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Advanced SSH Script - Empty Response

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Hi guys,
Here's the execution/output of my script in /var/prtg/scriptsxml, which returns json:

user@host:/var/prtg/scriptsxml$ sudo ./authsensor.sh
{
  "prtg": {
    "results": [
      {
        "channel": "Banned",
        "value": "25"
      },
      {
        "channel": "Failed",
        "value": "64"
      }
    ]
  }
}

However PRTG is reporting an empty response for this sensor.

Any guidance appreciated.

json linux ssh ssh-script-advanced-sensor

Created on Jul 16, 2020 8:28:55 AM

Last change on Jul 16, 2020 8:35:12 AM by Moritz Heller [Paessler Support]



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Hi Ian,

Thank you for the update.

Unfortunately we don't offer help by custom scripts.

However, I checked the response and everything looks fine. Therefore, I suspect that the script executed in PRTG has another result.
To check this result, please enable the option " Write Results To Disk" in your Sensor settings. This will create additional log files in the "Logs > Sensors" folder in the PRTG Data Directory of the corresponding Probe(https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/463). In these files, you can see the result which PRTG receives.

Created on Jul 17, 2020 6:27:42 AM by Moritz Heller [Paessler Support]



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Hi there,

Did you tried to execute the script in the corresponding Probe and in 32bit mode (if possible)? Please note that the PRTG Probe service is a 32bit service and therefore can start a sub-process only in 32bit.

Created on Jul 16, 2020 8:36:46 AM by Moritz Heller [Paessler Support]



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Hi,

Could you provide instructions on doing that? Probe is running on Windows 10, running the SSH script on a remote linux machine. Where would I execute the script from the probe?

Thanks!

Created on Jul 16, 2020 3:24:10 PM

Last change on Jul 22, 2020 5:01:55 AM by Marijan Horsky [Paessler Support]



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Sorry for another comment. Hoping you guys can clean these up. I still need help.

I've modified the script to generate the following output (renamed "results", changed to numeric "value"). Here's the latest json:

{
  "prtg": {
    "result": [
      {
        "channel": "Banned",
        "value": 10
      },
      {
        "channel": "Failed",
        "value": 44
      },
      {
        "channel": "Succeeded",
        "value": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

I also notice this sensor doesn't run unless I pause/resume, at least per the log.

Created on Jul 16, 2020 5:50:50 PM

Last change on Jul 17, 2020 6:22:43 AM by Moritz Heller [Paessler Support]



Accepted Answer

Votes:

1

Hi Ian,

Thank you for the update.

Unfortunately we don't offer help by custom scripts.

However, I checked the response and everything looks fine. Therefore, I suspect that the script executed in PRTG has another result.
To check this result, please enable the option " Write Results To Disk" in your Sensor settings. This will create additional log files in the "Logs > Sensors" folder in the PRTG Data Directory of the corresponding Probe(https://kb.paessler.com/en/topic/463). In these files, you can see the result which PRTG receives.

Created on Jul 17, 2020 6:27:42 AM by Moritz Heller [Paessler Support]



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>We don't offer help Moritz, I Hate to break it to you, but you just did! Thank you.

For some reason this script, when calling the fail2ban-client, didn't accept the sudo settings configured for the device. Not an issue with other scripts. Very odd. I just ended up reducing the security a bit (https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/issues/2649). Not ideal but I'll come back to it. I used chown which means they'd have to compromise my login. This will be the least of my worries in that case. :)

Cheers!

Created on Jul 17, 2020 4:34:55 PM




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