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NAME

nrun - run a single command or script on a multiple of target servers synchronously.

SYNOPSIS

nrun -t HOST1[,HOST2,...] [-p MAX] [-l DIR] [-t SEC] [--mode MODE] [--dump-results] [--copy] [--no-hostname] [--no-logfile] [--skip-ping-check] [--skip-ns-check] [--version] -- COMMAND

DESCRIPTION

nrun will run a single command or script on a multiple of target servers synchronously.

the underlying remote access mechanism is exchangeable. as of now, ssh, nsh, rsh and local execution modes are implemented.

CONFIGURATION

special configuration options for the different modes and additional all commandline options can be given in a configuration file.

the following three places will be searched for configuration files (values in the last configuration file will overwrite values in the first configuration file):

- $FindBin::Bin/../etc/nrun.config

- /etc/nrun.config

- $HOME/.nrun.config

###
# global options
$options->{ssh_binary}   = "/usr/bin/ssh";
$options->{scp_binary}   = "/usr/bin/scp";
$options->{ssh_args}     = "-o PreferredAuthentications=publickey";
$options->{ssh_user}     = "root";
$options->{scp_args}     = "-o PreferredAuthentications=publickey";
$options->{scp_user}     = "root";
$options->{arg_mode}     = "ssh";
$options->{arg_parallel} = 5;
$options->{arg_timeout}  = 60;

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LOGGING

on each execution run, the command output and exit code will be saved inside the logging directory. the default logging directory is $HOME/.nrun.

- $LOGDIR/results.log - will contain the exit codes

- $LOGDIR/output.log - will contain the complete command output for all hosts

- $LOGDIR/hosts/HOSTNAME.log - will contain the command output for a single host

MODES

mode ssh

use ssh as the underlying remote access mechanism.

the following configuration options must be set in the configuration file:

'ssh_args' - arguments supplied to the ssh binary

'scp_args' - arguments supplied to the scp binary

'ssh_binary' - ssh binary to be executed

'scp_binary' - scp binary to be executed

'ssh_user' - ssh login user

'scp_user' - scp login user

for passwordless login ssh-agent can be used:

# ssh-keygen
# scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub $USER@$HOST:.ssh/authorized_keys

# eval `ssh-agent`
# ssh-add

to prevent any ssh interaction the following ssh command paramters are suggested:

-o PreferredAuthentications=hostbased,publickey
-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no
-o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null
-q

mode local

execute the script locally for each host and set the environment variable TARGET_HOST on each execution.

mode nsh

use nsh as the underlying remote access mechanism.

the following configuration options must be set in the configuration file:

'agentinfo_args' - arguments supplied to the agentinfo binary

'nexec_args' - arguments supplied to the nexec binary

'ncp_args' - arguments supplied to the ncp binary

'agentinfo_binary' - agentinfo binary to be executed

'nexec_binary' - nexec binary to be executed

'ncp_binary' - ncp binary to be executed

mode rsh

use rsh as the underlying remote access mechanism.

the following configuration options must be set in the configuration file:

'rsh_args' - arguments supplied to the rsh binary

'rcp_args' - arguments supplied to the rcp binary

'rsh_binary' - rsh binary to be executed

'rcp_binary' - rcp binary to be executed

'rsh_user' - rsh login user

'rcp_user' - rcp login user

OPTIONS

--target,-t HOST1[,HOST2,...] comma separated list of target hosts (see TARGETS).

--parallel,-p MAX number of parallel connections (defaults to 5).

--dump-results,-d instead of dumping the command output, dump the exit status.

--log-directory,-l DIR base directory for the log files.

--timeout SEC timeout for each command execution (defaults to 60).

--copy,-c copy command to target host before execution.

--no-hostname omit hostname prefix.

--no-logfile do not generate any log files.

--skip-ping-check skip checking if the host answers on ping.

--skip-ns-check skip checking if the hostname is resolvable.

--version,-v print the version string and exit.

--mode,-m MODE remote execution mode (see MODES)

TARGETS

a target name may be either a filename containing the target hosts, one per line, an alias definition in the configuration file or simply a hostname.

if there is a conflict, for example an alias named identically as an existing file, the alias will always overrule the filename and the filename will always overrule the hostname.

an alias can be defined in the configuration file the following way. an alias definition may contain additional alias names, filenames or simply hostnames.

$options->{alias} = {

	production  => [ "host1", "host2" ],
	development => [ "host3", "host4" ],
	all         => [ "production", "development" ],
}

EXAMPLES

1. run the command "ls" on host1 and host2.

$ nrun --target host1,host2 -- ls

2. run the command "ls -al" on host1, host2 and all hosts in the file HOSTS.LST.

$ nrun --target HOSTS.LST,host1,host2 -- ls -al

3. run the command "ls" on all hosts in the file HOSTS.LST - mode "ssh".

$ nrun --target HOSTS.LST --mode ssh -- ls

4. copy the script bin/script.sh to each target hosts and execute it.

$ nrun --target HOSTS.LST --copy -- bin/script.sh

5. execute the local script test.sh for each target host

$ nrun --target HOSTS.LST --mode local -- ./test.sh

NOTES

inspecting long running processes

it is possible to signal nrun with USR1 and USR2 to dump, resp. save the currently running processes. if nrun is signaled with USR2, it will create a file in the directory it was started in called trace.txt.

the integer in square brackets is the pid of the perl process and the integer in round brackets is the pid of the executed process.

	$ kill -USR1 1234
        [14760]: (14761) TARGET_HOST=localhost /tmp/test.sh
        [14760]: 1
        [14760]: 2
        [14756]: (14757) TARGET_HOST=qn439 /tmp/test.sh
        [14756]: 1
        [14756]: 2

transferring the public key

the helper script misc/put_pubkey can be used to transfer the ssh public key to the target hosts without supplying a password for each login. it is meant to be executed by the nrun script in mode local.

$ nrun -t HOSTS.LST --mode local --timeout 120 -- ./put_pubkey KEY USER PWD

AUTHOR

Timo Benk <benk@b1-systems.de>

SEE ALSO

ncopy(1), dsh(1)