MikroTik Scripts

October 8, 2021 by Jordan

Last Updated on October 8, 2021 EDT by Jordan

Setup SSH Key Login on Mikrotik

Created File and Place SSH Key Contents

/file print file=pubkey
/file set pubkey.txt contents="paste your key here"

Set SSH Key for Users

/user ssh-keys import public-key-file=jordan.pub.txt

Setup Email Sending on Mikrotik via Postmark

/tool e-mail
set address=smtp.postmarkapp.com from="backup@geektank.net" password=nv283818j945vb3 port=587 start-tls=\
    yes user=nv283818j945vb3

Send a Test Email from Mikrotik

/tool e-mail send to=test@test.com subject="email test" body="email test" start-tls=yes

Backup Mikrotik Config and Email – Example 1

#
# Created Jotne 2020 v1.0
#
# Takes two different backup and send then to email
#
# backup.rsc readable backup
# Certificates, the Dude and Usermanager are also NOT exported or backed up fully and should be backed up separately.  Can be used to restore config to different routers
#
# backup.bin binary backup
# Binary backup that can only be used to fully restored the same router.
#

:local email "xyz@gmail.com"

/export file=backup
:delay 2s
/system backup save name=bin
:delay 2s
:local date [/system clock get date]
:local time [/system clock get time]
:local info [/system identity get name]
:local serial [/system routerboard get serial-number]

:local files "backup.rsc,bin.backup"
/tool e-mail send to="$email" subject="Mikrotik: Backup $info $serial" file=$files body="Automatic Backup of $info $serial at $date $time."
:delay 20s
/file remove backup.rsc
/file remove backup.bin
:log info message="Backup router=$info serial=$serial ok"

Backup Mikrotik Config and Email – Example 2

/export file=([/system identity get name] . "-" . \
[:pick [/system clock get date] 7 11] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 4 6]); \
/tool e-mail send to="test@test.com" subject=([/system identity get name] . " Backup " . \
[/system clock get date]) file=([/system identity get name] . "-" . [:pick [/system clock get date] 7 11] . \
[:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 4 6] . ".rsc"); :delay 10; \
/file rem [/file find name=([/system identity get name] . "-" . [:pick [/system clock get date] 7 11] . \
[:pick [/system clock get date] 0 3] . [:pick [/system clock get date] 4 6] . ".rsc")]; \
:log info ("System Backup emailed at " . [/sys cl get time] . " " . [/sys cl get date])

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