[Xymon] Powershell external scripts

[David Boyer]

Zak,

    Given this entry:

[hostname]
external:everyscan:sync:batchfile.bat

Where would the batchfile.bat located on the Xymon Server?  Would it be in
the HOME directory of ~xymon/server/etc?


Dave

On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
>
>
> If you’re using XymonPSClient, you need to tell the client to execute it.
> You do this via configuration on the server in client-local.cfg, something
> like this:
>
>
>
> [hostname]
>
> external:everyscan:sync:batchfile.bat
>
>
>
> I think that should work! If you want to get more advanced, you can also
> have the client download the batch file from a web server and this enables
> you to update the batch file remotely (see the doc file).
>
>
>
> Zak
>
>
>
> *From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] *On Behalf Of *Steve Brown
> *Sent:* 03 July 2017 15:54
> *To:* David Boyer <davieb at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* [External] Re: [Xymon] Powershell external scripts
>
>
>
> Thank you for the reply. I have a bat file in the
> "<externalscriptlocation>" folder but it is not being executed. If I
> schedule it through the Windows Task scheduler it does get executed.  Is
> there something else I need to do in the xymon powershell to have it
> execute the bat file?  It appears I’m missing something.
>
> Thank you for your help
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> *From:* David Boyer [mailto:davieb at gmail.com <davieb at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 02, 2017 2:59 PM
> *To:* Steve Brown <sgb at pics.com>
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Powershell external scripts
>
>
>
> The "<externalscriptlocation>" is the folder where the scripts are
> located. They can be written in anything you like.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Steve Brown <sgb at pics.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What format to external scripts <externalscriptlocation> need to be?  Can
> they be windows bat files or do they need to be powershell .ps1 scripts or
> something else?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve
>
>
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