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From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file "test.txt" is not created.
There's no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. "C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy"
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com - this is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple example of an external script.

If this were saved as "google-dns.ps1", and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg - you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{
    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')
}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

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Regards

From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2018 2:57 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

I'm no BBWin expert - have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy executable?

e.g.

<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Cheers

Zak

From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file "test.txt" is not created.
There's no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. "C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy"
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com - this is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple example of an external script.

If this were saved as "google-dns.ps1", and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg - you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{
    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')
}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

DNS query for www.google.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.google.com&d=DwMFAg&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=ehH4bK0KVKjrTOWMKx0blROIXhuYtKDkAY-5Dx33TAY&s=MQyttX_Krv5ePOOct2Oj-hvX5UZfhfvJCIir9vTbnEo&e=>;

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

Kind regards

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wrote:

Hi


Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is
complex.


He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:

test.groovy

def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')

file1.write 'Test message'


Added to externals block:


<externals>

                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />

                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />

                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

                <!-- externals launch examples

                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />

                <load value="myexternal.exe" />

                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />

                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->

</externals>


I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.

Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to
Administrator.


The file “test.txt” is not created.

There’s no errors logged in the BBWin.log


How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?

Groovy is installed. “C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy”

I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is
created.


Kind regards

*From:* Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>
*Sent:* Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
*To:* Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* RE: custome scripts for windows servers


Hi Chris


BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only
support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on
what tools you have installed on your servers.


By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most
newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run
Powershell.


There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and
for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.


Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script
writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or
WinPSClient).


Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com – this
is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple
example of an external script.


If this were saved as “google-dns.ps1”, and a SHA1 hash of the file
generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this
to client-local.cfg – you do not need to replace the {script} with
anything, the client will do that:


external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon
server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1
value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file
"{script}"


Cheers


Zak


param(

    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'

    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve


$groupColour = 'green'


try

{

    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')

}

catch

{

    $groupColour = 'red'

    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"

}


if ($groupColour -eq 'green')

{

    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }

    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"

    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")

}


$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'

$output = `

@"

$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5
minutes)

Behalf Of *Chris Pretorius
*Sent:* Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
*To:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers


Good day all


Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.


We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are
monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.


My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for
bash script examples..


Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?


Kind regards

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wrote:

Hi


Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do
is complex.


He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:

test.groovy

def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')

file1.write 'Test message'


Added to externals block:


<externals>

                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />

                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />

                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

                <!-- externals launch examples

                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />

                <load value="myexternal.exe" />

                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />

                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->

</externals>


I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.

Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to
Administrator.


The file “test.txt” is not created.

There’s no errors logged in the BBWin.log


How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?

Groovy is installed. “C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy”

I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is
created.


Kind regards

*From:* Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>
*Sent:* Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
*To:* Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* RE: custome scripts for windows servers


Hi Chris


BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only
support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on
what tools you have installed on your servers.


By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most
newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run
Powershell.


There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and
for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.


Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script
writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or
WinPSClient).


Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com – this
is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple
example of an external script.


If this were saved as “google-dns.ps1”, and a SHA1 hash of the file
generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this
to client-local.cfg – you do not need to replace the {script} with
anything, the client will do that:


external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon
server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1
value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file
"{script}"


Cheers


Zak


param(

    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'

    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve


$groupColour = 'green'


try

{

    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')

}

catch

{

    $groupColour = 'red'

    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"

}


if ($groupColour -eq 'green')

{

    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }

    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"

    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")

}


$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'

$output = `

@"

$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5
minutes)


DNS query for www.google.com


$message


<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>


"@


$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName

$output | Set-Content $datafile


*From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On
Behalf Of *Chris Pretorius
*Sent:* Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
*To:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers


Good day all


Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.


We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are
monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.


My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for
bash script examples..


Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?


Kind regards


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*Chris Pretorius*

[image: https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/phone.png]

0872367740

[image: https://lsc-assets.scdn1.secure.raxcdn.com/lssig/email.png]

user-3fef1df92e88@xymon.invalid

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Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 11:42 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>
Cc: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; xymon Mailing List <xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

What is loglevel set to in the bbwin section of bbwin.cfg?  The documentation says the default is 0 for no log. 1 = errors, 2 = warnings, 3 = info, 4 = debug.

