Yes, RouterOS 7.9+ supports certificates with secp384r1 keys.
RouterOS versions before 7.9 possibly also support secp384r1 certificates but I have no older RouterOS available for testing at the moment.
28
May
2023
MikroTik
28
May
2023
NodeJS MikroTik PoE status query example
This example builds on our previous posts NodeJS Mikrotik API minimal example and MikroTik RouterOS: How to power-cycle PoE using the terminal.
The following code will print the PoE status on Port ether5 on the given MikroTik device using the MikroTik API.
import * as MikroNode from 'mikrotik' ;
const host = "192.168.88.1";
const username = "admin";
const password = "admin1234"; // Hope that's not your real password ;)
const connection = MikroNode.getConnection(host, username, password, {
closeOnDone : true
});
connection.getConnectPromise().then(function(conn) {
conn.getCommandPromise(['/interface/ethernet/poe/print', '?name=ether5']).then(values => {
console.log(values);
}, reason => {
console.log('Error while running command: ' + JSON.stringify(reason));
});
}).catch(reason => {
console.log('Error while connecting: ' + JSON.stringify(reason));
});Example output:
[
{
'.id': '*5',
name: 'ether5',
'poe-out': 'forced-on',
'poe-priority': '10',
'poe-lldp-enabled': 'false',
'power-cycle-ping-enabled': 'false',
'power-cycle-interval': 'none',
'.about': 'poe-out status: power_reset'
}
]
If the PoE is currently being power-cycled, this will print:
[
{
'.id': '*5',
name: 'ether5',
'poe-out': 'forced-on',
'poe-priority': '10',
'poe-lldp-enabled': 'false',
'power-cycle-ping-enabled': 'false',
'power-cycle-interval': 'none',
'.about': 'poe-out status: power_reset'
}
]
28
May
2023
MikroTik RouterOS: How to power-cycle PoE using the terminal
/interface/ethernet/poe/power-cycle ether-MyAccessPoint duration=5
28
May
2023
NodeJS Mikrotik API minimal example
This is an example of access the Mikrotik API using NodeJS and the mikrotik package.
First, install the package
npm i --save mikrotik
Also, in order to enable import statement, set
"type": "module"
in package.json.
Example code:
import * as MikroNode from 'mikrotik' ; const host = "10.56.23.4"; const username = "admin"; const password = "[email protected]@D$KwVS5TTo"; // Hope that's not your real password ;) const connection = MikroNode.getConnection(host, username, password, { closeOnDone : true }); connection.getConnectPromise().then(function(conn) { conn.getCommandPromise('/ip/address/print').then(addresses => { for(const address of addresses) { console.info(`Address: ${address.address} on ${address.interface}`); } }, reason => { console.log('Error while running command: ' + JSON.stringify(reason)); }); }).catch(reason => { console.log('Error while connecting: ' + JSON.stringify(reason)); });
This will output, for example:
Address: 192.168.88.1/24 on bridge Address: 10.1.2.3/24 on bridge
In case of bad username/password credentials, it will print:
Error while connecting: {"errors":[{"category":"","message":"invalid user name or password (6)"}],"channelId":"login","channel":{"id":"login","running":true,"closing":true,"closed":true,"clearEvents":false,"saveBuffer":true,"closeOnDone":false,"lastCommand":["/login","=name=admin","=password=admin1234",".tag=login"],"_events":{},"_eventsCount":0}}
16
May
2023
How to fix MikroTik “Couldn’t add new IPv6 Pool – prefix length cannot be smaller than prefix (6)”?
Problem:
You are trying to add a new IPv6 pool with settings such as
But when you click OK, you see an error message Couldn't add new IPv6 Pool - prefix length cannot be smaller than prefix (6)
Solution:
You need to add the prefix length – e.g. /64 to the Prefix field as well:
Now click OK or apply and the error will disappear.
Important note: You might want to use a different Prefix Length here (typically it is smaller than the e.g. /64 at the end of the Prefix field so multiple prefixes can be extracted from the given pool.
