RouterOS Scripts

RouterOS is the operating system developed by MikroTik for networking tasks. This repository holds a number of scripts to manage RouterOS devices or extend their functionality.

Use at your own risk, pay attention to license and warranty!

Requirements

Latest version of the scripts require recent RouterOS to function properly. Make sure to install latest updates before you begin.

Specific scripts may require even newer RouterOS version.

Initial setup

Get me ready!

If you know how things work just copy and paste the initial commands. Remember to edit and rerun global-config-overlay! First time users should take the long way below.

Live presentation

Want to see it in action? I've had a presentation Repository based RouterOS script distribution including demonstation recorded live at MUM Europe 2019 in Vienna.

Be warned! Some details changed. So see the presentation, then follow the steps below for up-to-date commands.

The long way in detail

The update script does server certificate verification, so first step is to download the certificates. If you intend to download the scripts from a different location (for example from github.com) install the corresponding certificate chain.

/ tool fetch "https://git.eworm.de/cgit/routeros-scripts/plain/certs/R3.pem" dst-path="letsencrypt-R3.pem";

screenshot: download certs

Note that the commands above do not verify server certificate, so if you want to be safe download with your workstations's browser and transfer the files to your MikroTik device.

ISRG Root X1
Let's Encrypt R3

Then we import the certificates.

/ certificate import file-name=letsencrypt-R3.pem passphrase="";

screenshot: import certs

For basic verification we rename the certificates and print their count. Make sure the certificate count is two.

/ certificate set name="R3" [ find where fingerprint="67add1166b020ae61b8f5fc96813c04c2aa589960796865572a3c7e737613dfd" ];
/ certificate set name="ISRG-Root-X1" [ find where fingerprint="96bcec06264976f37460779acf28c5a7cfe8a3c0aae11a8ffcee05c0bddf08c6" ];
/ certificate print count-only where fingerprint="67add1166b020ae61b8f5fc96813c04c2aa589960796865572a3c7e737613dfd" or fingerprint="96bcec06264976f37460779acf28c5a7cfe8a3c0aae11a8ffcee05c0bddf08c6";

screenshot: check certs

Always make sure there are no certificates installed you do not know or want!

All following commands will verify the server certificate. For validity the certificate's lifetime is checked with local time, so make sure the device's date and time is set correctly!

Now let's download the main scripts and add them in configuration on the fly.

:foreach Script in={ "global-config"; "global-config-overlay"; "global-functions" } do={ / system script add name=$Script source=([ / tool fetch check-certificate=yes-without-crl ("https://git.eworm.de/cgit/routeros-scripts/plain/" . $Script) output=user as-value]->"data"); };

screenshot: import scripts

The configuration needs to be tweaked for your needs. Edit global-config-overlay, copy configuration from global-config (the one without -overlay). Save changes and exit with Ctrl-o.

/ system script edit global-config-overlay source;

screenshot: edit global-config-overlay

And finally load configuration and functions and add the scheduler.

/ system script { run global-config; run global-functions; };
/ system scheduler add name="global-scripts" start-time=startup on-event="/ system script { run global-config; run global-functions; }";

screenshot: run and schedule scripts

The last step is optional: Add this scheduler only if you want the scripts to be updated automatically!

/ system scheduler add name="ScriptInstallUpdate" start-time=startup interval=1d on-event=":global ScriptInstallUpdate; \$ScriptInstallUpdate;";

screenshot: schedule update

Changes for RouterOS v6

RouterOS v6 will become deprecated at some time in the future, but to date it is still the default for these scripts (in branch main). This will change however, so if you want to stay with RouterOS v6 for some time add these lines to your global-config-overlay:

# Use branch routeros-v6 with RouterOS v6:
:global ScriptUpdatesUrlSuffix "\?h=routeros-v6";

Then reload the configuration.

Changes for RouterOS v7

RouterOS v7 is developed in paralled to RouterOS v6. The former brings some shiny new features, the latter provides proven stability.

The changes require incompatible changes to scripts, so these changes go to a separate branch. If you decide to run RouterOS v7 please switch to branch routeros-v7 by adding these lines to your global-config-overlay:

# Use branch routeros-v7 with RouterOS v7:
:global ScriptUpdatesUrlSuffix "\?h=routeros-v7";

Then reload the configuration and continue below to update scripts.

Updating scripts

To update existing scripts just run function $ScriptInstallUpdate. If everything is up-to-date it will not produce any output.

$ScriptInstallUpdate;

screenshot: update scripts

Adding a script

To add a script from the repository run function $ScriptInstallUpdate with a comma separated list of script names.

$ScriptInstallUpdate check-certificates,check-routeros-update;

screenshot: install scripts

Scheduler and events

Most scripts are designed to run regularly from scheduler. We just added check-routeros-update, so let's run it every hour to make sure not to miss an update.

/ system scheduler add name="check-routeros-update" interval=1h on-event="/ system script run check-routeros-update;";

screenshot: schedule script

Some events can run a script. If you want your DHCP hostnames to be available in DNS use dhcp-to-dns with the events from dhcp server. For a regular cleanup add a scheduler entry.

$ScriptInstallUpdate dhcp-to-dns,lease-script;
/ ip dhcp-server set lease-script=lease-script [ find ];
/ system scheduler add name="dhcp-to-dns" interval=5m on-event="/ system script run dhcp-to-dns;";

screenshot: setup lease script