<configuration>
<bbwin>
<setting name="loglevel" value="3">
<setting name="logpath" value="c:\program files\bbwin\logs\bbwin.log"
...
</bbwin>
...
</configuration>


On May 18, 2018 8:26 AM, "Chris Pretorius" <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file “test.txt” is not created.
There’s no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. “C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy”
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

If this were saved as “google-dns.ps1”, and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg – you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{

}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

DNS query for www.google.com<http://www.google.com>;

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

Kind regards

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Chris Pretorius

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From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Beck, Zak
Sent: Freitag, 18. Mai 2018 14:57
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

I'm no BBWin expert - have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy executable?

e.g.

<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Cheers

Zak

From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file "test.txt" is not created.
There's no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. "C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy"
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com - this is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple example of an external script.

If this were saved as "google-dns.ps1", and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg - you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{
    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')
}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

DNS query for www.google.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.google.com&d=DwMFAg&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=ehH4bK0KVKjrTOWMKx0blROIXhuYtKDkAY-5Dx33TAY&s=MQyttX_Krv5ePOOct2Oj-hvX5UZfhfvJCIir9vTbnEo&e=>;

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

Kind regards

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Chris Pretorius

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0872367740

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From: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:15 AM
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi,

I found the hard way that BBwin is running in a 32.bit context and that bbwin.cfg requires 8.3 file notation and a full path for the script as well
You might try
<load value=" C:\groovy~1\bin\groovy C:\Progra~2\BBwin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Use dir /x to find out how the ~ strings are on your system

Regards

Alfred

PS: I'd rather recommend WinPSClient and PowerShell - well supported and 64-bit proof :)

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Beck, Zak
Sent: Freitag, 18. Mai 2018 14:57
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

I'm no BBWin expert - have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy executable?

e.g.

<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Cheers

Zak

From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file "test.txt" is not created.
There's no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. "C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy"
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com - this is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple example of an external script.

If this were saved as "google-dns.ps1", and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg - you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{
    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')
}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

DNS query for www.google.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.google.com&d=DwMFAg&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=ehH4bK0KVKjrTOWMKx0blROIXhuYtKDkAY-5Dx33TAY&s=MQyttX_Krv5ePOOct2Oj-hvX5UZfhfvJCIir9vTbnEo&e=>;

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

Kind regards

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Chris Pretorius

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0872367740

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From: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:15 AM
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi,

I found the hard way that BBwin is running in a 32.bit context and that bbwin.cfg requires 8.3 file notation and a full path for the script as well
You might try
<load value=" C:\groovy~1\bin\groovy C:\Progra~2\BBwin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Use dir /x to find out how the ~ strings are on your system

Regards

Alfred

PS: I'd rather recommend WinPSClient and PowerShell - well supported and 64-bit proof :)

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Beck, Zak
Sent: Freitag, 18. Mai 2018 14:57
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

I'm no BBWin expert - have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy executable?

e.g.

<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Cheers

Zak

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Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file "test.txt" is not created.
There's no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. "C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy"
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
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Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com - this is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple example of an external script.

If this were saved as "google-dns.ps1", and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg - you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{
    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')
}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

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$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


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Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

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Hi


Made the following changes.


C:\>dir /x

Volume in drive C has no label.

Volume Serial Number is A869-53E2


Directory of C:\


2018-05-04  11:13 AM    <DIR>          GROOVY~1.15  groovy-2.4.15

2018-05-10  11:48 AM    <DIR>          PROGRA~1     Program Files

2018-05-17  12:11 PM    <DIR>          PROGRA~2     Program Files (x86)


<externals>

                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />

                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />

                <load value="C:\GROOVY~1.15\bin\groovy
C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />

</externals>


I also changed the test groovy script. test.groovy

def file1 = new File('C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\tmp\test.txt')

file1.write 'Test message'


The test.txt file is not created


BBWin logs:

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent started

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent ended

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [disk]: init disk agent AgentDisk::Init

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status
C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find
the file specified.

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Begin Msgs Initialization
AgentMsgs::Init

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Ending Msgs Initialization

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: Starting hobbit client agent.

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [externals]: starting external
'C:\GROOVY~1.15\bin\groovy C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\ext\test.groovy'

2018/05/24 10:44:49 [INFO]: bbwin is started.


