I want to automate a job in my windows server,Can any one please share some idea or initiation for this scenario?
I like to connect from my windows server to another windows server and download the oracle database table in .csv format and place in my system folder.And this job should run every day.
Basically, i'm into UNIX platform but i want to do this in WINDOWS platform, Thank you for your support!!
You need to create a small application to do that, you can use ASP.NET to build the application, or PHP, but the latter will require more effort to setup the environment. After the application built, you will have to create windows task scheduler to execute the application at a specified time.
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My boss asked me to use Airflow to manage many batch file executions on two Windows Servers.
His concern is that he doesn’t like the e-mail system for reporting each batch execution at the end, indicating success or problems.
He wants a “cool” web page to manage and start batch files from there if need be (really rare, only when there is a failure you have to manually start a batch file).
I did setup Airflow using WSL2, it is working, and I’m able to launch a Windows batch from Airflow. The problem is that it always report errors (red dot in the Airflow interface).
I did search a lot, and I didn’t find anyone who seems to be using Airflow for Windows Servers batch control.
I must mention that the batch files mainly just transfer files from local servers to other clients via FTP.
It seems to me that Airflow is not the solution here, and it is like using a tank to kill a bee…
I’m I right? I want to make it clear to my boss that this is spending money and hour of work on something that is not needed here.
Please share your thought! Thanks!
I want to automate applications/roles/features deployment (unattended) on Windows 2012 R2 Infrastructure, this project needs many hours of programming, this is why i'm asking here.
I want to deploy the following applications and roles : Active Directory, DNS, Sql Server 2012, Citrix XenApp Server, Citrix XenDesktop server, Citrix Datacollector, Citrix Licence server, Citrix Storefront server.
So the basic deployment will be on 8 servers (already installed on ESXi, with ip configuration only).
I imagined this scenario :
I will fill a CSV file that contains all of information, and execute Powershell scripts to deploy everything, we can imagine 1 script that will call different scripts for each components (sql, ad, dns, citrix etc..)
I don't want to depend of any tool (sccm, puppet or whatever..), this is the reasons why i want to create it from scratch -> But maybe i'm wrong.
I also read that there is a new feature called Powershell DSC, to simplify application deployment http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/08/30/introducing-powershell-desired-state-configuration-dsc.aspx
There is a simple example : if you need 4 iis webserver then, execute this code :
Configuration DeployWebServers
{
Node ("test1.domain.com","test2.domain.com","test3.domain.com","test4.domain.com")
{
Windows-Feature IIS
{
Name = "Web-Server"
Ensure = "Present"
}
}
}
DeployWebServers -OutputPath "C:\scripts"
Start-DscConfiguration -path "C:\scripts" -Verbose -Wait -Force
But in my case i'll have only 1 server per application/roles or feature, if i understand well, this feature is interesting only if you need to deploy the same configuration on (x) servers
What's your advice? Should i choose to write powershell script from scratch? Or choose a solution like puppet or chef (much easier), but in this case i'll be dependant of a tool.
The best solution would be to use a sql database -> The final goal of my project is a web application with a database who will execute my powershell scripts to deploy my infrastructure
Of course from this web application, I will populate my database through forms, and my powershell scripts will query this database to get informations (ip address, client name, domain name, password, users...)**
Thank you for your advice.
Chef or Puppet will be the easiest way forward and both tools have been around for long enough for you not to worry about them disappearing off the internents. Both work, pretty much, out of the box and will get you up and running in a considerably lesser time than if you were to design your own system.
Having said that, a benefit of going with a PS solution is it doesn't require any agents installed on destination boxes(connectivity thanks to WinRM). Ultimately you can wrap it up as a Powershell module, hand it out to your sysadmins and retain full control of what's going on under the hood.
A PS solution will give you full control, better understanding of underlying process - but that will at cost of time and other design headaches.
To sum up: if you have the time, the will or a specific use case then go with PS. Otherwise do what the big boys do and save yourself reinventing the wheel - or seventeen.
Disclaimer: I did the PS thing for a previous employer.
If you're looking for a repeatable deployment solution, and you don't might using some light, free, infrastructure, I propose you use Windows ADK 8.1 and MDT 2013 (if you're using Windows Server 2012 R2). You can develop a front end to chose a deployment type. Rather than using a csv file, all the information can be contained within the Task Sequence, and can be configured to trigger tasks on different conditions.
Johan Arwidmark from deploymentresearch.com has developed a great example of this called Hydration Kit, with full Step-by-Step Guide that sets up a Configuration Manager 2012 R2 infrastructure, running on Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2012 SP1, in either Hyper-V or VMware. If you ask him nicely, he might allow you to use his work as a base for your project.
I need to create setup file for installation of these:
-Web app
-Win service
-Run some sql scripts.
I wanted to do all in one setup. For example I want to make method like CreateSetup and in that method to create setup file which will contain installation/run of above 3 things.
If you have some links or idea how to do it please share.
Thank you in advance.
If I come across some solution I will post it here for others as well.
It might very well be worth your while to sit down and learn WIX, it seems the preferred method of dealing with more complex setups. I haven't done the tasks outlined here, but I did mange to have an installer that set up an application on a Windows Mobile device.
Looking around a bit, it does seem you can install web applications: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/115036/Creating-WIX-Installer-for-ASP-NET-Web-Application
And a windows service: http://blog.tentaclesoftware.com/archive/2009/01/01/21.aspx
And run SQL scripts: How to run sql script to create database using Wix
It does appear you could even capture what is required to build a SQL string through the windows installer GUI, and use that to know where to run the SQL script, and set up any needed connection strings.
I'm looking for a guide for write a update mechanism for Windows 7.
I currently have a software wich 2.exe files. The first one looks for a webservice and if a update is there loads it as tempfile and runs the other exe. the other one overrides the main exe with the update and starts the new version. Could I do this without running both in Administration mode?
You would have to run the updating program as a service.
I have a windows server 2003 up in the internet.
But sometime I need to restart it.
After restart, I want one of the applications to run.
I want to do this all programatically.
I can now remotely restart the server.
But the question is how can I ask that piece of software to be executed (more precisely, I want to execute a .BAT file to ask a tomcat to run)?
Because I don't want to manually log in to the machine and start that application. That is time consuming. Is there any possible way, once the machine is started, my application will be run as well?
If you're developing an application that should always be running on the server, you probably need to implement it as a Windows service. For C#, see the classes in the System.ServiceProcess namespace -- you will need to inherit from ServiceBase.
Alternatively, you can set the program to be run as a scheduled task on boot. See the Task Scheduler API to do this.
You can install Cygwin and then do it the same way we'd do it on a Linux box: via ssh, using keys.
OpenSSH is not part of the default Cygwin install, so be sure to select it. It's in the Net category.
Then, after you've installed Cygwin and sshd, read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README to learn how to set up sshd as a service, so it will answer requests automatically, without you having to start the ssh daemon manually.
Finally, set up keys, as described in the link above.
Part of the ssh protocol is a way to ask a remote machine to launch a program. Setting it up with keys lets you do it without needing a password.
You could try xCmd, which is a freeware app to run a command on a remote machine.