1Smokeping_probes_EchoPingHttp(3) SmokePing Smokeping_probes_EchoPingHttp(3)
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6 Smokeping::probes::EchoPingHttp - an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing
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9 Measures HTTP roundtrip times (web servers and caches) for SmokePing.
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12 *** Probes ***
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14 +EchoPingHttp
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16 binary = /usr/bin/echoping
17 forks = 5
18 offset = 50%
19 step = 300
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21 # The following variables can be overridden in each target section
22 accept_redirects = yes
23 extraopts = -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
24 ignore_cache = yes
25 ipversion = 4
26 pings = 5
27 port = 80
28 priority = 6
29 revalidate_data = no
30 timeout = 20
31 tos = 0xa0
32 url = /
33 waittime = 1
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37 *** Targets ***
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39 probe = EchoPingHttp # if this should be the default probe
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43 + mytarget
44 # probe = EchoPingHttp # if the default probe is something else
45 host = my.host
46 accept_redirects = yes
47 extraopts = -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
48 ignore_cache = yes
49 ipversion = 4
50 pings = 5
51 port = 80
52 priority = 6
53 revalidate_data = no
54 timeout = 20
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56 url = /
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63 The location of your echoping binary.
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65 Default value: /usr/bin/echoping
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68 Run this many concurrent processes at maximum
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75 If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them
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78 each probe will be run. Offset is specified in % of total interval,
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80 section is used if nothing is specified here. Note that this does
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88 Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if
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90 that the step in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally
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92 have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them. (This
93 variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is
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96 Example value: 300
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101 The echoping(1) "-R" option: Accept HTTP status codes 3xx
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103 errors. Note that this option is only available starting with
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111 Any extra options specified here will be passed unmodified to
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117 The echoping(1) "-A" option: force the proxy to ignore the cache.
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123 The IP protocol used. Possible values are "4" and "6". Passed to
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129 How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the
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131 number of pings in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally
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138 The TCP port to use.
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143 The "-p" echoping(1) option.
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148 The echoping(1) "-a" option: force the proxy to revalidate data
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155 The "-t" echoping(1) option.
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165 url The URL to be requested from the web server or cache. Can be either
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172 The "-w" echoping(1) option.
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177 Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>
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180 You should consider setting a lower value for the "pings" variable than
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184 The fill, size and udp EchoPing variables are not valid for
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188 Smokeping::probes::EchoPing, Smokeping::probes::EchoPingHttps
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