Regards


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*Sent:* Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:15 AM
*To:* Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; Chris Pretorius <
user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* RE: custom scripts for windows servers


Hi,


I found the hard way that BBwin is running in a 32.bit context and that
bbwin.cfg requires 8.3 file notation and a full path for the script as well

You might try

<load value=" C:\groovy~1\bin\groovy C:\Progra~2\BBwin\ext\test.groovy"
timer="1m" />


Use dir /x to find out how the ~ strings are on your system


Regards


Alfred


PS: I’d rather recommend WinPSClient and PowerShell – well supported and

*From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On
Behalf Of *Beck, Zak
*Sent:* Freitag, 18. Mai 2018 14:57
*To:* Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers


Hi


I’m no BBWin expert – have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy
executable?


e.g.


<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />


Cheers


Zak


*From:* Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid

*Sent:* Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
*To:* Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers


Hi


Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do
is complex.


He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:

test.groovy

def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')

file1.write 'Test message'


Added to externals block:


<externals>

                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />

                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />

                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

                <!-- externals launch examples

                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />

                <load value="myexternal.exe" />

                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />

                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->

</externals>


I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.

Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to
Administrator.


The file “test.txt” is not created.

There’s no errors logged in the BBWin.log


How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?

Groovy is installed. “C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy”

I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is
created.


Kind regards

*From:* Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>
*Sent:* Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
*To:* Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* RE: custome scripts for windows servers


Hi Chris


BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only
support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on
what tools you have installed on your servers.


By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most
newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run
Powershell.


There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and
for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.


Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script
writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or
WinPSClient).


Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com – this
is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple
example of an external script.


If this were saved as “google-dns.ps1”, and a SHA1 hash of the file
generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this
to client-local.cfg – you do not need to replace the {script} with
anything, the client will do that:


external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon
server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1
value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file
"{script}"


Cheers


Zak


param(

    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'

    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve


$groupColour = 'green'


try

{

    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com')

}

catch

{

    $groupColour = 'red'

    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"

}


if ($groupColour -eq 'green')

{

    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }

    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"

    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")

}


$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'

$output = `

@"

$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5
minutes)


DNS query for www.google.com

$message


<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>


"@


$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName

$output | Set-Content $datafile


*From:* Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com <xymon-bounces at xymon.com>] *On
Behalf Of *Chris Pretorius
*Sent:* Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
*To:* xymon at xymon.com
*Subject:* [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers


Good day all


Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.


We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are
monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.


My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for
bash script examples..


Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?


Kind regards


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From: Robert Herron <user-8b27ea4290da@xymon.invalid>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:52 AM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>
Cc: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>; Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Test.groovy isn't an 8.3 filename but that doesn't seem to matter. If bbwin had a problem, I would expect something in the log about file not found -- similar to the logfetch message.

Have you checked Task Manager to seee if there a orphanned groovy processes?  The bbwin.log says it started groovy so maybe it's not fully initializing, can't open the groovy script, etc.  I know you said you can manually run the script so maybe the user/context bbwin runs under doesn't have permissions to the groovy executable.

Also, may create a simple "hello world" BAT or CMD file and add it as an external test.  This should help prove bbwin can run externals and hopefully better narrow the problem.
On Thu, May 24, 2018, 4:53 AM Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi

Made the following changes.

C:\>dir /x
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is A869-53E2

Directory of C:\

2018-05-04  11:13 AM    <DIR>          GROOVY~1.15  groovy-2.4.15
2018-05-10  11:48 AM    <DIR>          PROGRA~1     Program Files
2018-05-17  12:11 PM    <DIR>          PROGRA~2     Program Files (x86)

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="C:\GROOVY~1.15\bin\groovy C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />
</externals>

I also changed the test groovy script. test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\tmp\test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

The test.txt file is not created

BBWin logs:
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent started
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent ended
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [disk]: init disk agent AgentDisk::Init
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified.
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Begin Msgs Initialization AgentMsgs::Init
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Ending Msgs Initialization
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: Starting hobbit client agent.
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [externals]: starting external 'C:\GROOVY~1.15\bin\groovy C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\ext\test.groovy'
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [INFO]: bbwin is started.

