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Below is a description of the script, designed to save the settings of a group of master units on the ftp server.

Running the script is provided on the operating system of the user (administrator). For To periodically run this script you need to use the task scheduler of your operating system (cron, anacron - for * nix, Task Scheduler, nnCron - for Win, etc.)

To run the script requires Python 3, the distributive which can be downloaded here: https://www.python.org/downloads/, or install installed from the repository of your operating system.

To configure the script You must specify the parameters in the User settings tab:

Parameter

Function

username

User account name with administrator privileges on the device

password

User account password with administrator privileges on the device

ftpurl

FTP server address

ftpuser

FTP server user

ftppassword

FTP server password

ftpdir

FTP directory for copies of setting files

List The list of monitoring units' IP addresses is defined in the file hosts.txt with one IP address on each line. For Example:

hosts.txt
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192.168.0.193
192.168.0.194
telemetry.asia

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The text of the script is attached below:

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vtbackup.py Group settings backup
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#!/usr/bin/python3
#
# vtbackup.py 
# 
# Vutlan backup settings script v.0.3
#
__author__ = 'Vutlan'

import datetime
import ftplib
import hashlib
import os
import sys
import time
import urllib.request
from urllib.request import urlretrieve
import urllib.parse
from xml.dom.minidom import parse, parseString

# get Python version
# print(sys.version_info)

#-----------------------------------
#
# User settings
#
#-----------------------------------
# admin username on device
username = 'guest'
# password on device 
password = 'guest' # or setup hash: h=...
hash_object = hashlib.sha1(str.encode(password))
h = hash_object.hexdigest()
#print(h)
# ftp url:
ftpurl = 'ftp.server.com'
# ftp user name:
ftpuser = 'user'
# password for ftp user:
ftppassword = 'pass'
# directory on ftp server:
ftpdir = '/savesettings/'
#-----------------------------------


#
# make filename by timestamp
#
def MakeFilename(host, prefix='settings_', ext='.vut'):
    timeStamp =  datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime("%b-%d-%y-%H:%M:%S")
    filename = prefix+host+'-'+timeStamp+ext
    return filename

#
# auth procedure
#
def QueryAuth(host, username, h):
    param = "querytype=auth&name=%s&h=%s" % (username, h)
    hosturl="http://"+host+"/"
  
    response = urllib.request.urlopen(hosturl+"engine.htm", param.encode("ascii"))   
    #print(response.read());

    xmldoc = parseString(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
    itemlist = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('error')
    if len(itemlist) :
        print("Error"+itemlist[0].attributes['type'].value)
        return
    else :
      itemlist = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('user')

      if len(itemlist) :
          k=itemlist[0].attributes['k'].value
          #print(k)
          return k

#
# get settings procedure
#
def QuerySettingsGet(host, k, filename):
    hosturl="http://"+host+"/"
    param = ("k=%s" % (k))
    urlretrieve(hosturl+"settings.htm?"+param, filename)

#
# get dump procedure
#
def QueryDumpGet(host, k):
    param = "&txt=true&id=201001"
    pparam = ("k=%s&%s" % (k,param))
    print(pparam)
    urlretrieve(hosturl+"dump.htm?"+pparam, "dump.xml")

#
# Upload to FTP server 
#
def FtpUpload(ftpurl, ftpuser,ftppassword, ftpdir, filename):
    # file to send
    file = open(filename,'rb')

    # send the file
    session = ftplib.FTP(ftpurl, ftpuser, ftppassword)
    session.cwd(ftpdir)
    session.storbinary('STOR '+filename, file)
    session.quit()

    # close file
    file.close()

#
# backup device settings 
#
def HostBackup(host):
    # make filename
    filename = MakeFilename(host)
    #print(filename)
    #return 
    
    try :
        # auth on device
        k = QueryAuth(host, username,h)
        #print(k)

        # get file settings from device
        QuerySettingsGet(host, k, filename)

        # upload to ftp
        FtpUpload(ftpurl, ftpuser,ftppassword, ftpdir, filename)

        # tidy 
        os.remove(filename)
        print("%s\t - backup succeeded" % (host))
    except:
        print("%s\t - backup failed" % (host))   

#
# backup settings for devices from list (text file)
#
def HostsListBackup(hosts):
    with open(hosts, 'r') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
        for host in lines:
            HostBackup(host.rstrip('\n')) 
    
#
# main programm
#

HostsListBackup("hosts.txt");     

Download: vtbackup.py


To run the script, you must run:

Start script
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> python vtbackup.py

or

$ python3 vtbackup.py

In this case, the path to the python Python interpreter must be specified in the PATH, or you must specify the full path in the start line.

The result of the script:

Result
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192.168.0.193     - backup succeeded
192.168.0.194     - backup failed
telemetry.asia    - backup succeeded

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