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RIPE-ATLAS(1) General Commands Manual RIPE-ATLAS(1)

NAME

ripe-atlas - command-line client for RIPE Atlas

SYNOPSIS

ripe-atlas command arguments
adig arguments
ahttp arguments
antp arguments
aping arguments
asslcert arguments
atraceroute arguments

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the ripe-atlas, adig, ahttp, antp, aping, asslcert and atraceroute commands.

ripe-atlas is the official command-line client for the RIPE Atlas[1] internet measurement system. RIPE Atlas uses a globally distributed network of probes to measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an overview of the state of the Internet in real time.

ripe-atlas allows the creation of DNS, HTTP, NTP, Ping, SSL and traceroute measurements, retrieval of measurement results and reports and queries about probes. The a* commands are convenience aliases:

is an alias for ripe-atlas measure dns
is an alias for ripe-atlas measure http
is an alias for ripe-atlas measure ntp
is an alias for ripe-atlas measure ping
is an alias for ripe-atlas measure sslcert
is an alias for ripe-atlas measure traceroute

COMMANDS

ripe-atlas accepts the following commands:

Create a new measurement of a specified type.
Fetch and print measurements fulfilling specified criteria.
Return the metadata for a single measurement.
Configure the ripe-atlas tool.
Fetch and print probes fulfilling specified criteria.
Return the metadata for a single Atlas probe.
Open a measurement's web page in a browser.
Report the results of a measurement.
Report the results of a measurement in real time using a stream.

To see the available options for each command, use:

ripe-atlas command --help

SEE ALSO

The full documentation of the RIPE Atlas tools is provided in HTML form in the ripe-atlas-tools-doc Debian package.

NOTES

1. RIPE Atlas: https://atlas.ripe.net/

AUTHOR

The RIPE Atlas tools are developed by RIPE NCC.

This manpage was written by Apollon Oikonomopoulos <apoikos@debian.org> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

January 21, 2016