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The Sentry-go Monitoring System utilises scripts in two ways ...

  • Responses & alerts can be defined as scripts - for example, when performing an action to resolve a problem or when sending messages via SMS.
     
  • If you're running the Sentry-go Scripting monitor, you can provide your own monitoring in the form of a command, command-line tool, file or script.

Typically, these scripts would be created as VBScripts, coded manually and tailored to your individual needs. But if you have little or no knowledge of programming and do not have access to such resources, writing scripts like these can be a confusing and often daunting task. 

The Sentry-go Scripting Wizard solves this by allowing you to generate a number of files & scripts without the need for any coding or programming knowledge. Using its simple interface, all you do is select the appropriate template - based on what you want it to do, answer a few questions - shich the Wizard uses to customise the final script and the Wizard will do the rest!

The Wizard is integrated into the Sentry-go Client Console & can be called directly from there.  For developers, an API is also provided, allowing you to write your own scripts for others in your organisation to use.

To find out more, see Sentry-go - Running the Scripting Wizard (PDF), or see a step by step example below.
 

The Wizard in Action

 
Step 1. Start the Wizard. It will ask you to select your template after you click "Next". The template you choose will be dependent on the type of script you wish to build. Alternaticaly you can download additional scripts from the on-line Scripting Library ...
  
The Scripting Wizard Introduction window  
 
Step 2. Once the template has been selected, name your new script. It will be generated with this name & location ...
 

 Scripting Wizard naming window
 
Step 3. Now you simply follow the on-screen prompts. The Wizard will scan the template and request any information it needs. Answers may be text-based, a yes/no field, a list selection or more detailed information about a server's address. For example here, the Wizard is requesting information on an e-mail address & server ...
 
Customising the script

... and here we're defining the error message & title that is to be logged, including Sentry-go place-markers ...
 
Passing parameters to the script
  
Step 4. With all the information gathered, the Wizard will combine it with the template to generate your script. Once complete, you can review the generated script (and edit it further if you wish) ...
 
The completed script generated by the wizard
 

VBScripts & Files

 
The Wizard comes with a number of pre-installed templates ...
  • Send a custom e-mail alert using SMTP
  • Send an e-mail alert using an authenticated SMTP server
  • Log an error to a text file
  • Log an error to a local or remote Event Log
  • Play a sound (.WAV File)
  • Send a custom e-mail alert using SMTP
  • Send an SMS/text message via an e-mail (SMTP) gateway provider 
  • Send an SMS/text message via a web (HTTP) gateway provider 
  • Log an error to a SysLog server

Other scripts can be downloaded from the Scripting Library, or you can write your own for others to use using the Wizard's API.
 


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