I have a PS script right now that lets me log into a range of switches one after another.
70..80 | % { plink "172.16.15.$_" -l enterusername -pw enterpassword}
This allows me to start at switch ending in .70 and once I am done and type exit, it automatically logs into the next one in sequence.
I want to create a text file that contains the changes I want to make to the running-config on the switch, such as maybe adding a user to 100 or so switches. How can I add to the PS script to make it so that it applies the changes to the config contained in the created text file? I am trying to automate changes to 100 edge switches vs having to type the config into each switch.
Or instead of pointing to a text file, can I somehow add the changes for the switch config right into the PS script?
When in doubt, read the documentation (emphasis mine):
7.2 Using Plink
This section describes the basics of how to use Plink for interactive logins and for automated processes.
Once you've got a console window to type into, you can just type plink on its own to bring up a usage message. This tells you the version of Plink you're using, and gives you a brief summary of how to use Plink:
Z:\sysosd>plink
PuTTY Link: command-line connection utility
Release 0.53
Usage: plink [options] [user#]host [command]
("host" can also be a PuTTY saved session name)
Options:
-v show verbose messages
-load sessname Load settings from saved session
-ssh -telnet -rlogin -raw
force use of a particular protocol (default SSH)
-P port connect to specified port
-l user connect with specified username
-m file read remote command(s) from file
-batch disable all interactive prompts
So all you need to do is create your command file, and add it to the commandline:
70..80 | ForEach-Object {
plink "172.16.15.$_" -l enterusername -pw enterpassword -m 'C:\commands.txt'
}
Related
My question is regarding the way the file ("-m" switch) is used by Plink.
My command is:
plink.exe -ssh admin#10.20.30.1 -pw p#ss30rd -m commandfile.txt
I'm trying to connect to a switch and execute these 3 commands:
system-view
user-interface vty 0
screen-length 200
The issue here, is that each command depends on it's predecessor. In other word, executing the command system-view gives access to a new level or a context where the second command user-interface vty 0 can be valid and executed and same thing for the third command in which is only valid (and available) only if user-interface vty 0 is executed
Is there a way or a workaround that we can achieve this using Plink?
My goal here is to put the "Plink" command line in a script and try to analyse the output
Thanks in advance
If you specify multiple commands using the -m switch, they are executed one after another. While you (if I understand you correctly) want to execute the commands within each other. That's not possible with the -m switch.
What you can do, is to feed the commands to Plink using an input redirection. This way, Plink behaves, just as, if you typed those commands.
(
echo system-view
echo user-interface vty 0
echo screen-length 200
) | plink.exe -ssh admin#10.20.30.1 -pw p#ss30rd
Note that by default, with the -m switch, Plink does not allocate a pseudo terminal, while with the input redirection, it does. So the behavior is not identical. You can use the -t/-T switches to override that.
I have a scenario where I need to run a linux shell command frequently (with different filenames) from windows. I am using PuTTY and WinSCP to do that (requires login name and password). The file is copied to a predefined folder in the linux machine through WinSCP and then the command is run from PuTTY. Is there a way by which I can automate this through a program. Ideally I would like to right click the file from windows and issue the command which would copy the file to remote machine and run the predefined command (in PuTTy) with the filename as argument.
Putty usually comes with the "plink" utility.
This is essentially the "ssh" command line command implemented as a windows .exe.
It pretty well documented in the putty manual under "Using the command line tool plink".
You just need to wrap a command like:
plink root#myserver /etc/backups/do-backup.sh
in a .bat script.
You can also use common shell constructs, like semicolons to execute multiple commands. e.g:
plink read#myhost ls -lrt /home/read/files;/etc/backups/do-backup.sh
There could be security issues with common methods for auto-login.
One of the most easiest ways is documented below:
Running Putty from the Windows Command Line
And as for the part the executes the command
In putty UI, Connection>SSH> there's a field for remote command.
