The Pulseway Watcher is a small script written in PowerShell that adds an entry to Windows Task Scheduler. In an unlikely event of Pulseway service becoming unavailable, the newly created Task Scheduler entry will automatically restart the service.
In order to deploy it on a single machine please follow the following steps:
- Create a script
Navigate to WebApp - > Automation -> Scripts -> Build-In and select the New Script
Copy the script from the bottom section of this document, paste it and save as PowerShell
2. Execute it
Navigate to WebApp -> Systems -> Systems -> your_system_name -> Scripts
Select the Pulseway Watcher script
and execute it!
In order to deploy it on multiple machines please follow the following steps:
- Create a script
Navigate to WebApp - > Automation -> Scripts -> Build-In and select the New Script
Copy the script from the bottom section of this document, paste it and save as PowerShell:
2. Create a task and run it
Navigate to WebApp - > Automation -> Tasks and select the Create Task
Fill out the Overview tab and select your scope from the drop down menu
In the Script tab select the Pulseway Watcher script and add it to the task by selecting the “+” sign. You can now save it.
Once completed go back to the Task section and run it in the usual manner.
Script:
#Create the scheduled task Pulseway Watcher
# https://www.pulseway.com/download/startcheck.txt
Path for the Pulseway watcher
$file = $false
$workdir = $Env:WinDir
# Check if work directory exists if not create it
try{
#check if the file exists. If yes, then delete it'
$file = Test-Path -Path "$workdir\pulseway_watcher.cmd"
If ($file)
{ Remove-Item -Path "$workdir\pulseway_watcher.cmd" -force
Write-Host "The file was updated"
}
# Download the Pulseway watcher
$source = "https://www.pulseway.com/download/startcheck.txt"
$destination = "$workdir\pulseway_watcher.cmd"
# Check if Invoke-Webrequest exists otherwise execute WebClient
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$webclient.DownloadFile($source, $destination)
Start-Sleep -s 10
# Check if the scheduled task 'Pulseway watcher' exists, if not, then create it.
$taskExists = schtasks /query /TN "Pulseway Watcher" 2>NULL
#$taskExists = Get-ScheduledTask -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Where-Object {$_.TaskName -like "Pulseway Watcher" } | select state
if($taskExists) {
Write-Host "The scheduled task 'Pulseway Watcher' already exists"
exit 0
} else {
SCHTASKS /Create /SC MINUTE /MO 5 /TN "Pulseway Watcher" /TR $destination /RU SYSTEM
Write-Host "The scheduled task 'Pulseway Watcher' was created successfully"
exit 0
}
}catch{
Write-Host "An unexpected error occurred"
Break
exit 1
}
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