[Headless unix VBox snapshot creation.]

Just in case if anyone interested, I'm sharing my script that support Unix headless Virtual Box snapshot creation.

 

I have two VirtualBox machine (Linux, Win10) and both are running under different username.

Since, pulseway is running under root privilege, I should use su to virtualbox user and pass the specific command to shell.

Please update as needed.

Thanks

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#!/bin/bash
NOW=`date +"%m-%d-%Y-%T"`
SNAPSHOT_NAME_Linux="Linux_$NOW"
SNAPSHOT_NAME_Win10="Win10_$NOW"
SNAPSHOT_DESCRIPTION="Snapshot taken on $NOW"

su -l "vboxusername" -c "/usr/bin/VBoxManage snapshot Linux take "$SNAPSHOT_NAME_Linux" --description "$SNAPSHOT_DESCRIPTION"" &
su -l "vboxusername" -c "/usr/bin/VBoxManage snapshot Win10 take "$SNAPSHOT_NAME_Win10" --description "$SNAPSHOT_DESCRIPTION"" &

exit 0

[Ubuntu update]

And, some modification with status update email.

 

#!/bin/bash
tmpfile=$( /bin/mktemp -t )
from= xxx@xxxx.xxx
to= yyy@yyyy.yyy
/bin/echo return-path: $to >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo for: $to >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo from: $from >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo to: $to >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo subject: Ubuntu Update Pulseway Script Status >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo Message: >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo APT-GET Update was run: $( /bin/date +%c ) >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo -n "Result: " >> $tmpfile
/usr/bin/apt-get -qy update > /dev/null
/usr/bin/apt-get -qy dist-upgrade | grep -i installed >> $tmpfile
/bin/echo >> $tmpfile
/bin/cat $tmpfile | sendmail -t
/bin/rm $tmpfile
exit 0

[Ubuntu update]

Hi, maybe this is too simple but I'm using for my Ubuntu machine update. 

Just in case, somebody who also need like me.

 

#!/bin/bash

/usr/bin/apt-get -qy update > /dev/null
/usr/bin/apt-get -qy dist-upgrade > /dev/null
exit 0

[Remote Desktop behind UTM]

I found the issue.

 

It was dropped by our IPS rule. I just whitelist *.pulseway.com also in IPS and works like charm.

 

Thanks for your help.

[Remote Desktop behind UTM]

Yes, I allow outbound 443 and set rule and even I set the rule for "Skip SSL decryption, don't filter content, allow all" for *.pulseway.com

 

But, still I have connection error for remote connect.

 

Do you have any server other than *.pulseway.com? like IP range or aws? Because, I saw some drop packet that from Amazon AWS.

 

Thanks

[Remote Desktop behind UTM]

Hi,

 

I have an error message when try to connect the systems behind a Corporate firewall. (see message capture).

 

But, any system that has public IP, it works perfect.

 

Do I need to open specific port for this service at firewall? or allow traffic from specific network?

 

Thanks