One of the biggest problems that I have had with PowerShell is that it’s just too good. I want to use it for everything. Need to perform automation based on monitoring events? Pwsh. Want to update rows in a database when someone clicks a link on a webpage? Pwsh. Want to automate annoying your friends with the push of a button on your phone? Pwsh. I use it for everything. There is just one problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am lazy and impatient. Ok, that’s two problems. Maybe counting is a third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want things to happen instantly. I don’t want to schedule something in task scheduler. I don’t want have to run a script manually. I want an API like end-point that will allow me to trigger my shenanigans immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, and I want it to be simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enter FluentD<\/a>. What is Fluentd you ask? From the website – “Fluentd allows you to unify data collection and consumption for a better use and understanding of data.” I don’t necessarily agree with this statement, though – I believe it’s so much more than that. I view it more like an integration engine with a wide community of plug-ins<\/a> that allow you to integrate a wide variety of toolsets. It’s simple, light-weight, and quick. It doesn’t consume a ton of resources sitting in the background, either. You can run it on a ton of different platforms too – *nix, windows, docker, etc\u2026 There is even a slim version for edge devices – IOT or small containers. And I can run it all on-prem if I want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What makes it so nice to use with PowerShell is that I can have a web API endpoint stood up in seconds that will trigger my PowerShell scripts. Literally – it’s amazingly simple. A simple config file like this is all it takes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boom – you have an listener on port 9880 ready to accept data. If you want to run a PowerShell script from the data it receives, just expand your config file a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With this config file you are telling FluentD to listen on port 9880 (http:\/\/localhost:9880\/automation?) for traffic. If it sees a JSON payload (post request) on that port, it will execute the command specified – in this case, my script to amuse me and annoy my friends. All I have to do is run this as a service on my Windows box (or a process on *Nix, of course) and I have a fully functioning PowerShell executing web API endpoint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It doesn’t have to just be web, either. They have over 800 plug-ins<\/a> for input and output channels. Want SNMP traps to trigger your scripts? You can do it. How about an entry in a log starting your PowerShell fun? Sure! Seriously – take a look at FluentD and how it can up your PowerShell game immensely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the biggest problems that I have had with PowerShell is that it’s just too good. I want to use it for everything. Need to perform automation based on monitoring events? Pwsh. Want to update rows in a database when someone clicks a link on a webpage? Pwsh. Want to automate annoying your friends … Continue reading “EASY PowerShell API Endpoint with FluentD”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-powershell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599,"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/draith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<source>\n @type http\n port 9880\n<\/source>\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<source>\n @type http\n port 9880\n<\/source>\n\n#Outputs\n<match **>\n @type exec\n command "e:\/tasks\/pwsh\/pwsh.exe -file e:\/tasks\/pwsh\/events\/start-annoyingpeople.ps1"\n <format>\n @type json\n <\/format>\n <buffer>\n flush_interval 2s\n <\/buffer>\n<\/match><\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n