SSH Command Runner To Help With Those Big Tiresome Tasks!

You may recall that we looked at one of the core components of this script in an earlier post, located here.

Today, in preparation for Thanksgiving, I'm putting up a little script that can help you run almost any command line you can dream up, and save the output for you in a relatively nicely formatted report. I'm calling it "scmd" (short for SSH command) but you can call it whatever you want :)

Now, of course, this script comes with a pre-requisite. For instance, it won't really help you save time if you don't have ssh-key-based passwordless logins set up for yourself on all the servers you manage. For Thanksgiving day, we'll go over how to easily set yourself up with those.

For today, assuming you've got your passwordless logins all set, feel free to modify this script as you wish, and use it to kick back and relax when the boss asks you to verify the version of Veritas Foundation Suite on all 300 servers in your farm. Otherwise, until tomorrow, enjoy only having to type in your password over and over and over again (at least you won't have to keep re-typing the command ;)

The script is posted below, for your enjoyment. Note that the "hostfile" is set to be of the format: hostname colon ip_address (e.g. host.xyz.com : 192.168.0.1). The hostname is the only necessary component of each line and all lines that begin with pound symbols (#'s) will be skipped. One host per line, please.

Again, tomorrow, we'll go over how to easily set up ssh keys for yourself network wide, and feel free to modify this little script to make your worklife as effortless as possible:





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#!/bin/ksh

#
# 2007 - Mike Golvach - eggi@comcast.net
#
# Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
#

trap 'rm tmpfile.$pid;echo "Caught Signal. Cleaning Up And Quitting...";exit 3"' 1 2 3 9 15

pid=$$

if [ $# -ne 1 ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 \"quoted command\""
exit 1
fi

if [ -f hostfile ]
then
hostfile="hostfile"
elif [ -f /export/home/bob/data/hostfile ]
then
hostfile="/export/home/bob/data/hostfile"
else
echo "Can't find hostfile. No hosts to ping. Out..."
exit 2
fi

command=$1
squashed_command=`echo $command|/bin/sed -e 's/ * *//g' -e 's/|//' -e 's/\///g'`
buffered_command="${command};echo";

print "" >>tmpfile.$pid
print "Report Output for \"${command}\"" >>tmpfile.$pid
print "______________________________" >>tmpfile.$pid
print "" >>tmpfile.$pid

cat $hostfile|while read name colon address
do
if [ $name == "#" ]
then
:
else
print "\nRunning \"${command}\" on \c" >>tmpfile.$pid
print "$name... " >>tmpfile.$pid
print "$name... "
/usr/bin/ssh -n $address $buffered_command 2>/dev/null |tee -a tmpfile.$pid
fi
done

mv tmpfile.$pid OUTPUT.${squashed_command}.$pid

After a successful run of, for instance - scmd "/usr/sbin/pkginfo VRTSvcs" - you'll end up with a nicely formatted report with the output from all of the servers in your "hostfile," named OUTPUT.usrsbinpkginfoVRTSvcs.14756; the only real variable in the output report name will be the process id tacked on the end so you can run the same script multiple times and not overwrite your old data.

And, oh yes, don't forget to backslash all your special characters :)

, Mike

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