Month: December 2018

4: /codebuild/output/tmp/script.sh: pip: not found – Node.js and CodeStar

Hi everyone,

I ran into the following CodeBuild error after upgrading my build environment from the default nodejs8.10 to nodejs10.14:

4: /codebuild/output/tmp/script.sh: pip: not found

This one was a little confusing, but thankfully fairly easy to fix. In your buildspec.yml file update the pip steps to reference pip3 instead of pip:

// Original
commands:
      # Install dependencies needed for running tests
      - npm install

      # Upgrade AWS CLI to the latest version
      - pip install --upgrade awscli

// Modified
commands:
      # Install dependencies needed for running tests
      - npm install

      # Upgrade AWS CLI to the latest version
      - pip3 install --upgrade awscli

mocha tests/* sh: 1: mocha: Permission denied – AWS CodeBuild with Node.js

Hi everyone,

I ran into the following error while running a Node.js build with AWS CodeBuild:

mocha tests/* sh: 1: mocha: Permission denied

To resolve this I removed node_modules from my repository and added it to .gitignore:

node_modules/

Thanks to the following links for the info:
Add node_modules to gitignore: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29820869/522859
Misc background issues: https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/1487

Parsing DynamoDB Items – AWS Lambda with Node.js

Hi everyone,

A quick post on how to parse DynamoDB items into something more readable when using lambda with Node.js:

Original:

console.log(data["Item"]);

{
    CatBreedId: { S: '17acbc81-2b4a-462b-be87-bcc49580b1ae'},
    Name: { S: 'Cat #1'}
}

Parsed:

console.log(AWS.DynamoDB.Converter.unmarshall(data["Item"]));

{
    "CatBreedId": "17acbc81-2b4a-462b-be87-bcc49580b1ae",
    "Name": "Cat #1"
}

Official doco is here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSJavaScriptSDK/latest/AWS/DynamoDB/Converter.html

Thanks to the following stackoverflow post for the info: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44536616/522859

Create DynamoDB Table – AWS CLI

Hi everyone,

A quick example of how to create a dynamodb table using the AWS CLI:

aws dynamodb create-table --table-name CatBreeds --attribute-definitions AttributeName=CatBreedId,AttributeType=S --key-schema AttributeName=CatBreedId,KeyType=HASH --provisioned-throughput ReadCapacityUnits=5,WriteCapacityUnits=5

For more info the following AWS page helped me: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/dynamodb/create-table.html

Check if Running Locally – AWS SAM & NodeJS

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post on how to check if code is being run locally with AWS SAM and NodeJS:

// 8+
isRunningLocally = () => {
    return process.env.AWS_SAM_LOCAL === 'true';
}

// 6+
function isRunningLocally() {
    return process.env.AWS_SAM_LOCAL === 'true';
}

rocksmith 2014.exe has stopped working windows 10 Faulting module name: igdumd32.dll

Hi everyone,

Bit of a different topic but I was using Rocksmith 2014 and ran into the following error:

rocksmith 2014.exe has stopped working windows 10 Faulting module name: igdumd32.dll

The fix is pretty easy, but somewhat annoying, unplug any external monitors (second, third monitor).

AWS IoT – error in discovery certificate_verify_failed

Hi everyone,

I ran into the following error while using the AWS IoT python SDK:

Error in discovery!
Type: 
Error message: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:720)

It turns out that this was because I was using the wrong root certificate. In the documentation there are five certificates listed:

  • RSA 2048 bit key: VeriSign Class 3 Public Primary G5 root CA certificate
  • RSA 2048 bit key: Amazon Root CA 1
  • RSA 4096 bit key: Amazon Root CA 2
  • ECC 256 bit key: Amazon Root CA 3
  • ECC 384 bit key: Amazon Root CA 4

If you’re using the console to create the certificate and have already downloaded your device cert, public cert and private key you can use Amazon Root CA 1: https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem

As soon as that was added the error was resolved and I was able to move onto the next one. I found most of the info on the AWS forums but let me know if you have any questions: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=286871

Update Wireless Info on Raspberry Pi

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post on how to configure wireless info on a raspberry pi. To start with, open the config file:

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

You can then add any number of connections to the file with varying priorities:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=AU

network={
        ssid="Mobile Network"
        psk="YOUR_PASSWORD"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        priority=2
}

network={
        ssid="Home Network"
        psk="YOUR_PASSWORD"
        key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        priority=10
}

Then save the file. Your raspberry pi will now connect to the network with the highest priority first (home network), when that’s not available it will use the network with the lower priority (mobile network).

The official doco is actually pretty good for this use case if you need more info: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md

Fetch As Google Error – ReactJs

Hi everyone,

I ran into the following error while using “fetch as Google” and none of my pages were being indexed correctly:

Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function

It took a while to find a solution but after some Googling I found that GoogleBot currently uses Chrome v41. You can download the mini installer of Chromium v41 which will run in parallel with your existing Chrome version: https://www.googleapis.com/download/storage/v1/b/chromium-browser-snapshots/o/Win%2F310958%2Fmini_installer.exe?generation=1420864313749000&alt=media

After downloading Chromium you can just debug normally via the console. In my case, Chrome v41 didn’t like the following command:

document.head.append(script);

If you’re using a front-end framework like ReactJS, AngularJS or Vue you’ll often just need to add babel polyfill:


npm install babel-core --save-dev

Then add this as the first line in your entry point e.g. index.js:

import 'babel-core/polyfill';

It’s important that the polyfill import is added as the first line otherwise anything added before it won’t work.

If you’re getting an error about Headers, you may also need to install the following:

npm install whatwg-fetch --save

Add then add this import just below your babel polyfill:

import 'whatwg-fetch'

Thanks to tomekrudzki on Reddit for the link to Chromium v41: Chrome 41 the key to successful website rendering