Hi there. I would like to verify if the SSH service is working but I don't want only to check based on connecting to port 22 (or 23 for Telnet). I want to be able to verify if login is succeeding. Is there any way to achieve this goal? Thanks and regards, Flavio.

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Hi Flavio,

You can use one of the "SSH Sensors" to verify the SSH connectivity and authentication: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/ssh_load_average_sensor https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/ssh_disk_free_sensor https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/ssh_inodes_free_sensor

Just make sure that you add the correct credentials to the device settings.

Best regards.


Jan, 2017 - Permalink

Hi Dariusz, thanks for your reply and suggestion. For what I can read, those are somewhat specific sensors to read average data from a Linux system. I'm wanting to connect via SSH (or Telnet) to Extreme Networks OS (EXOS). How do you suggest reaching this?

Thanks, Flavio.


Jan, 2017 - Permalink

Hi Flavio,

Okay, I wasn't aware of this so unfortunately, you have to build your own custom script which reports back to PRTG. Please find information about custom scripts on the following pages: https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/exe_script_sensor https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/exe_script_advanced_sensor https://kb.paessler.com/en/tags/custom-script-exe/ (Examples)

http(s):<YOURPRTG>/api.htm?tabid=7 (Custom Sensor Documentation)

Best regards.


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