Users on Webserver Report/Scripts

jimmy_mccubbins

I can run reports that show what users are connected to SolarWinds, but I am running into problems trying to identify what webserver they are accessing SolarWinds from.  

We have been getting sporadic issues that aren't effecting everyone and it came down to that users on a specific webserver all had the issue but only a couple of them were actually vocal about it.  

It would have resolved quicker had we been able to identify what webserver these users were on from the beginning. 

Any reports or scripts out there i can piggy back off of?

mesverrum

It's kind of a chore, but if you don't use the precompiled version of the orion website you can modify the footer of the page to display the hostname of the webserver a user is connected to.  The main nuisance is that every patch and upgrade SW tries to sneak you back to the pre compiled version and take away your hacks.  Here are some excerpts from the powershell script I used to keep my custom stuff in effect at $oldJob

$changes = [System.Collections.ArrayList]@()

$ConfigurationWizard = @{
    path = 'D:\Program Files (x86)\SolarWinds\Orion\ConfigurationWizard.exe.config'
    oldValue = ''
    newValue = ''
}
$changes.add($ConfigurationWizard)


#shows hostname in footer, see https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/NPM-Discussions/Display-Server-Name-for-Multiple-Orion-Web-Servers/m-p/592086
$EditFooter = @{
    path = "C:\inetpub\SolarWinds\Orion\Controls\PageFooter.ascx"
    oldValue = '<%= InstalledProducts %>'
    newValue = ' Server: <%= System.Environment.MachineName.ToString() %> <%= InstalledProducts %>'
}
$changes.add($EditFooter)


foreach( $change in $changes ) {
    $change
    $file = get-content -path $change.path
    $updated = $file.replace($change.oldValue,$change.newValue)
    compare-object $file $updated
    set-content -path $change.path -value $updated
}