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Determine Shell Script by OS activity

The Determine Shell Script by OS workflow activity determines which operating system to use in the workflow

The Determine Shell Script by OS activity can be used with any workflow to determine which shell script to run based on the operating system running on the system containing the configuration item.

Results

Possible results for this activity are:

ResultDescription
SuccessFound operating system.
FailureNo operating system found. More error information is available in the activity output error.

Input variables

Input variables determine the initial behavior of the activity.

VariableDescription
ciSysIdSystem identifier of the configuration item.
processTypeInternal identifier that defines which script to pull from the table.

Output variables

The output variables contain data that can be used in subsequent activities.

VariableDescription
processScriptECC agent that gathers the running process.
executionTemplateDetermines whether the script is run through a probe or using PowerShell.
enrichmentMappingIdSystem identifier of the enrichment mapping used to transform the response data.

Parent Topic:Security Incident Response - Get Running Services workflow