API – Part 3 of 3

A python notebook to experiment with the Apache Mesos HTTP API – Part 2 of 3

September 2, 2016

This is the second part of a three-part series: Part 1 describes the required setup and how to get Apache Mesos Master and Agent running in two Vagrant VMs This series is an extended (and updated) version of the talk I gave at MesosCon Europe 2015 updated for Apache Mesos 1.0.0, which has just been … More A python notebook to experiment with the Apache Mesos HTTP API – Part 2 of 3

A python notebook to experiment with the Apache Mesos HTTP API – Part 1 of 3

August 27, 2016

This is the first of a series of three articles that shows how to setup a Vagrant-based Apache Mesos test/development environment on your laptop; then how to run a Python notebook against the HTTP API; and finally, how to launch Docker containers on the running Agent VM. It is pretty jam-packed and requires a certain … More A python notebook to experiment with the Apache Mesos HTTP API – Part 1 of 3