Hi
The example given does not enable the download from server option – it expects the batch file to be present in the <externalscriptlocation> as you mentioned before.
To enable server downloads, it needs to be something like this (untested):
external:everyscan:sync:http://server1/XymonPS/script.bat|MD5|536476abc234c3c1|script.bat
The client uses the hash (which can be SHA1, SHA256 or MD5) to work out whether or not the script needs redownloading.
This (and other examples) are in the doc, towards the end, under ‘external’.
On the server, you need a directory that will be served up by the webserver. On our setup, we added a directory and configured Apache appropriately.
Thanks
Zak
From: David Boyer [mailto:davieb at gmail.com] Sent: 03 July 2017 17:24 To: Beck, Zak <zak.beck at accenture.com> Cc: Steve Brown <sgb at pics.com>; xymon at xymon.com Subject: [External] Re: [Xymon] Powershell external scripts
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<mailto: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<mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] On Behalf Of Steve Brown Sent: 03 July 2017 15:54 To: David Boyer <davieb at gmail.com<mailto:davieb at gmail.com>> Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto: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] Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 2:59 PM To: Steve Brown <sgb at pics.com<mailto:sgb at pics.com>> Cc: xymon at xymon.com<mailto: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<mailto: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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