scMerlin scMerlin - service and script control menu for AsusWRT-Merlin

[maghuro]

vpn_serverx_start will contain the number of server instances that are enabled, separated by a comma.

As @Jack Yaz Said:

Best you've got is whether it is enabled or not, but that can be a red herring if it is supposed to be running but hasn't turned on yet

... Or if by error the server turned off by himself

 

[Butterfly Bones]

As @Jack Yaz Said:

Best you've got is whether it is enabled or not, but that can be a red herring if it is supposed to be running but hasn't turned on yet

... Or if by error the server turned off by himself

I might misunderstand what watchdog does, but I think this will check that and maybe restart(?) since it runs every two minutes, this is in my cron jobs. I'm guessing set when I enable or reboot / start the VPN server.

*/2 * * * * /etc/openvpn/server1/vpns-watchdog1.sh #CheckVPNServer1#

 

[maghuro]

I might misunderstand what watchdog does, but I think this will check that and maybe restart(?) since it runs every two minutes, this is in my cron jobs. I'm guessing set when I enable or reboot / start the VPN server.

*/2 * * * * /etc/openvpn/server1/vpns-watchdog1.sh #CheckVPNServer1#

Yes I just checked and it's in my cron also!

if [ -z $(pidof vpnserver1) ]
then
   service restart_vpnserver1
fi

So in that case, as Merlin said, you just have to use vpn_serverx_start to see if it's on or off.

 

[Jack Yaz]

vpn_serverx_start will contain the number of server instances that are enabled, separated by a comma.

Is the same logic applicable to vpn_clientx_eas ?

 

[maghuro]

Is the same logic applicable to vpn_clientx_eas ?

For what I see, yes.

The difference is VPN clients don't have a watchdog, so the way you did for clients is perfect (if they an have address)

 

[maghuro]

Off topic. What's that V, X and sometimes a yellow dot on some commits?

 

[Jack Yaz]

v1.1.1 is now available
Changelog:

NEW: Restart configured VPN Clients and VPN Servers
NEW: Added warning for RT-AC86U owners on reboot re. power loss

 

[maghuro]

v1.1.1 is now available
Changelog:

NEW: Restart configured VPN Clients and VPN Servers
NEW: Added warning for RT-AC86U owners on reboot re. power loss

You sir are amazing!
Thank you so much!

 

[maghuro]

Houston, we've a problem
As you can see, I have client 1, 2 and 4 configured.
However, on the script, it's shown client 1, 2 and 3.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Houston, we've a problem
As you can see, I have client 1, 2 and 4 configured.
However, on the script, it's shown client 1, 2 and 3.

What do you get for

nvram show 2> /dev/null | grep ^vpn_client._addr

 

[maghuro]

What do you get for

nvram show 2> /dev/null | grep ^vpn_client._addr

VPN client 1, 2 and 4 populated.
3 and 5 empty

 

[Jack Yaz]

VPN client 1, 2 and 4 populated.
3 and 5 empty

Just pushed a change which should fix this, hopefully

 

[maghuro]

Just pushed a change which should fix this, hopefully

Ho yes, perfect as usual!

Thanks Jack!

 

[dave14305]

So what about the notion of adapting scMerlin as an iOS Shortcut or Android Tasker (or whatever is equivalent these days)? It would be useful to prime the menu with the list of applicable commands for the user’s current setup on the router (e.g. ddns, vsftpd enabled/disabled, etc.).

 

[thelonelycoder]

So what about the notion of adapting scMerlin as an iOS Shortcut or Android Tasker (or whatever is equivalent these days)? It would be useful to prime the menu with the list of applicable commands for the user’s current setup on the router (e.g. ddns, vsftpd enabled/disabled, etc.).

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You must be bored to death

 

[dave14305]

You must be bored to death

It’s a childish boredom where I get interested in something and then drop it once I’ve had enough.

 

[dave14305]

On the other hand, I’ve frequently thought that if a user is savvy enough to login to their router via SSH and run scmerlin, then they probably don’t need the menu system.

But setup a shortcut with the router SSH and they can press a button on their phone, which is useful for true novices.

 

[JGrana]

On the other hand, I’ve frequently thought that if a user is savvy enough to login to their router via SSH and run scmerlin, then they probably don’t need the menu system.

But setup a shortcut with the router SSH and they can press a button on their phone, which is useful for true novices.

I believe I am savvy enough to login and use SSH - but when I need to restart something like httpd, dnsmasq, etc. I often forget the "service" name. Jack's menu does the work for me.
Since the application "service" does no checking of any kind, it's easy to think you restarted something. I.e - type in "service restart-life"
It will happily say "Done."

I like the iOS app idea as well.

 

[heysoundude]

These are early rumblings of a Merlin app to be available at some point in the future, much like Asus has one of their own
I can count the number of times I’ve used the diversion shortcut on one appendage’s digits.
But if it did more, in one place...


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[L&LD]

Please, no app. RMerlin or otherwise.