Hi *,
I think I know the answer to this already (no) - but is there a way to make a script initiate a winbox GUI element?
i.e. I run certain tests / traceroutes / pings etc with different VRF’s or source IP’s to test different parts of my network - it would be handy if I could ‘pre-script’ these so i just go to system scripts, double click and I get my ready made window with all my settings.
I already have a work-around but its not great, that is to set them all up and then save the session, but then I have to have every test I want opened and configured to save the session, and every time I open the session it has all the configured tests in one hit.
I know I can script the actual tests and run them via CLI, but for some read-only network guys I kind of want it all GUI based.
Thanks,
Joe
Hello Joe
I’m not a script guru, so I’ll send you elsewhere.
Have you considered creating a limited skin (only for web interface though) and only show the tools you wants to be made available?
It’s a somewhat lengthy process, but it could help you. You’ll need to create user accounts with limited access also.
Cheers,
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I prefer not to use webfig - I want it for myself too as super user - so dont want to be logging out / in all the time, and I dont think the skinning tool is flexible enough, as I want the same tool but in many different configs, mostly I want the ping and traceroute tool but with specified src-address (or route table), with a specified ip to ping, to test things like VRF’s and tunnel endpoints. I think my best way is to make this into a custom webpage in our intranet and pull the results via API.
I know it’s not your question, but maybe a raspberry pi?
I have one with scripts for availability (netwatch replacement), and iperf to test my queue trees. I "cron"ed the availability script but I could create a web page from which to launch the queue testing script… Hum, that’s actually an interesting idea. Thanks me! 
Cheers,
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