08
Apr
2023
How to disable telnet on RouterOS or CHR (Cloud Hosted Router)
When you have a fresh install of RouterOS or CHR (MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router), telnet access is enabled by default. Since you typically want to access the router using SSH, WinBox or WebFig instead of telnet, you can – and should – disable it entirely.
In order disable telnet, login to your router using SSH or WinBox and run the following command:
/ip/service/disable telnet
07
Apr
2023
How to enable NTP client on RouterOS or CHR (Cloud Hosted Router)
When you have a fresh install of RouterOS or CHR (MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router), the NTP client is not enabled by default.
In order to enable it, login to your router using SSH or WinBox and run the following command:
/system/ntp/client/ set enabled=yes servers=de.pool.ntp.org
Depending on your location, you might want to choose a suitable pool of NTP servers.
07
Apr
2023
How to use Let’s Encrypt certificate for HTTPS API service on MikroTik RouterOS or CHR (Cloud Hosted Router)
Once you’ve setup a Let’s Encrypt certificate on your MikroTik RouterOS or CHR router, you can configure the API service to use it.
Login to your router using ssh, e.g. ssh [email protected].
Now copy-and-paste the following:
/ip/service set api-ssl certificate=[/certificate find where name~"^letsencrypt.*"]
This has been tested only in the circumstance that one letsencrypt certificate exists. I will update this post once I get around to testing it with multiple (renewed) certificates.
07
Apr
2023
How to enable Let’s Encrypt & HTTPS on MikroTik CHR (Cloud hosted router)
Once you have installed your MikroTik CHR router on your server, you don’t want to access the webinterface using the unencrypted HTTP protocol.
Instead, follow these steps to enable HTTPS using Let’s Encrypt certificates which come built-in with recent RouterOS versions.
First, configure your DNS to point some domain name – e.g. chr.mydomain.com to your server’s IP address. TCP port 80 on the IP address the domain name points to must reach the CHR server.
Then, login to the CHR using ssh. This connection is encrypted. Run the following commands:
/certificate/enable-ssl-certificate dns-name=chr.mydomain.com
and
/ip/service/enable www-ssl
Example output:
[[email protected]] > /certificate/enable-ssl-certificate dns-name=chr.mydomain.com progress: [success] ssl certificate updated [[email protected]] > /ip/service/enable www-ssl
After that (if the certificate could be generated successfully), your router will be reachable via https://chr.mydomain.com
05
Mar
2023
How to disable all DHCP servers on MikroTik using SSH / CLI
The following command will disable (but not delete) all DHCP servers on MikroTik routers:
/ip/dhcp-server/disable [ find ]
05
Mar
2023
How to remove ALL firewall rules on MikroTik Router
You can remove all static firewall rules on a MikroTik router using
/ip/firewall/filter/remove [ find where !dynamic ]
This will delete all the rules and there will be no way to recover them!
12
Dec
2022
How to create directory on RouterOS using the terminal
As of RouterOS 7.6 there is no official command to create a directory on a RouterOS filesystem. However, there’s a trick involving a SMB share. By creating the SMB share, RouterOS will create the directory. After that, you can delete the SMB share.
The following script will create the backups directory:
/ip smb shares add name=deleteme directory=backups ; /ip smb shares remove [find name=deleteme]')
12
Dec
2022
How to delete file(s) by regex filename on RouterOS
The following RouterOS command will delete all files starting with backup-:
/file/remove [/file find where name~"^backup-.*\$"]
12
Dec
2022
How to delete file on RouterOS by filename using terminal or SSH (minimal example)
In order to delete a file named mybackup.backup on a RouterOS device using the terminal, use the following command:
/file/remove [find name="mybackup.backup"]
12
Dec
2022
Netmiko MikroTik RouterOS minimal example
This example prints the identity (i.e. user-defined name) of the switch/router at IP address 10.0.0.1 with password abc123abc.
from netmiko import ConnectHandler
mikrotik = {
'device_type': 'mikrotik_routeros',
'host': '10.0.0.1',
'username': 'admin',
'password': 'abc123abc'
}
mikrotik_connection = ConnectHandler(**mikrotik)
print(mikrotik_connect.send_command(f'/system/identity/print', cmd_verify=False))
Example output:
name: MySwitch01
11
Dec
2022
MikroTik User Manager (RADIUS): Add user with VLAN
The following RouterOS terminal command adds a User Manager user assigned to a VLAN with ID 998. This setup is compatible with Unifi access points.
