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SnowRunner task and contract information with interactive maps at https://www.maprunner.info
There are many SnowRunner mods available to enhance the game experience.
An extensive mod collection is at https://snowrunner.mod.io/
NPM is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language. Install it to be able to install other applications too using Node.js.
brew install node
There are tools and utilities software developers use to write, test and deploy code. These are some of them to make our life easier.
See Atom text editor configuration
Install iTerm2, a smart terminal emulator to issue Bash commands and log into Linux servers.
See Install and configure iTerm2
JQ is a JSON command line tool to read, write and convert data to an from JSON.
brew install jq
To automatically pretty print JSON responses in Chrome
Download the Microsoft Remote Desktop app from the App Store
OpenLens is the open source (free) version of the Lens application. Muhammed Kalkan provides binary builds and installation instructions on his GitHub page at ttps://github.com/MuhammedKalkan/OpenLens
The simplest is to install OpenLens with Brew using his builds:
brew install --cask openlensRectangle is a window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
Installation instructions are at https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
brew install --cask rectangledefaults write com.googlecode.iterm2 DisableWindowSizeSnap -integer 1Smart diff visualizer that highlights the parts of the line that changed
git config --global core.pager "diff-so-fancy | less --tabs=4 -RFX"
If you want to work with Windows servers, you may need to run Windows applications on
The Amazon Web Services command line interface installation will set up your workstation to launch instances in AWS from Test Kitchen. If you know you will work with AWS, see DevOps Engineering part 3. – Working with AWS for the AWS CLI installation.
brew install terraform
Install the Vault CLI from https://www.vaultproject.io/downloads
Currently the command to install Vault is
sudo chown -R $(whoami) /usr/local/bin
brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/vault
To be able to execute Microsoft SQL commands from the command line or through Terraform, install the MS SQL utility
brew install nodenpm install -g sql-climssql --versionMore information on the tool is at https://www.npmjs.com/package/sql-cli
We use Packer to create custom AWS AMIs that contain the fundamental configuration and applications that are common in every instance we launch.
Graphviz is a Dependency Graph Visualization Software. We will use this utility to display the Terraform graphs.
To install execute the following in the terminal
brew install graphviz
For the VirtualBox installation on your operating system see: VirtualBox
For Vagrant installation see Vagrant.
Ruby is already a part of the operating system.
You can always refuel your truck at the Fuel Stations, but there are fuel trailers on the maps where you can also fill up the tank of your truck.
There is an unfinished oil pipeline north of the garage. The unfinished pipe on the road blocks the easy access to the north side of the map. To open the road
| Location | Has | Needs |
| Service Site | Drilling spare parts |
| Task | What | From | To | Notes |
| Lost pipe | Large Pipe x1 (4 units long) | – In the water north of the Drilling Site (crane needed) or – West Factory or – Port | Drilling site | A truck with a crane can pick it up north of the drilling site. No crane is needed at the port or the West Factory. Make sure the bed or trailer can hold a 4-unit long cargo because the pipe has to be “packed” to be available for unloading. |
| Roadblock | Metal beams x1 | Factory | Roadblock north of the Garage |
| Contract | What | From | To | Notes |
| Black Bird co. Pipeline construction | Spare parts | Warehouse | Oil pipe construction north of the Garage | |
| Black Bird co. Floating drill | Oil rig salvage semi-trailer | Service Site in the southeast corner | Port | Saddle high needed |
| Location | Has | Needs |
| Service Hub | Service spare parts Consumables | |
| Saw Mill | Wooden planks | |
| Factory | Metal beams | |
| North Warehouse | Small pipes Medium pipes Cement Concrete slab |
| Task | What | From | To | Notes |
| Restoring The Bridge | Concrete slab x1 Service spare parts x2 | Bridge | ||
| Working Stiff | Repair a Caterpillar and take it to Saw Mill | Southeast hilltop | Saw Mill | |
| Environmental issue | Curtainside trailer | North | Research zone |
| Tunnel | State |
| To White Valley | open |
| Location | Has | Needs |
| Stock Loading | Wooden planks |
| Task | What | From | To | Notes |
| Dangerous Route | Wooden planks x4 | Stock Loading | Bridge (North) | |
| Morrison’s Landslide | Wooden planks x4 | Stock Loading | Landslide (North) | |
| Family Treasure | Curtain side trailer | Behind Weather Conditions in a meadow | Boat Station | |
| Weather Conditions | Scout | Weather Conditions | Boat Station | |
| Old Mack and Drowned Car | Hummer | North of Family Treasure | Parking Lot | |
| Pole Down | Wooden planks x2 | Stock Loading | Fallen electric pole | |
| Moving the Stock | Oil barrels x1 Wooden planks x2 | Oil fields (crane needed) Stock loading | Factory |
| Location | Has | Needs |
| Airport | Drilling equipment ( 4 slots ) Oversized cargo ( 4 slots ) Consumables ( 1 slot ) | |
| West Warehouse | Small pipes (2 slots) Medium pipes (2 slots) Large pipe (4 slots) Concrete blocks (1 slot) Cement (1 slot) |
| Task | What | From | To | Notes |
| Bridge | Service spare parts x2 on a sideboard trailer | Oil Rig Service Site | Bridge | |
| Long Bridge | Wooden planks x2 Service spare parts x2 | Logging Station Service Hub | Long Bridge | |
| Deep River Diving | Scout 800 | East of Long Bridge | Parking | |
| Blocked Tunel | Warehouse or Factory Warehouse | Concrete blocks x1 Small pipes x1 | Nort-west tunnel |
XD Development at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muuT6hI_Xek shows how to unlock everything in SnowRunner, but it is a very fast pacing video. You can watch it at half speed, or read the steps below:
Now you only need money to buy the trucks you now have access to. Check out Add money to your SnowRunner character.
We will use the crontab command to schedule a daily backup of important files on our Macintosh.
sudo -icrontab -e0 23 * * * cd ~/Git/_Work/BACKUPS/backup_scripts && ./daily_backup.sh 2>&1 >> /tmp/cron.logTime Machine backs up all necessary files to restore your computer in case of a disaster. Hidden directories are backed up, but you need root (sudo) permission to access some of them. The Time Machine restore process cannot restore protected files and directories one-by-one, only when you restore the entire machine backup.
This table shows the locations of some important files and directories on the Time Machine drive:
| Item | Location | Location on the Time Machine drive |
| cron jobs | /var -> private/var/at/tabs | Backups.backupdb/MY_COMPUTER_NAME/MY_BACKUP_DATE/Macintosh HD – Data/private/var/at/tabs |
| Google Chrome bookmarks | /Users/MY_USER_NAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default | /Volumes/Time Machine 1 Passport/Backups.backupdb/MY_COMPUTER_NAME/MY_BACKUP_DATE/Macintosh HD – Data/Users/MY_USER_NAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default |
pwd
sudo -i
cd "/Volumes... "
When we access protected files on the Time Machine we use the “root” account to access them. If we copy the file to the computer the owner becomes “root” and the applications running under our regular account cannot access them.
To make the files accessible to the regular account we need to change the file permissions after copying them to the computer.
cp "/Volumes/Time Machine 1 Passport/Backups.backupdb/MY_COMPUTER_NAME/MY_BACKUP_DATE/Macintosh HD - Data/Users/MY_USER_NAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/Bookmarks" .Open a Bash or CMD window in the Chef cookbook folder
chef gem install kitchen-ec2chef gem install chef-zero-scheduled-taskchef gem install kitchen-vagrant