Atera's Shared Script Library, built by Atera and the Atera community, offers ready-to-use and customizable scripts to enhance your IT support. Browse community-shared scripts, clone and modify what you need, and share your own scripts with the community. Scripts automate tasks and solve issues quickly, and are ideal for repetitive or multi-system actions. The Shared Script Library can be reached from various places within Atera. In this article, we'll describe accessing it through the Admin menu.

Access the Shared Script Library

Note: Scripts in the Shared Script Library are scanned for malware, not for functionality. We recommend reviewing scripts before you run them.

To access the Shared Script Library:

1. Go to Admin > Monitoring and automation > Scripts.

The Scripts page appears, showing the Team scripts tab (your account's private script collection).

2. Click the Shared library tab.

A list of scripts created by Atera and members of the Atera community appears. The scripts are sortable by column, which display:

• Script name: The script name.
• Category: The script's purpose or usage area (e.g., Windows update, setup).
• Description: A brief overview of what the script does.
• Author: The author of the script (including Atera).
• Votes: The number of times the script has been liked.
• Clones: The number of times the script was cloned.
• Upload date: The date the script was uploaded to the Shared Script Library.

Share scripts

Spread the love by sharing your scripts to the Shared Script Library and become a hero to the Atera community.

Just a friendly reminder to keep your info safe and private. Avoid sharing stuff like passwords, keys, secrets, and certificates. And it's also best to leave out things like client details, IP addresses, and full domain names.

Note:

• Scripts cloned from the Shared Script Library can't be shared (unless edited).
• Scripts won't appear in the Shared Script Library until reviewed and approved by a moderator, and will be visible to you under 'Pending' status. We look for malicious code to ensure your and our community's security.
• Scripts are reviewed monthly. Moderation will either:
  • Approve your script: The status of the script will change to 'Approved' (you'll receive an email confirming this). It'll then appear in the Shared Script Library.
  • Reject the script: The status of the script will change to 'Rejected' (you'll receive an email confirming this).
• While we don't currently provide rejection notes, you can review your script and clean it from any unintended malicious code, or consult with the community at community.atera.com.
• Popular scripts and authors are acknowledged in our yearly 'Top 25 scripts' blog post.

To share a script:

1. Go to Admin > Monitoring and automation > Scripts.

The Scripts page appears, showing the Team scripts tab.

2. Locate your script, and click the Share to library icon (on the right).

The Share script to library window appears.

3. Click Share script.

Your script is submitted for approval. You'll receive a message once the script has been added to the Shared Script Library.

Copy and customize scripts

You can customize scripts from the Shared Script Library by cloning and modifying them. Cloning doesn't change the original script in the library.

Note: You can also clone your own team scripts. For more information, see Create, upload, and generate scripts.

To customize a script:

1. From the Shared library tab, locate the script and click the Clone icon (on the right).

The script is cloned and added to your Team scripts tab, your account's private script collection (within the 'Cloned Scripts' category).

2. From the Team scripts tab, click the script name to open it.

3. Edit the script as needed. Then click Save.

Upvote scripts

To upvote a script:

From the Shared library tab, click the thumbs-up icon in the Votes column, next to the script.

Attach scripts to automation profiles

To view the Shared Script Library and apply scripts directly to your automation profiles, see Automatically run scripts via automation profiles.

Attach scripts to threshold profiles

To view the Shared Script Library and apply scripts directly to your threshold profiles, see Auto-healing scripts.

Create, upload, generate, and clone scripts

You can create scripts manually or with AI Copilot, upload scripts (.ps1, .msi, .bat, .sh, and .exe files), and clone your team scripts. For more information, see Create, upload, and generate scripts.

Run scripts

You can run scripts from various places within Atera. For more information, see Run a script.