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Smokeping_probes_Radius(3) SmokePing Smokeping_probes_Radius(3) NAME Smokeping::probes::Radius - a RADIUS authentication probe for SmokePing OVERVIEW Measures RADIUS authentication latency for SmokePing SYNOPSIS *** Probes *** +Radius forks = 5 offset = 50% passwordfile = /some/place/secret secretfile = /another/place/secret step = 300 # The following variables can be overridden in each target section /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement allowreject = true mininterval = 1 nas_ip_address = 10.1.2.3 password = test-password pings = 5 port = 1645 secret = test-secret timeout = 5 username = test-user # mandatory # [...] *** Targets *** probe = Radius # if this should be the default probe # [...] + mytarget # probe = Radius # if the default probe is something else host = my.host /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement allowreject = true mininterval = 1 nas_ip_address = 10.1.2.3 password = test-password pings = 5 port = 1645 secret = test-secret timeout = 5 username = test-user # mandatory DESCRIPTION This probe measures RADIUS (RFC 2865) authentication latency for SmokePing. The username to be tested is specified in either the probe-specific or the target-specific variable `username', with the target-specific one overrid- ing the probe-specific one. The password can be specified either (in order of precedence, with the lat- ter overriding the former) in the probe-specific variable `password', in an external file or in the target-specific variable `password'. The location of this file is given in the probe-specific variable `passwordfile'. See Smokeping::probes::passwordchecker(3pm) for the format of this file (sum- mary: colon-separated triplets of the form `<host>:<username>:<password>') The RADIUS protocol requires a shared secret between the server and the client. This secret can be specified either (in order of precedence, with the latter overriding the former) in the probe-specific variable `secret', in an external file or in the target-specific variable `secret'. This ex- ternal file is located by the probe-specific variable `secretfile', and it should contain whitespace-separated pairs of the form `<host> <secret>'. Comments and blank lines are OK. If the optional probe-specific variable `nas_ip_address' is specified, its value is inserted into the authentication requests as the `NAS-IP-Address' RADIUS attribute. The probe tries to be nice to the server and does not send authentication requests more frequently than once every X seconds, where X is the value of the target-specific "min_interval" variable (1 by default). VARIABLES Supported probe-specific variables: 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% passwordfile Location of the file containing usernames and passwords. Example value: /some/place/secret secretfile A file containing the RADIUS shared secrets for the targets. It should contain whitespace-separated pairs of the form `<host> <secret>'. Com- ments and blank lines are OK. Example value: /another/place/secret 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 allowreject Treat "reject" responses as OK Example value: true mininterval The minimum interval between each authentication request sent, in (pos- sibly fractional) seconds. Default value: 1 nas_ip_address The NAS-IP-Address RADIUS attribute for the authentication requests. Not needed everywhere. Example value: 10.1.2.3 password The password for the user, if not present in the password file. Example value: test-password 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 portThe RADIUS port to be used Example value: 1645 secret The RADIUS shared secret for the target, if not present in the secrets file. Example value: test-secret timeout Timeout in seconds for the RADIUS queries. Default value: 5 username The username to be tested. Example value: test-user This setting is mandatory. AUTHORS Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> BUGS There should be a more general way of specifying RADIUS attributes. 2.9.0 2026-08-04 Smokeping_probes_Radius(3)
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