mRemoteNGDocumentation/howtos/external_tools.rst
External Tools
This example will create a entry that will launch and login to server using filezilla and sftp.
Start with opening up external tools from: :menuselection:Tools --> External Tools And create a New entry.
Change Display Name to FileZilla and Filename to C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exe. See image below:
.. figure:: /images/example_et_start_application_01.png
We then need to arguments to use for filezilla, which we can find out either by searching for it on the great wide
internet or by called the -h parameter to filezilla.exe in powershell:
:code:& 'C:\Program Files\FileZilla FTP Client\filezilla.exe' -h
This will open a small dialog showing the various input parameters. What we are going to use is the following for our entry:
For a complete list of available variables, see the :ref:variables_reference page.
All of the variables are parsed from mRemoteNG connection item to the filezilla command line. So lets build this entry up in External Tools where we add all these items.
.. figure:: /images/example_et_start_application_02.png
Try the launch the FileZilla based external tool now against the server you want to login too and you will notice that the application is launched with the variables.
This example will create a traceroute which you can call on for a connection to get the traceroute to the
connection. Start with opening up external tools from: :menuselection:Tools --> External Tools
And create a New entry. See :doc:/user_interface/external_tools
Change Display Name to Traceroute and Filename to cmd.
See image below:
.. figure:: /images/example_et_traceroute_01.png
Figure 1.0: Showing traceroute init settings
Now comes the interesting part where we fill in arguments that tells the console what to launch. Here are the parts we need:
So lets fill these options in to the arguments like so:
.. figure:: /images/example_et_traceroute_02.png
This is all we really need in order to do a traceroute. Right click on a connection in the connection
list and go to :menuselection:External Tools --> Traceroute which will open a cmd prompt and run a
tracert against the host using hostname variable.
.. figure:: /images/example_et_traceroute_03.png
A console like below will appear that show the traceroute and will not exit until you close the window.
.. figure:: /images/example_et_traceroute_04.png
If you want to use powershell instead. Then follow information below:
Notice that we replaced the /K with -NoExit and changed cmd with powershell.exe. See image below:
.. figure:: /images/example_et_traceroute_05.png
Please check :doc:Common External Tool Configurations </external_tools_cheat_sheet.rst>