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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Execute Shell Script activity

The Execute Shell Script workflow activity runs a MID server shell script within the workflow.

The Execute Shell Script activity can be used with any workflow to execute a MID server shell script in the workflow.

Results

Possible results for this activity are:

ResultDescription
SuccessFound shell script
FailureNo shell script found. More error information is available in the activity output error.

Input variables

Input variables determine the initial behavior of the activity.

VariableDescription
targetIP or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the target CI.
scriptValueScript, as a string value, executed on a Unix system.

Output variables

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

VariableDescription
responseRaw output. Running processes data.

Parent Topic:Security Operations System Command Integration- Get Running Processes flow