Ubuntu Manpage: Smokeping::probes::EchoPingHttp - an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing

NAME

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

OVERVIEW

       Measures HTTP roundtrip times (web servers and caches) for SmokePing.

SYNOPSIS

        *** Probes ***

        +EchoPingHttp

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

        # The following variables can be overridden in each target section
        accept_redirects = yes
        extraopts = -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
        ignore_cache = yes
        ipversion = 4
        pings = 5
        port = 80
        priority = 6
        revalidate_data = no
        timeout = 20
        tos = 0xa0
        url = /
        waittime = 1

        # [...]

        *** Targets ***

        probe = EchoPingHttp # if this should be the default probe

        # [...]

        + mytarget
        # probe = EchoPingHttp # if the default probe is something else
        host = my.host
        accept_redirects = yes
        extraopts = -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
        ignore_cache = yes
        ipversion = 4
        pings = 5
        port = 80
        priority = 6
        revalidate_data = no
        timeout = 20
        tos = 0xa0
        url = /
        waittime = 1

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 acqusition is initiated. (This variable is only
applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)

Example value: 50%

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:

accept_redirects
The echoping(1) "-R" option: Accept HTTP status codes 3xx (redirections) as normal
responses instead of treating them as errors. Note that this option is only available
starting with Echoping 6.

Enabled if the value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.

Example value: yes

extraopts
Any extra options specified here will be passed unmodified to echoping(1).

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

ignore_cache
The echoping(1) "-A" option: force the proxy to ignore the cache. Enabled if the
value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.

Example value: yes

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

port
The TCP port to use.

Example value: 80

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

Example value: 6

revalidate_data
The echoping(1) "-a" option: force the proxy to revalidate data with original server.
Enabled if the value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.

Example value: no

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

Example value: 20

Default value: 10

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

Example value: 0xa0

url The URL to be requested from the web server or cache. Can be either relative (/...)
for web servers or absolute (http://...) for caches.

Default value: /

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

Example value: 1

AUTHORS

       Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>

NOTES