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<P CLASS="33a9b233-86eb-4960-9909-eca4040c815e"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"><div class=WordSection1><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xymon-bounces@xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Steve Anderson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 09, 2012 5:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> Don Kuhlman; xymon@xymon.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server logons and other functions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perl is pretty much perfect for this kind of thing. You do need to install some modules though. CPAN makes life easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>FTP:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Net::FTP. An example test is attached. It’s pretty much the sample code from <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/Net/FTP.html">http://perldoc.perl.org/Net/FTP.html</a>, with a little editing to hook it into Hobbit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SFTP:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Net::SSH2. <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~rkitover/Net-SSH2-0.40/lib/Net/SSH2.pm">http://search.cpan.org/~rkitover/Net-SSH2-0.40/lib/Net/SSH2.pm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>WebPages:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>LWP::UserAgent if you set it up right, you can hit multiple pages, using a cookie store to maintain cookie based logins.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steve Anderson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com">xymon-bounces@xymon.com</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com]">[mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Kuhlman<br><b>Sent:</b> 08 March 2012 22:31<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:xymon@xymon.com">xymon@xymon.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server logons and other functions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi folks. I've been googling all day, searching the forums, and looking at other spots but obviously I'm doing something wrong.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm trying to now setup some customization in Xymon for business applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I want to do it either with a homemade script, download, or using built in features.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>My first task is to try and login to an ftp server using a test id and password to verify it is up and accepting connections.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Next would be to connect via sFTP and try the same thing.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>I'm also trying to do the same kind of tasks with webpages that host applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Can someone point me to the best way to do this from our Xymon server, and if there are code snips of how to make an ftp connection, send an ID, Password, and then quit, I would really appreciate knowing where to find them.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Don K<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr align=center size=2 width="100%"></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>This email has been scanned by Westcoastcloud.<br><a href="http://www.westcoastcloud.com">http://www.westcoastcloud.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><hr align=center size=2 width="100%"></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div align=center class=MsoNormal style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB><hr align=center size=2 width="100%"></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>BiP Solutions Limited is a company registered in Scotland with Company<br>Number SC086146 and VAT number 383030966 and having its registered<br>office at Medius, 60 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1DZ.<br><br>****************************************************************************<br>This e-mail (and any attachment) is intended only for the attention of<br>the addressee(s). 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