1Smokeping_probes_RemoteFPing(3) SmokePing Smokeping_probes_RemoteFPing(3)
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6 Smokeping::probes::RemoteFPing - Remote FPing Probe for SmokePing
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9 *** Probes ***
10 +RemoteFPing
12 binary = /usr/bin/ssh # mandatory
14 blazemode = true
15 hostinterval = 1.5
16 mininterval = 0.001
17 offset = 50%
18 packetsize = 5000
19 pings = 20
20 rbinary = /usr/bin/fping # mandatory
21 rhost = my.pinger.host # mandatory
22 ruser = foo
23 sourceaddress = 192.168.0.1
24 step = 300
25 timeout = 1.5
26 tos = 0x20
27 usestdout = true
28 # [...]
30 *** Targets ***
32 probe = RemoteFPing # if this should be the default probe
34 # [...]
36 + mytarget
38 # probe = RemoteFPing # if the default probe is something else
39 host = my.host
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42 Integrates the remote execution of FPing via ssh/rsh into smokeping.
43 The variable binary must point to your copy of the ssh/rsh program.
44 The variable rbinary must point to your copy of the fping program at
45 the remote end.
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48 Supported probe-specific variables:
49 binary
51 This variable specifies the path of the remote shell program
52 (usually ssh, rsh or remsh). Any other script or binary that can be
53 called as
54 binary [ -l ruser ] rhost rbinary
56 may be used.
58 Example value: /usr/bin/ssh
60 This setting is mandatory.
62 blazemode
64 Send an extra ping and then discarge the first answer since the
65 first is bound to be an outliner.
66 Example value: true
68 hostinterval
70 The fping "-p" parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds
71 rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping
72 probes. From fping(1):
73 This parameter sets the time that fping waits between successive
75 packets to an individual target.
76 Example value: 1.5
78 mininterval
80 The fping "-i" parameter, but in (probably fractional) seconds
81 rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping
82 probes. From fping(1):
83 The minimum amount of time between sending a ping packet to any
85 target.
86 Example value: 0.001
88 Default value: 0.01
90 offset
92 If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them
93 from hitting your network all at the same time. Using the probe-
94 specific offset parameter you can change the point in time when
95 each probe will be run. Offset is specified in % of total interval,
96 or alternatively as 'random', and the offset from the 'General'
97 section is used if nothing is specified here. Note that this does
98 NOT influence the rrds itself, it is just a matter of when data
99 acqusition is initiated. (This variable is only applicable if the
100 variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)
101 Example value: 50%
103 packetsize
105 The ping packet size (in the range of 12-64000 bytes).
106 Example value: 5000
108 pings
110 How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the
111 global value specified in the Database section. Note that the
112 number of pings in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally
113 generated, and if you change this parameter afterwards, you'll have
114 to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them.
115 Example value: 20
117 rbinary
119 The location of your fping binary.
120 Example value: /usr/bin/fping
122 This setting is mandatory.
124 rhost
126 The rhost option specifies the remote device from where fping will
127 be launched.
128 Example value: my.pinger.host
130 This setting is mandatory.
132 ruser
134 The (optional) ruser option allows you to specify the remote user,
135 if different from the one running the smokeping daemon.
136 Example value: foo
138 sourceaddress
140 The fping "-S" parameter . From fping(1):
141 Set source address.
143 Example value: 192.168.0.1
145 step
147 Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if
148 different from the one specified in the 'Database' section. Note
149 that the step in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally
150 generated, and if you change the step parameter afterwards, you'll
151 have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them. (This
152 variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is
153 set in the 'General' section.)
154 Example value: 300
156 timeout
158 The fping "-t" parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds
159 rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping
160 probes. Note that as Smokeping uses the fping 'counting' mode (-C),
161 this apparently only affects the last ping.
162 Example value: 1.5
164 tos Set the type of service (TOS) of outgoing ICMP packets. You need
166 at laeast fping-2.4b2_to3-ipv6 for this to work. Find a copy on
167 www.smokeping.org/pub.
168 Example value: 0x20
170 usestdout
172 Listen for FPing output on stdout instead of stderr ... (version
173 3.3+ sends its statistics on stdout).
174 Example value: true
176
178 Luis F Balbinot <hades@inf.ufrgs.br>
179 Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>
181 derived from Smokeping::probes::FPing by
183 Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>
185
187 It is important to make sure that you can access the remote machine
188 without a password prompt, otherwise this probe will not work properly.
189 To test just try something like this:
190 $ ssh foo@HostA.foobar.com fping HostB.barfoo.com
192 The next thing you see must be fping's output.
194 The rhost, ruser and rbinary variables used to be configured in the
196 Targets section of the first target or its parents They were moved to
197 the Probes section, because the variables aren't really target-specific
198 (all the targets are measured with the same parameters). The Targets
199 sections aren't recognized anymore.
200
202 This functionality should be in a generic 'remote execution' module so
203 that it could be used for the other probes too.
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