Can ITMS Tasks Run Shell Commands on Linux (Unix) Systems?

Products

• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Is there is a way, similar to what can be done when managing Windows computers, to run Tasks on Linux systems using command lines (shell/bash) like find, cat, grep, systemctl,etc?

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

ITMS 8.x does provide RUN SCRIPT options that include "UNIX script" from the SMP Console as you see if the following screenshot:

Manage > Jobs and Tasks > New (Task) > Run Script

Here's a screenshot of a quick test that shows a test of "cat" is working:

The ITMS documentation that explains this is found at:

Run Script Task Page