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Modify Sensors with Powershell and PRTG API?

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I have had a look at the page below and have been able to generate reports and list sensors however what I really want to do is modify sensor settings.

https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/68506-powershell-interface-for-prtg-api

Is it possible to do something like:

######ignore invalid SSL Certs##########
add-type @"
    using System.Net;
    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
    public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
        public bool CheckValidationResult(
            ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
            WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
            return true;
        }
    }
"@
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy

######setup details, access related.
$auth = "username=user&passhash=hash"
$PRTGHost = "IPADDRESS"

function Set-prtgSensorProperty ([string]$SensorID,[string]$PropertyName,[string]$Value)
{
    $url = "https://$PRTGHost/api/setobjectproperty.htm?id=$SensorID&name=$PropertyName&value=$Value&$auth"
    $request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -MaximumRedirection 0 -ErrorAction Ignore


} # end function

Obviously I tried that and it didn't work but is there an alternative? Am I missing something?

powershell prtg sensor

Created on Mar 15, 2018 12:29:33 PM

Last change on Mar 16, 2018 11:42:53 AM by Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]



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I figured it out. I was trying to set an inherited property to off and so I needed to use a _ after the property name.

function Set-prtgSensorPropertyInherited ([string]$SensorID,[string]$PropertyName,[string]$Value)
{
    $url = "https://$PRTGHost/api/setobjectproperty.htm?id=$SensorID&name=$PropertyName_&value=$Value&$auth"
    $request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -MaximumRedirection 0 -ErrorAction Ignore


} # end function

Created on Mar 16, 2018 2:34:22 PM

Last change on Mar 16, 2018 5:22:33 PM by Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]



2 Replies

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Hi there,

You could try the following. Ignore invalid SSL Cert:

# Ignore SSL errors
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}

Request a website:

[system.Net.WebRequest]::Create($URL)


Does that work?

Best regards.

Created on Mar 16, 2018 11:44:41 AM by Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]



Accepted Answer

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0

I figured it out. I was trying to set an inherited property to off and so I needed to use a _ after the property name.

function Set-prtgSensorPropertyInherited ([string]$SensorID,[string]$PropertyName,[string]$Value)
{
    $url = "https://$PRTGHost/api/setobjectproperty.htm?id=$SensorID&name=$PropertyName_&value=$Value&$auth"
    $request = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $url -MaximumRedirection 0 -ErrorAction Ignore


} # end function

Created on Mar 16, 2018 2:34:22 PM

Last change on Mar 16, 2018 5:22:33 PM by Dariusz Gorka [Paessler Support]




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