4.17 The SSH panel
The SSH panel allows you to configure
options that only apply to SSH
sessions.
4.17.1 Executing a specific command on the server
In SSH, you don't have to run a
general shell session on the server.
Instead, you can choose to run a
single specific command (such as a
mail user agent, for example). If you
want to do this, enter the command in
the "Remote command" box.
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.53/htmldoc/Chapter4.html
in short, your answers might just as well be similar to the text below:
let Putty run command in remote server
You can write a TCL script and establish SSH session to that Linux machine and issue commands automatically. Check http://wiki.tcl.tk/11542 for a short tutorial.
You can create a putty session, and auto load the script on the server, when starting the session:
putty -load "sessionName"
At remote command, point to the remote script.
You can do both tasks (the upload and the command execution) using WinSCP. Use WinSCP script like:
option batch abort
option confirm off
open your_session
put %1%
call script.sh
exit
Reference for the call command:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_call
Reference for the %1% syntax:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scripting#syntax
You can then run the script like:
winscp.exe /console /script=script_path\upload.txt /parameter file_to_upload.dat
Actually, you can put a shortcut to the above command to the Windows Explorer's Send To menu, so that you can then just right-click any file and go to the Send To > Upload using WinSCP and Execute Remote Command (=name of the shortcut).
For that, go to the folder %USERPROFILE%\SendTo and create a shortcut with the following target:
winscp_path\winscp.exe /console /script=script_path\upload.txt /parameter %1
See Creating entry in Explorer's "Send To" menu.
Here is a totally out of the box solution.
Install AutoHotKey (ahk)
Map the script to a key (e.g. F9)
In the ahk script,
a) Ftp the commands (.ksh) file to the linux machine
b) Use plink like below. Plink should be installed if you have putty.
plink sessionname -l username -pw password test.ksh
or
plink -ssh example.com -l username -pw password test.ksh
All the steps will be performed in sequence whenever you press F9 in windows.
Code:
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
namespace playSound
{
class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(args[0]);
Process amixerMediaProcess = new Process();
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.ErrorDialog = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = false;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = false;
amixerMediaProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format("{0}","-ssh username#"+args[0]+" -pw password -m commands.txt");
amixerMediaProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "plink.exe";
amixerMediaProcess.Start();
Console.Write("Presskey to continue . . . ");
Console.ReadKey(true);
}
}
}
Sample commands.txt:
ps
Link: https://huseyincakir.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/send-commands-to-a-remote-device-over-puttyssh-putty-send-command-from-command-line/
Try MtPutty,
you can automate the ssh login in it. Its a great tool especially if you need to login to multiple servers many times. Try it here
Another tool worth trying is TeraTerm. Its really easy to use for the ssh automation stuff. You can get it here. But my favorite one is always MtPutty.
In case you are using Key based authentication, using saved Putty session seems to work great, for example to run a shell script on a remote server(In my case an ec2).Saved configuration will take care of authentication.
C:\Users> plink saved_putty_session_name path_to_shell_file/filename.sh
Please remember if you save your session with name like(user#hostname), this command would not work as it will be treated as part of the remote command.
I want to run this command
telnet -a servername port
-CASServer V2.00 connection from 0.0.0.0 [] Diag mode only
status
Clients: Static 0/50 Dynamic 19/50
Application1: 1 0xcb4388 hSock(0x2d4)
Application2: 0 0
OK
I am basically only interested in "Dynamic 19/50". If possible, I'd like to get this information from PowerShell
The PowerShell script at http://community.spiceworks.com/scripts/show/1887-get-telnet-telnet-to-a-device-and-issue-commands might work for what your're trying to accomplish. It creates a PowerShell function called 'Get-Telnet'; it can establish a telnet connection and send a series of commands.
Your usage would be something like:
Get-Telnet -RemoteHost [servername] -Port [port] -OutputhPath results.txt
After which you could parse the data you need (e.g., the 'Clients' line) from 'results.txt'.
