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MTik -- A Ruby implementation of the MikroTik RouterOS API
The MTik gem implements the MikroTik RouterOS API for connecting to devices running RouterOS (with the API enabled) over the network.
Latest Version
The latest version is version 3.0.2 released on 05 Feb. 2010.
You can view the most recent changes in the CHANGELOG here.
You can download the latest GEM here:
If you want to use GIT to obtain the current source files (and also the GEM), you can do:git clone http://www.aarongifford.com/computers/mtik/mtik.git
git clone git://rubyforge.org/mtik.git
License
This gem and all other scripts and documentation files are licensed under a BSD-style license. (See the LICENSE.txt file.)
Documentation
Basic RDoc documentation can be found at:
MikroTik's online wiki has documentation at:
For more general documentation about the MikroTik MikroTik RouterOS API, see:
Installation
To install MTik is through its GEM file:
The latest GEM file is available for download at:% [sudo] gem install mtik-3.0.2.gem
Examples
Included in the examples subdirectory of the GEM are four example ruby scripts that use the Ruby API implementation:
- tikcli.rb
- A command-line-like API interface
- tikcommand.rb
- A tool for executing a single API command from a unix command-line.
- tikfetch.rb
- A tool for instructing devices to download files from specified URLs (unix command-line tool).
- tikjson.rb
- Like 'command.rb' a tool for executing a single API command, except the output is formatted in JSON-style.
Report Bugs
Please report bugs by going to the author's web site and clicking on the "Contact Me" link in the left-hand menu. The direct URL is:
Thank you!
-- Aaron D. Gifford