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

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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

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