Save Admin Time With VShell^® Server And Triggers

VShell server triggers give you the power to track and respond to a wide variety of network events. You can send admin alerts on failed logon attempts or script actions after SFTP uploads and download events — think of triggers as the nerve endings of your network.

Save admin time with automation "triggers" to monitor network use

Busy system administrators have bigger issues to attend to than moving files from one folder to another or manually scanning uploaded files for virus infections. Always on the run, they could also use some way of being notified that someone has exceeded the permitted number of logon attempts — often an early sign of an intrusion attempt. VShell server helps administrators deal with these issues with triggers.

Triggers allow an administrator to initiate file operations like anti-virus scans or moving files from an upload folder to a destination folder. The VShell server provides an extensive set of trigger conditions that allow administrators to script a variety of common tasks.

Let's say you want to run a virus scan on any file that is uploaded to your file system. Here is how this would work:

1. You begin setting up an SFTP file upload trigger by checking the upload box in the VShell Control Panel, which enables the upload trigger.
2. Next, set the response by entering a command argument (Windows) or adding a line to the VShell configuration file (UNIX).
3. Once you close the Control Panel, the VShell server will begin to watch for SFTP upload events and respond.

The trigger argument can invoke an application or call a script or batch file to process the file(s) after they have been successfully uploaded to the VShell server. Variables for file path and user are available to customize the resulting action.

Download triggers can be used to initiate an automated action after a file has been downloaded. As an example, a file can be automatically moved or deleted once it has been downloaded, or an e-mail can be sent to notify the administrator that the file has been retrieved.

The failed authentication trigger initiates a command after a user exceeds the permitted number of logon attempts and can be used to send an e-mail or page notification to the administrator. This trigger provides the ability to embed IP address, time, and user information into the message.

Here is a complete list of trigger conditions available for system control:

• Download
• Failed authentication
• Login
• Logout
• File Rename
• File Delete
• Folder Create
• Folder Rename
• Folder Delete

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