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Do you want a good starter cloud init config? Here is an example: #cloud-config users: - name: user groups: users, admin sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL shell: /bin/bash ssh_authorized_keys: - <update with public ssh key> chpasswd: list: | root:<secure-password-here> expire: False packages: - fail2ban - ufw package_update: true package_upgrade: true runcmd: - printf "[sshd]\nenabled = true\nbanaction = iptables-multiport" > /etc/fail2ban/jail.local - systemctl enable fail2ban - ufw default deny incoming - ufw default allow outgoing - ufw allow 2022/tcp - ufw enable - sed -i -e '/^\(#\|\)PermitRootLogin/s/^....

Introduction Do you ever want to get a notification with the number of updates required when logging into XFCE in debian/ubuntu like systems ? There is a simple python script that can do just that. It uses notify-send command and paired with the magic command that returns the update count, we get the next python script: #!/usr/bin/env python3 import os import subprocess # Run the apt-get command and grep the output command = 'apt-get --simulate upgrade | grep "upgraded....