In order to run a cmd line application in PowerShell, specifically the telnet command, you first need to install telnet.
Use this command, with admin privs:
pkgmgr /iu:"TelnetClient"
After installing you can run your telnet -a servername port command in PowerShell:
Running a command line application (telnet) in PowerShell
I am not positive on what exact command line application you are trying to run. However here is an example of running a command line application in powershell.
&'C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.14\bin\gswin64c.exe' -sDEVICE=tiffg4 -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -r600 "-sOutputFile=$OutputFullDirectory" "$InputPath"
This would be ghostscript however the key is using the & symbol to call the command line and then enter in the path to the exe file you want to run then you can pump in the parameters. Hope this helps lead you in the right direction
I'm using PuTTY to remotely log onto my school's host. Upon logging in, we are required to do these steps:
enter username
enter password
command "add oracle"
command "sqlplus"
enter username
enter password
I will be logging into this host a lot over the course of this semester and I was hoping to create a script that would eliminate the redundancy of the above steps. Ignoring the obvious security oversights of having my password in the script, how would I achieve this? I have zero experience with scripting, so your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Edit: I played around with the command-line options for Putty and I was able to bypass steps 1-2 using:
putty -load "host" -l username -pw password
I've also created a shell file that looks like so:
#!/bin/bash
add oracle10g
sqlplus username password
When I try to add this option to the command-line using the -m option, it looks like PuTTY logs into the host and then immediately exits. Is there a way to keep my session open after running the shell file or am I using the -m option wrongly? Here is a link to a PuTTY guide that I have been following: http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.60/htmldoc/Chapter3.html.
Here is the total command that I am trying to run from the command-line:
putty -load "host" -l username -pw password -m c:\test.sh
Figured this out with the help of a friend. The -m PuTTY option will end your session immediately after it executes the shell file. What I've done instead is I've created a batch script called putty.bat with these contents on my Windows machine:
#echo off
putty -load "host" -l username -pw password
This logs me in remotely to the Linux host. On the host side, I created a shell file called sql with these contents:
#!/bin/tcsh
add oracle10g
sqlplus username password
My host's Linux build used tcsh. Other Linux builds might use bash, so simply replace tcsh with bash and you should be fine.
To summarize, automating these steps are now done in two easy steps:
Double-click putty.bat. This opens PuTTY and logs me into the host.
Run command tcsh sql. This adds the oracle tool to my host, and logs me into the sql database.
I'm not sure why previous answers haven't suggested that the original poster set up a shell profile (bashrc, .tcshrc, etc.) that executed their commands automatically every time they log in on the server side.
The quest that brought me to this page for help was a bit different -- I wanted multiple PuTTY shortcuts for the same host that would execute different startup commands.
I came up with two solutions, both of which worked:
(background) I have a folder with a variety of PuTTY shortcuts, each with the "target" property in the shortcut tab looking something like:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe" -load host01
with each load corresponding to a PuTTY profile I'd saved (with different hosts in the "Session" tab). (Mostly they only differ in color schemes -- I like to have each group of related tasks share a color scheme in the terminal window, with critical tasks, like logging in as root on a production system, performed only in distinctly colored windows.)
The folder's Windows properties are set to very clean and stripped down -- it functions as a small console with shortcut icons for each of my frequent remote PuTTY and RDP connections.
(solution 1)
As mentioned in other answers the -m switch is used to configure a script on the Windows side to run, the -t switch is used to stay connected, but I found that it was order-sensitive if I wanted to get it to run without exiting
What I finally got to work after a lot of trial and error was:
(shortcut target field):
"C:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\putty.exe" -t -load "SSH Proxy" -m "C:\Users\[me]\Documents\hello-world-bash.txt"
where the file being executed looked like
echo "Hello, World!"
echo ""
export PUTTYVAR=PROXY
/usr/local/bin/bash
(no semicolons needed)
This runs the scripted command (in my case just printing "Hello, world" on the terminal) and sets a variable that my remote session can interact with.
