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Subject:	Isn't there a folder within
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2016-02-24 19:51

Isn't there a folder within ZenPacks to hold binaries used by the ZenPack

Also, used to be (in Zenoss 4) that you could use the following TALES expression:

${here/ZenPackManager/packsZenPacks.org.service/path}/libexec/ to reference the libexec folder of the ZenPack. I would use that all the time, I think you could put your script in there and launch it with the appropriate TALES expression. This would also have the benefit of you packaging your stuff neatly in a ZenPack.

I have not tried this yet in Zenoss 5, so someone else might chime in to confirm/deny that this still works in 5.x

Manuel

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Subject:	After establishing a
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2016-02-24 20:46

After establishing a connection to an analytical data source, you can use an AdomdCommand object to run commands against and return results from that data source.

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Subject:	Data Source Command in Core 5
Author:	[Not Specified]
Posted:	2016-07-15 12:24

Identify the service to attach:

serviced service status

Attach to the service for updates:

serviced service shell -s myupdate01 -i zencommand bash

Pull the script from host and make links:

su - zenoss

scp zen_host@172.17.0.1:/opt/zenoss_extensions/my_db_datasource.py /opt/zenoss/var/ext/

chmod a+x /opt/zenoss/var/ext/my_db_datasource.py

cd /opt/zenoss/libexec/

ln -s /opt/zenoss/var/ext/my_db_datasource.py my_db_datasource

exit

Exit from container:

exit

Commit changes:

serviced snapshot commit myupdate01

Restart the service:

serviced service restart zencommand

NOTE: the files in /opt/zenoss/var/ext/ will get preserved across upgrades while the libexec link will have to be re-created