[Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server logons and other functions

Sun Mar 11 14:07:54 CET 2012

The built in network ftp test.  It will not check ids/passwords, but it
does check that ftp is running and is accepting commands.   It opens the
21 port on an ftp sever and then issues a quit to disconnect.  All you
need to do is put the "ftp" tag  on the server's entry in the hosts.cfg
file and Xymon will do the rest.  If ftp is not functional, it will let
you know.  No need to write a script, no need to create a special ID for
your script and no need to embed the password for you special user into
a script.  

            ......Bruce

From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Don Kuhlman
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 11:13 AM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server
logons and other functions

Thanks everyone for the quick and helpful replies!

Bruce, could you clarify what you meant about the built in ftp test?
How would you use it to check that an ID/PW can login to the ftp server
and perform a command?

Regards,

Don K

From: "White, Bruce" <bewhite at fellowes.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:49:16 -0600
To: Steve Anderson <steve.anderson at bipsolutions.com>, Don Kuhlman <
don.kuhlman at schawk.com>, <xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: [Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server
logons and other functions

The built in "ftp" test will check that ftp is up and accepting
commands.   You won't need to create a special user or embed a password
in some script.

            .....Bruce

Bruce White

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From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Steve Anderson
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 5:25 AM
To: Don Kuhlman; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server
logons and other functions

Perl is pretty much perfect for this kind of thing. You do need to
install some modules though. CPAN makes life easier.

FTP:

Net::FTP. An example test is attached. It's pretty much the sample code
from http://perldoc.perl.org/Net/FTP.html, with a little editing to hook
it into Hobbit.

SFTP:

Net::SSH2. 
http://search.cpan.org/~rkitover/Net-SSH2-0.40/lib/Net/SSH2.pm 

WebPages:

LWP::UserAgent if you set it up right, you can hit multiple pages, using
a cookie store to maintain cookie based logins.

Steve Anderson

From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf
Of Don Kuhlman
Sent: 08 March 2012 22:31
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [Xymon] How to setup a custom script to attempt server logons
and other functions

Hi folks. I've been googling all day, searching the forums, and looking
at other spots but obviously I'm doing something wrong.

I'm trying to now setup some customization in Xymon for business
applications.

I want to do it either with a homemade script, download, or using built
in features.

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.

Next would be to connect via sFTP and try the same thing.

I'm also trying to do the same kind of tasks with webpages that host
applications.

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.

Regards,

Don K

Bruce White
Senior Enterprise Systems Engineer | Phone: 1-630-671-5169 | Fax: 630-893-1648 | bewhite at fellowes.com | http://www.fellowes.com/

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