Update to: Automated Scripting Notifications

mjones

Hey All,
I posted a while ago that I was looking for a way to see what scripts were run when a threshold was triggered, and what the results were. I am posting my solution here in hopes that it helps some of you to work around some of the limitations in the reporting.

For example, if a threshold fires for a DNS issue and flushing the cache fixes the problem, the following script would run and then alert you what the results were.

Script:

$txt_File_Output_Path = $Env:windir+"\temp\Atera_"+$Env:ComputerName+"Flush_DNS"+$currDate+".txt"

Start-Transcript -Path $txt_File_Output_Path

ipconfig /flushdns

Write-Host "DNS Cache Flushed."

Stop-Transcript

$smtpServer = "mail.smtp2go.com"

$from = "script@yourdomain.com"

$to = "you@yourdomain.com"

$subject = "Script Output"

$body = "See attached files for script output."

$port = 2525

# Not actually encrypted password, just double Base64 encoded
$encrypted = [Text.Encoding]::Utf8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String([Text.Encoding]::Utf8.GetString([Convert]::FromBase64String('Double_Base64_String_Goes_Here'))))

$smtpPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $encrypted -AsPlainText -Force
$smtpCredential = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $from, $smtpPassword

$attachments = @($txt_File_Output_Path)
Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtpServer -From $from -To $to -Subject $subject -Body $body -Attachments $attachments -UseSsl -Port $port -Credential $smtpCredential -Encoding "utf8"

Output would be:

###########################
Windows PowerShell transcript start

Start time: 20240409143503

Username: DOMAIN\user

RunAs User: DOMAIN\user

Configuration Name:

Machine: WKS-100 (Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22621.0)

Host Application: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell_ISE.exe

Process ID: 36632

PSVersion: 5.1.22621.2506

PSEdition: Desktop

PSCompatibleVersions: 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.22621.2506

BuildVersion: 10.0.22621.2506

CLRVersion: 4.0.30319.42000

WSManStackVersion: 3.0

PSRemotingProtocolVersion: 2.3

SerializationVersion: 1.1.0.1
###########################
Transcript started, output file is C:\Windows\temp\Atera_WKS-100_Flush_DNS_.txt

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

DNS Cache Flushed.
###########################
Windows PowerShell transcript end

End time: 20240409143504
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Previous related posts:

https://community.atera.com/discussion/316/scripts-triggered-by-thresholds-not-in-the-recent-processes-report

https://community.atera.com/discussion/223/scripts-and-results-output-file-handling

koen

This is very interesting, i will give it a try later on. Thanks @mjones

Sarah_from_Atera

Hey @mjones , Sarah from Atera here.

This is exactly what we are looking for from our Community members! Thanks for sharing your insight, hopefully it will help other Atera users moving forward.