Regards

From: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:15 AM
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi,

I found the hard way that BBwin is running in a 32.bit context and that bbwin.cfg requires 8.3 file notation and a full path for the script as well
You might try
<load value=" C:\groovy~1\bin\groovy C:\Progra~2\BBwin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Use dir /x to find out how the ~ strings are on your system

Regards

Alfred

PS: I’d rather recommend WinPSClient and PowerShell – well supported and 64-bit proof ☺

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Beck, Zak
Sent: Freitag, 18. Mai 2018 14:57
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

I’m no BBWin expert – have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy executable?

e.g.

<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Cheers

Zak

From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file “test.txt” is not created.
There’s no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. “C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy”
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

Below is a Powershell example of testing DNS lookup for google.com<http://google.com>; – this is not necessarily the best way to test DNS, it is provided as a simple example of an external script.

If this were saved as “google-dns.ps1”, and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg – you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{
    $results = [System.Net.DNS]::GetHostAddresses('www.google.com<http://www.google.com>';)
}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

DNS query for www.google.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.google.com&d=DwMFAg&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=ehH4bK0KVKjrTOWMKx0blROIXhuYtKDkAY-5Dx33TAY&s=MQyttX_Krv5ePOOct2Oj-hvX5UZfhfvJCIir9vTbnEo&e=>;

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

Kind regards

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Chris Pretorius

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Zak

From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2018 13:14
To: xymon at xymon.com
Cc: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>; Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>; Robert Herron <user-8b27ea4290da@xymon.invalid>
Subject: [External] RE: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Good day

I gave up with BBWin and ended installing xymonpsclient.

It configured and reporting to the xymon server.

How do I configure XymonPSClient to run my test script?
Can you please send links with examples so I can see where I went wrong.


Regards

From: Robert Herron <user-8b27ea4290da@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-8b27ea4290da@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:52 AM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>
Cc: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>>; Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Test.groovy isn't an 8.3 filename but that doesn't seem to matter. If bbwin had a problem, I would expect something in the log about file not found -- similar to the logfetch message.

Have you checked Task Manager to seee if there a orphanned groovy processes?  The bbwin.log says it started groovy so maybe it's not fully initializing, can't open the groovy script, etc.  I know you said you can manually run the script so maybe the user/context bbwin runs under doesn't have permissions to the groovy executable.

Also, may create a simple "hello world" BAT or CMD file and add it as an external test.  This should help prove bbwin can run externals and hopefully better narrow the problem.
On Thu, May 24, 2018, 4:53 AM Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>> wrote:
Hi

Made the following changes.

C:\>dir /x
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is A869-53E2

Directory of C:\

2018-05-04  11:13 AM    <DIR>          GROOVY~1.15  groovy-2.4.15
2018-05-10  11:48 AM    <DIR>          PROGRA~1     Program Files
2018-05-17  12:11 PM    <DIR>          PROGRA~2     Program Files (x86)

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="C:\GROOVY~1.15\bin\groovy C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />
</externals>

I also changed the test groovy script. test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\tmp\test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

The test.txt file is not created

BBWin logs:
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent started
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [cpu]: initialization cpu agent ended
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [disk]: init disk agent AgentDisk::Init
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [INFO]: [filesystem]: failed to save logfetch status C:\Program Files (x86)\BBWin\tmp\logfetch.status : The system cannot find the file specified.
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Begin Msgs Initialization AgentMsgs::Init
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [msgs]: Ending Msgs Initialization
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: Starting hobbit client agent.
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [DEBUG]: [externals]: starting external 'C:\GROOVY~1.15\bin\groovy C:\PROGRA~2\BBWin\ext\test.groovy'
2018/05/24 10:44:49 [INFO]: bbwin is started.

Regards

From: Lerch, Alfred <user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-d5fb06881473@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 10:15 AM
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi,

I found the hard way that BBwin is running in a 32.bit context and that bbwin.cfg requires 8.3 file notation and a full path for the script as well
You might try
<load value=" C:\groovy~1\bin\groovy C:\Progra~2\BBwin\ext\test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Use dir /x to find out how the ~ strings are on your system

Regards

Alfred

PS: I’d rather recommend WinPSClient and PowerShell – well supported and 64-bit proof ☺

From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Beck, Zak
Sent: Freitag, 18. Mai 2018 14:57
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: Re: [Xymon] custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

I’m no BBWin expert – have you tried supplying the full path to the groovy executable?

e.g.

