Resolved: Fix SSL renewal issue on Gitlab Server

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PROBLEM : I had hosted a gitlab server on Azure and it was not getting autorenewed. SOLUTION :  1. Check the current SSL cert path: sudo grep -n "ssl_certificate" /var/opt/gitlab/nginx/conf/gitlab-http.conf OR sudo grep -n "ssl_certificate" /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb  You are likely to see something like this: nginx['ssl_certificate'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.crt" nginx['ssl_certificate_key'] = "/etc/gitlab/ssl/gitlab.example.com.key"  2. In my case, I was using gitlab let'sencrypt. So, I installed certbot. sudo apt update && sudo apt install certbot -y  3. Obtain Fresh Certificate sudo gitlab-ctl stop nginx sudo certbot certonly --standalone -d gitlab.yourdomain.com sudo gitlab-ctl start nginx 4. Configure Gitlab to use new cert external_url "https://gitlab.yourdomain.com" letsencrypt['enable'] = false nginx['s...

How to minify JSON in powershell?

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 Recently, I had a requirement to minify json using powershell and I learnt that it is pretty simple and thought of adding it to my blog as well so that it can serve as future notes for me as well.

Here is my sample JSON

[
  {
    "name": "gaurav",
    "age": "32",
    "id": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "sunny",
    "age": "35",
    "id": 2
  }
]

Here is the powershell script: 
$report = Get-Content './report.json' | Out-String
$minifiedJSON = (ConvertFrom-Json $report) | ConvertTo-Json -Compress;
Write-Host $minifiedJSON;
$minifiedJSON | Out-File -FilePath '.\minified.json'
Here is the output: 
[{"name":"gaurav","age":"32","id":1},{"name":"sunny","age":"35","id":2}]