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Creating an external script actions job

External script actions are external programs (located in the endorsed directory), that can be executed as job actions (as discussed in Creating-a-job). Some external operations that can be executed as external script actions are the following:

  • Archiving device trusted configuration files into a CVS system
  • Updating a device database with configuration elements
  • Resetting the password for all devices based on a dynamically generated password
  • Adding a device record after a new module or virtual device context is provisioned

The product does not ship with external script actions. They are used only when they are imported by using the Admin > Device Adapters from the web-based GUI. For detailed information about how to create new external script actions, see Developing-an-external-script-action-adapter.

The following figure shows an external script action created from one of the examples mentioned in Developing-an-external-script-action-adapter. This script archives device trusted configuration files into a CVS system.

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To configure a script action, you must enter information in the following fields:

 

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