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How to call Node.js instead of python or perl in Alert Script to fire results of the alert to an external system?

tdepuy
Path Finder

Hello,
I am writing an Alert Script to fire results of the Alert to an external system via REST API over HTTPS. Since python doesn't seem to be compiled with HTTPS support, I am looking at other options. It looks like there is a Node.js executable in /opt/splunk/bin which I tested:

boba@splunk:/opt/splunk/bin$
boba@splunk:/opt/splunk/bin$ pwd
/opt/splunk/bin
boba@splunk:/opt/splunk/bin$ ./node --version
v0.8.14
boba@splunk:/opt/splunk/bin$ ./node
> var https = require( 'https' )
undefined
>
undefined
> https
{ Server: { [Function: Server] super_: { [Function: Server] super_: [Object] } },
  createServer: [Function],
  globalAgent:
   { domain: null,
     _events: { free: [Function] },
     _maxListeners: 10,
     options: {},
     requests: {},
     sockets: {},
     maxSockets: 5,
     createConnection: [Function: createConnection] },
  Agent:
   { [Function: Agent]
     super_:
      { [Function: Agent]
        super_: [Function: EventEmitter],
        defaultMaxSockets: 5 } },
  request: [Function],
  get: [Function] }
>

However, when I try to call my "/opt/splunk/bin/scripts/test.js" script:


boba@splunk:/opt/splunk/bin/scripts$ cat test.js

!/opt/splunk/bin/node

"use strict"
var https = require( 'https' );
var fs = require( 'fs' );
var LOGFILE = "my.log"
fs.appendFile( LOGFILE, "Parms: " + process.argv + "\n" )

from the Alert, the splunkd.log prints this:

splunkd.log:10-16-2014 17:28:28.304 -0700 ERROR script - command="runshellscript", Cannot find script at /opt/splunk/bin/scripts/test.js

Despite this:


boba@splunk:/opt/splunk/bin/scripts$ file /opt/splunk/bin/scripts/test.js
/opt/splunk/bin/scripts/test.js: a /opt/splunk/bin/node script, ASCII text executable

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1 Solution

tdepuy
Path Finder

Having a python wrapper script seems to work. This hard codes the path, but demonstrates the functionality.

#!/opt/splunk/bin/python

from subprocess import call
import sys

call( ["/opt/splunk/bin/node", "/opt/splunk/bin/scripts/test.js"] + sys.argv )

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jrodman
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Alert script invocation supports #! scripts, so you can use an executable textfile that looks like #!/path/to/node on the first line.

Errrr, this should work anyway. I'll try it.

Yes, this error makes little sense.

In the current code, this is, in etc/apps/search/bin/runshellscript.py:

if not os.path.exists(script):
    results = splunk.Intersplunk.generateErrorResults('Cannot find script at ' +script)

So this message indeed means that path isn't available. Something else must be going on in the environment, or you may be using a version where this code is different.

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tdepuy
Path Finder

Having a python wrapper script seems to work. This hard codes the path, but demonstrates the functionality.

#!/opt/splunk/bin/python

from subprocess import call
import sys

call( ["/opt/splunk/bin/node", "/opt/splunk/bin/scripts/test.js"] + sys.argv )
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