Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)

FreeBSD Manual Pages

  
 
  

home | help
Smokeping_probes_EchoPingWhois(3)   SmokePing  Smokeping_probes_EchoPingWhois(3)

NAME
     Smokeping::probes::EchoPingWhois - an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing

OVERVIEW
     Measures whois roundtrip times for SmokePing with the echoping_whois plu-
     gin.

SYNOPSIS
      *** Probes ***

      +EchoPingWhois

      binary = /usr/bin/echoping
      forks = 5
      offset = 50%
      step = 300

      # The following variables can be overridden in each target section
      /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement
      extraopts = -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
      ipversion = 4
      pings = 5
      plugin = /path/to/whois.so
      pluginargs = -p plugin_specific_arg
      priority = 6
      timeout = 1
      tos = 0xa0
      waittime = 1
      whois_request = example.org # mandatory

      # [...]

      *** Targets ***

      probe = EchoPingWhois # if this should be the default probe

      # [...]

      + mytarget
      # probe = EchoPingWhois # if the default probe is something else
      host = my.host
      /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement
      extraopts = -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
      ipversion = 4
      pings = 5
      plugin = /path/to/whois.so
      pluginargs = -p plugin_specific_arg
      priority = 6
      timeout = 1
      tos = 0xa0
      waittime = 1
      whois_request = example.org # mandatory

VARIABLES
     Supported probe-specific variables:

     binary
	 The location of your echoping binary.

	 Default value: /usr/bin/echoping

     forks
	 Run this many concurrent processes at maximum

	 Example value: 5

	 Default value: 5

     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 acquisition is initiated.  (This vari-
	 able is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in
	 the 'General' section.)

	 Example value: 50%

     stepDuration 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

     Supported target-specific variables:

     /^influx_.+/
	 This is a tag that will be sent to influxdb and has no impact on the
	 probe measurement. The tag name will be sent without the "influx_" pre-
	 fix, which will be replaced with "tag_" instead. Tags can be used for
	 filtering.

	 Example value: influx_location = In the basement

     extraopts
	 Any extra options specified here will be passed unmodified to echop-
	 ing(1).

	 Example value: -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of

     ipversion
	 The IP protocol used. Possible values are "4" and "6".  Passed to
	 echoping(1) as the "-4" or "-6" options.

	 Example value: 4

     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: 5

     plugin
	 The echoping plugin that will be used. See echoping(1) for details.
	 This can either be the name of the plugin or a full path to the plugin
	 shared object.

	 Example value: /path/to/whois.so

	 Default value: whois

     pluginargs
	 Any extra arguments needed by the echoping plugin specified with the
	 pluginname variable. These are generally provided by the subclass
	 probe.

	 Example value: -p plugin_specific_arg

     priority
	 The "-p" echoping(1) option.

	 Example value: 6

     timeout
	 The "-t" echoping(1) option.

	 Example value: 1

	 Default value: 5

     tos The "-P" echoping(1) option.

	 Example value: 0xa0

     waittime
	 The "-w" echoping(1) option.

	 Example value: 1

     whois_request
	 The request to the whois server (typically a domain name).

	 Example value: example.org

	 This setting is mandatory.

AUTHORS
     Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>

NOTES
     The fill, size and udp EchoPing variables are not valid.

     Plugins, including echoping_whois, are available starting with echoping
     version 6.

SEE ALSO
     Smokeping::probes::EchoPing, Smokeping::probes::EchoPingPlugin

2.9.0				   2026-08-04  Smokeping_probes_EchoPingWhois(3)

Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=Smokeping_probes_EchoPingWhois&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.1.quarterly>

home | help