How to test/simulate an event to trigger an event script

how to test an event to trigger a script

instead of waiting for an event to happen you can generate an event using the logger command from the cli.

First you need to get the attribute of the event if you want to pass an argument to the script. Use "help syslog <command>" 

jnpr@router> help syslog UI_CHILD_EXITED    

Name:          UI_CHILD_EXITED

Message:       Child exited: PID <pid>, status <return-value><core-dump-status>, command '<command>'

Help:          Child process of mgd exited

In help syslog the attribute will be displayed inside the <> bracket.

pid, return-value, core-dump-status, and command are the attributes

jnpr@router# show event-options

policy test {

    events ui_child_exited;

    then {

        event-script test.slax {

            arguments {

                mib "{$UI_CHILD_EXITED.pid}";

            }

            output-filename ARG;

            destination local;

        }

    }

}

destinations {

    local {

        archive-sites {

            "ftp://user:password@192.168.1.1";

        }

    }

}

go into shell as root and then issue the logger command

logger [-e event-id/tag] [-p priority] [-d daemon] [-a attr=value]

       [message]

root@router% logger -e UI_CHILD_EXITED -a "pid=111" test-syslog-message

jnpr@router# run show log messages

Jun 30 23:57:45 router clear-log[6242]: logfile cleared

Jun 30 23:58:01  router logger: UI_CHILD_EXITED: test-syslog-message

Jun 30 23:58:02  router root: invoke-commands: Executed /tmp/evt_cmd_k0dUOC, output to /tmp/evt_op_YRuPs6 in text format

Jun 30 23:58:02  router ftpd[6259]: connection from 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)

Jun 30 23:58:02  router ftpd[6259]: FTP LOGIN FROM 192.168.1.1 as user

Jun 30 23:58:02  router root: transfer-file: Transferred /tmp/evt_op_YRuPs6

[edit]

jnpr@router# run file show router_ARG_20090701_065802

root@router> op test.slax mib "111"

111

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script

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root@router% more test.slax

version 1.0;

ns junos = "http://xml.juniper.net/junos/*/junos";

ns xnm = "http://xml.juniper.net/xnm/1.1/xnm";

ns jcs = "http://xml.juniper.net/junos/commit-scripts/1.0";

import "../import/junos.xsl";

var $arguments = <argument> {

    <name> "mib";

}

param $mib;

match / {

    <op-script-results> {

        <output method = "text"> {

                    expr $mib;

            <xsl:document href = "/var/home/jnpr/text.txt"> {

                copy-of $mib;

            }

        }

    }