Note for debugging: when you run PuTTY it loads the -m script, if you edit the script you need to re-launch PuTTY instead of just restarting the session.
(solution 2)
This method feels a lot cleaner, as the brains are on the remote Unix side instead of the local Windows side:
From Putty master session (not "edit settings" from existing session) load a saved config and in the SSH tab set remote command to:
export PUTTYVAR=GREEN; bash -l
Then, in my .bashrc, I have a section that performs different actions based on that variable:
case ${PUTTYVAR} in
"")
echo ""
;;
"PROXY")
# this is the session config with all the SSH tunnels defined in it
echo "";
echo "Special window just for holding tunnels open." ;
echo "";
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;Proxy Session #master01\$\007"'
alias temppass="ssh keyholder.example.com makeonetimepassword"
alias | grep temppass
;;
"GREEN")
echo "";
echo "It's not easy being green"
;;
"GRAY")
echo ""
echo "The gray ghost"
;;
*)
echo "";
echo "Unknown PUTTYVAR setting ${PUTTYVAR}"
;;
esac
(solution 3, untried)
It should also be possible to have bash skip my .bashrc and execute a different startup script, by putting this in the PuTTY SSH command field:
bash --rcfile .bashrc_variant -l
When you use the -m option putty does not allocate a tty, it runs the command and quits. If you want to run an interactive script (such as a sql client), you need to tell it to allocate a tty with -t, see 3.8.3.12 -t and -T: control pseudo-terminal allocation. You'll avoid keeping a script on the server, as well as having to invoke it once you're connected.
Here's what I'm using to connect to mysql from a batch file:
#mysql.bat
start putty -t -load "sessionname" -l username -pw password -m c:\mysql.sh
#mysql.sh
mysql -h localhost -u username --password="foo" mydb
https://superuser.com/questions/587629/putty-run-a-remote-command-after-login-keep-the-shell-running
I want to suggest a common solution for those requirements, maybe it is a use for you: AutoIt. With that program, you can write scripts on top of any window like Putty and execute all commands you want to (like button pressing or mouse clicking in textboxes or buttons).
This way you can emulate all steps you are always doing with Putty.
entering a command after you logged in can be done by going through SSH section at the bottom of putty and you should have an option Remote command (data to send to the server) separate the two commands with ;
mputty can do that but it does not seem to work always. (if that wait period is too slow)
mputty uses putty and it extends putty.
There is an option to run a script.
If it does not work, make sure that wait period before typing is a high value or increase that value. See putty sessions , then name of session, right mouse button,properties/script page.
For me it works this way:
putty -ssh root#1.1.1.1 22 -pw password
putty, protocol, user name # ip address port and password. To connect in less than a second.
You can use the -i privatekeyfilelocation in case you are using a private key instead of password based.
I have powershell script that open putty.exe in process and i want to send data to this process, how can i do that???
PLEASE HELP!
The process:
$solExe = [diagnostics.process]::start("putty.exe", "-raw -P 2000 127.0.0.1")
The command line interface for putty is plink.exe. You can use plink to send commands over ssh.
For example:
PS C:> c:\progra~2\putty\plink.exe -i C:\credentials\mykeyfile.ppk root#myserver.com "ls";
Things to remember:
The first time you connect to a server, you'll have to add it to your registry, so this won't work in a non-interactive mode for brand new servers. There isn't a way to disable this.
The key file has to be in ppk format for plink.exe to recognize it. If yours is in pem format, use puttygen.exe to create a ppk file.
The path to the key file cannot contain any spaces, or the command above won't work.
If you want to send multiple commands at once, write them to a file and use the -m switch with plink.exe.
If you need to transfer files, you can use pscp.exe in a similar fashion.