Utilities

The Menu

The menu is a nice shortcut to any HeavyScript utilities you could need

You can access the menu simply by running

bash heavyscript.sh

or

bash /path/to/script/heavyscript.sh

All of the options do just what you would expect

1. Opens the help menu, so you can see all of the options for the script
2. Lists all of your internal DNS names and their ports
3. Opens the Mount and Unmount feature, so you can mount your volumes
4. Opens the Backup Menu

   ix-application backups

5. Updates HeavyScript to the latest github release
6. Opens a menu to create, then run a HeavyScript update
7. List all of your applications, so you can open a shell or send a command to the container/pod

Listing DNS Names

This is useful for when you cannot figure out the internal DNS, and port that you need to use when linking applications together

This is what it looks like, as you can see it shows the DNS name, followed by the port

__Get to this by either using __

bash heavy_script.sh --dns

or by using the menu

bash heavy_script.sh 

Mounting PVC

Finally, an easy to use mounting feature, so you don't have to do that long process yourself

If you don't know, lots of applications use containerized storage, which is unaccessible from your filesystem on your server UNTIL you mount the containers volume. The way to do that manually is long, and a pain, so I created a function within HeavyScript to do it all for you

The first menu appears like this:

If you choose 1, it will list all of your applications, and their volumes as shown below

If you choose 2, it will unmount ALL of the volumes that were mounted with the script

And the second menu:

Type the number associated with the volume you wish to mount, it will:

1. Shutdown that application
2. Mount it under /mnt/heavyscript/

To unmount, simply open the menu again and choose option 2 to unmount everything

You NEED to do this before attempting to start the application

__Get to this by either using __

bash heavy_script.sh --mount

or by using the menu

bash heavy_script.sh 

Restoring Backup

This is useful for when you absolutely destroyed all of your applications, or messed up your kubernetes cluster

Lists out each backup from newest to oldest

After selecting a backup by typing the number to the left of it and pressing enter, HeavyScript will prompt you to confirm your decision before actually restoring that backup

This process takes a long time, so just be patient

__Get to this by either using __

bash heavy_script.sh --restore

or by using the menu

bash heavy_script.sh 

Deleting Backup

This is useful for when you need to delete backups one by one, from other scripts, or if you simply just have too many backups

Lists out each backup from newest to oldest

After selecting a backup by typing the number to the left of it and pressing enter, HeavyScript will prompt you to confirm your decision before actually deleting that backup

__Get to this by either using __

bash heavy_script.sh --delete-backup

or by using the menu

bash heavy_script.sh 

Updating Applications

Allows you to create a bash heavy_script.sh update with interactive options

The first Menu:

Type the number associated with the option you want

It will then ask how many applications you would like to update at once

Type a number greater than 0

Finally, you can make your selections

After you make a selection, it will appear under Current Choices

After you finish up, you can type 00 and the update with your options will begin!

Get to this by

Using the menu

bash heavy_script.sh 

Command to Container

Allows you to easily open a menu to send a command to one of your containers/pods

The first Menu:

Type the number associated with the option you want

If multiple containers are available for that application, it will ask which container you would like

Type the number associated with the option you want

It will now show your App selection and container selection

After choosing option 2, you will be in the containers shell, exit this shell by typing exit then pressing enter