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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
       overriding the probe-specific one.

       The password can	be specified either (in	order of precedence, with the
       latter 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 (summary: 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 external	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 variable 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>'. Comments and blank lines are OK.

	   Example value: /another/place/secret

       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

       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_"  prefix, 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
	   (possibly 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

       port
	   The 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				  2025-04-18	    Smokeping_probes_Radius(3)

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