<load value=" C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />

Cheers

Zak

From: Chris Pretorius [mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2018 13:11
To: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] RE: custom scripts for windows servers

Hi

Our dev decided to create a groovy script since the tests it needs to do is complex.

He created a small test script which I copied to the ext folder:
test.groovy
def file1 = new File('C:/Program Files (x86)/BBWin/tmp/test.txt')
file1.write 'Test message'

Added to externals block:

<externals>
                <setting name="timer" value="3m" />
                <setting name="logstimer" value="60s" />
                <load value="groovy test.groovy" timer="1m" />
                <!-- externals launch examples
                <load value="cscript mybbscript.vbs" />
                <load value="myexternal.exe" />
                <load value="cscript wlbs.vbs" timer="15m" />
                <load value="cluster.exe" timer="90s" /> -->
</externals>

I Also tried the full path to test.groovy.
Restarted the client, I even set the log on as from Local system to Administrator.

The file “test.txt” is not created.
There’s no errors logged in the BBWin.log

How can I be sure BBwin is executing the script?
Groovy is installed. “C:\groovy-2.4.15\bin\groovy”
I am able to run the script from command prompt and the test.txt file is created.

Kind regards
From: Beck, Zak <user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-aada0fa38bf8@xymon.invalid>>
Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 12:37 PM
To: Chris Pretorius <user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid<mailto:user-832aac18b2a8@xymon.invalid>>; xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: RE: custome scripts for windows servers

Hi Chris

BBWin or WinPSClient do not have a built in scripting language, they only support scripts that the OS already knows how to run. This will depend on what tools you have installed on your servers.

By default, Windows servers will definitely run VBScript (VBS) and most newer versions (Windows Server 2008 onwards, Windows 7 onwards) will run Powershell.

There are a number of script samples in BBWin in the externals folder and for WinPSClient, the documentation is fairly complete in this area.

Both BBWin and WinPSClient can return data from any script if that script writes a text file to the tmp folder (which is a subfolder of BBWin or WinPSClient).

If this were saved as “google-dns.ps1”, and a SHA1 hash of the file generated, it can be used with the WinPSClient by adding a line like this to client-local.cfg – you do not need to replace the {script} with anything, the client will do that:

external:everyscan:sync:http://<xymon server>/PS_Updates/google-dns.ps1|SHA1|<sha1 value>|powershell.exe|-executionpolicy remotesigned -noprofile -file "{script}"

Cheers

Zak

param(
    [string] $TestName = 'googledns'
    )


$scriptdir = split-path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$datadir = join-path $scriptdir '..\tmp' -Resolve

$groupColour = 'green'

try
{

}
catch
{
    $groupColour = 'red'
    $message = "Error performing DNS query: $_"
}

if ($groupColour -eq 'green')
{
    $ips = $results | foreach { $_.IPAddressToString }
    $message = "Result of DNS query:`r`n"
    $message += ($ips -join "`r`n")
}

$timeFormatted = Get-Date -Format 'dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm'
$output = `
@"
$($groupColour)+10m $TestName as at $timeFormatted (updated approx every 5 minutes)

DNS query for www.google.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.google.com&d=DwMFAg&c=eIGjsITfXP_y-DLLX0uEHXJvU8nOHrUK8IrwNKOtkVU&r=S-aLwpx-PHBTBMIG_c2JczRC0SfuZCmsiH9Iams25FI&m=ehH4bK0KVKjrTOWMKx0blROIXhuYtKDkAY-5Dx33TAY&s=MQyttX_Krv5ePOOct2Oj-hvX5UZfhfvJCIir9vTbnEo&e=>;

$message

<br><p>Information from $($Env:computername)</p>

"@

$dataFile = Join-Path $datadir $TestName
$output | Set-Content $datafile


From: Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pretorius
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2018 10:32
To: xymon at xymon.com<mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
Subject: [External] [Xymon] custome scripts for windows servers

Good day all

Can someone please send links to example custom scripts for windows server.

We are mostly a Linux shop but have a few Windows servers. They are monitored on xymon and it is currently a mix of BBwin and winpsclients.

My google skills has let me down as I could not find examples except for bash script examples..

Does BBwin or winpsclient support groovy script or can I only use VBscript?

Kind regards

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Chris Pretorius

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