Start/Stop Array via CLI

[fsix]

Since the dashboard now requires a csrf-token, the old wget-method does not work anymore: 

 

Is there any way to locally execute the array start/stop functions directly or is there a command for it?

 

I have searched through tons of includes, php, template files and couldn't find where they actually execute it - besides all POSTing to the same endpoint. Of course a solution could be to have a headless browser or requests that regex out the csrf token prior, but it'd be much easier to just have something e.g. executed via ssh if available.

 

Thank you in advanced!

[Squid]

https://forums.unraid.net/topic/50490-solved-commands-to-start-and-stop-array/?tab=comments#comment-496967

 

But you'd first have to add in the csrf token to the end of the line ?csrf_token=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx via whats listed in /var/local/emhttp/var.ini

[fsix]

@Squid Thanks! I guess it checks both for get and post values? because all forms I could find were doing a post exclusively. Based on what you said that should work, will try it in an hour or two to confirm:

#!/bin/bash
CSRF=$(cat /var/local/emhttp/var.ini | grep -oP 'csrf_token="\K[^"]+')
wget -qO /dev/null http://localhost:$(lsof -nPc emhttp | grep -Po 'TCP[^\d]*\K\d+')/update.htm?cmdStart=Start&csrf_token=$CSRF

 

[fsix]

@Squid Sadly didn't work, but the var.ini was the solution still!

 

Start:

#!/bin/bash
CSRF=$(cat /var/local/emhttp/var.ini | grep -oP 'csrf_token="\K[^"]+')
curl -k --data "startState=STOPPED&file=&csrf_token=${CSRF}&cmdStart=Start" http://localhost/update.htm

Stop:

#!/bin/bash
CSRF=$(cat /var/local/emhttp/var.ini | grep -oP 'csrf_token="\K[^"]+')
curl -k --data "startState=STARTED&file=&csrf_token=${CSRF}&cmdStop=Stop" http://localhost/update.htm

 

Edited May 14, 2019 by fsix

[Isanderthul]

I needed to start the array from a different system, so I ended up doing this:

#!/bin/bash
CSRF=$(ssh [email protected] "sed -n 's/^csrf_token=//p' /var/local/emhttp/var.ini|tr -d '\"'")
curl -k --data "startState=STOPPED&file=&csrf_token=${CSRF}&cmdStart=Start" http://192.168.88.235/update.htm

 

[bonienl]

When using Unraid 6.10, you can simply use the following

 

Start array

#!/bin/bash
emcmd cmdStart=Start

 

Stop array

#!/bin/bash
emcmd cmdStop=Stop

 

[solidno8]

Is there a way to define the keyfile when starting the array with emcmd cmdStart=Start? Staging the keyfile in /root before running the command doesn't seem to work

Edited October 16, 2022 by solidno8