/user-manager user add attributes=Tunnel-Type:13,Tunnel-Medium-Type:6,Tunnel-Private-Group-ID:998 name=myuser password=uNah2ieghi
Note that Tunnel-Type:13,Tunnel-Medium-Type:6 will always stay the same, they will tell RADIUS to assign a VLAN.
In WebFig, the same config looks like this:
In WinBox, these settings look like this:
09
Dec
2022
MikroTik RouterOS Wake-on-LAN (magic packet) script example
On RouterOS, we can create a simple Wake-on-LAN script using a MAC address using
/tool/wol mac=DC:4A:3E:7A:87:12 interface=bridge
05
Dec
2022
MikroTik scripting: simple foreach example
The following example uses MikroTik scripting to iterate over all ethernet interfaces and print the name of the interface:
foreach v in=[/interface/ethernet find] do={
:put [/interface/ethernet get $v value-name=name]
}Example output:
[[email protected]] > foreach v in=[/interface/ethernet find] do={:put [/interface/ethernet get $v value-name=name]} ether1 sfp-CoreSwitch-Uplink sfp-sfpplus3 sfp-NAS sfp-Virtualization sfp-WAN sfp-sfpplus4 sfp-sfpplus7 sfp-sfpplus8
05
Dec
2022
How to snmpwalk MikroTik RB260GS(P) (SwOS)
In the default configuration, you can use snmpwalk using SNMPv1 to query information from the MikroTik RB260GS or RB260GSP.
snmpwalk -v1 -c public IPADDRESS
for example:
snmpwalk -v1 -c public 192.168.88.1
26
Nov
2022
How to fix MikroTik SSH unable to load key file (wrong format or bad passphrase)!
Problem:
You want to import your SSH public key for passwordless login to your MikroTik router using either the terminal or WebFig/WinBox (as described in our previous post How to import SSH key to MikroTik RouterOS for passwordless login).
However, during import you see the following error message in the terminal:
unable to load key file (wrong format or bad passphrase)!
or in WebFig:
Couldn't perform action - unable to load key file (wrong format or bad passphrase)! (6)
Solution:
Either you are using an elliptic curve key (which is not supported by RouterOS at the moment) or you are using a file which is not an SSH key.
The file you are uploading should look like this:
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC6EyAUma+shOkTZ0a6WcipSb552WmQb8hTKvDOMxQ234HXAeuJg3KeJ8WdkbOIdYuNq08xBrpjinaRGSZwDqhAiQMMz6O3yfkGpWZNO26lBQkngspJU1w6HLXR9tRtRaqbXwc1kV0KS6quj4sRaGLHKMciTjx0cVbEQrLxBXIJvRl7a6w/VukE+c9LhcRBZTrYB6Er7vGMM7VtgThzq+reFnql4kicG83NuPHjC/9Z78ehxpSekSrBYTYMuqiC1m8RW/l0mI8TtkUAU/qnTuwMXqVh0oOPGSWe4qvnbjCThRkDIEuK19CyCr5uyvZTV268SftEKaKOB7wcjevZlR11 [email protected]
The most important aspect is that it needs to start with ssh-rsa, else RouterOS won’t import it – RouterOS supports ed25519 keys since RouterOS 7.7, which is in beta at the time of writing this post.
You can generate a new keypair and save it to id_mikrotik and id_mikrotik.pub using
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 8192 -f id_mikrotik