Smokeping_probes_RemoteFPing(3) | SmokePing | Smokeping_probes_RemoteFPing(3) |
NAME¶
Smokeping::probes::RemoteFPing - Remote FPing Probe for SmokePing
SYNOPSIS¶
*** Probes *** +RemoteFPing binary = /usr/bin/ssh # mandatory blazemode = true hostinterval = 1.5 mininterval = 0.001 offset = 50% packetsize = 5000 pings = 20 rbinary = /usr/bin/fping # mandatory rhost = my.pinger.host # mandatory ruser = foo sourceaddress = 192.168.0.1 step = 300 timeout = 1.5 tos = 0x20 usestdout = true # [...] *** Targets *** probe = RemoteFPing # if this should be the default probe # [...] + mytarget # probe = RemoteFPing # if the default probe is something else host = my.host
DESCRIPTION¶
Integrates the remote execution of FPing via ssh/rsh into smokeping. The variable binary must point to your copy of the ssh/rsh program. The variable rbinary must point to your copy of the fping program at the remote end.
VARIABLES¶
Supported probe-specific variables:
- binary
- This variable specifies the path of the remote shell program (usually ssh,
rsh or remsh). Any other script or binary that can be called as
binary [ -l ruser ] rhost rbinary
may be used.
Example value: /usr/bin/ssh
This setting is mandatory.
- blazemode
- Send an extra ping and then discarge the first answer since the first is
bound to be an outliner.
Example value: true
- hostinterval
- The fping "-p" parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds
rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes.
From fping(1):
This parameter sets the time that fping waits between successive packets to an individual target.
Example value: 1.5
- mininterval
- The fping "-i" parameter, but in (probably fractional) seconds
rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes.
From fping(1):
The minimum amount of time between sending a ping packet to any target.
Example value: 0.001
Default value: 0.01
- offset
- If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them from
hitting your network all at the same time. Using the probe-specific offset
parameter you can change the point in time when each probe will be run.
Offset is specified in % of total interval, or alternatively as 'random',
and the offset from the 'General' section is used if nothing is specified
here. Note that this does NOT influence the rrds itself, it is just a
matter of when data acqusition is initiated. (This variable is only
applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General'
section.)
Example value: 50%
- packetsize
- The ping packet size (in the range of 12-64000 bytes).
Example value: 5000
- pings
- How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the global
value specified in the Database section. Note that the number of pings in
the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you
change this parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD files
or somehow convert them.
Example value: 20
- rbinary
- The location of your fping binary.
Example value: /usr/bin/fping
This setting is mandatory.
- rhost
- The rhost option specifies the remote device from where fping will
be launched.
Example value: my.pinger.host
This setting is mandatory.
- ruser
- The (optional) ruser option allows you to specify the remote user,
if different from the one running the smokeping daemon.
Example value: foo
- sourceaddress
- The fping "-S" parameter . From fping(1):
Set source address.
Example value: 192.168.0.1
- step
- Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if different
from the one specified in the 'Database' section. Note that the step in
the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you
change the step parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD
files or somehow convert them. (This variable is only applicable if the
variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)
Example value: 300
- timeout
- The fping "-t" parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds
rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes.
Note that as Smokeping uses the fping 'counting' mode (-C), this
apparently only affects the last ping.
Example value: 1.5
- tos
- Set the type of service (TOS) of outgoing ICMP packets. You need at laeast
fping-2.4b2_to3-ipv6 for this to work. Find a copy on
www.smokeping.org/pub.
Example value: 0x20
- usestdout
- Listen for FPing output on stdout instead of stderr ... (version 3.3+
sends its statistics on stdout).
Example value: true
AUTHORS¶
Luis F Balbinot <hades@inf.ufrgs.br> Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> derived from Smokeping::probes::FPing by Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>
NOTES¶
It is important to make sure that you can access the remote machine without a password prompt, otherwise this probe will not work properly. To test just try something like this:
$ ssh foo@HostA.foobar.com fping HostB.barfoo.com
The next thing you see must be fping's output.
The rhost, ruser and rbinary variables used to be configured in the Targets section of the first target or its parents They were moved to the Probes section, because the variables aren't really target-specific (all the targets are measured with the same parameters). The Targets sections aren't recognized anymore.
BUGS¶
This functionality should be in a generic 'remote execution' module so that it could be used for the other probes too.
2018-05-15 | 2.6.11 |