Smokeping_prob...choPingChargen(3)

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✨ NAME ✨

Smokeping::probes::EchoPingChargen — an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing. yes bestie, it's literally a probe. for SmokePing. that pings. with echoping. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

🦋 OVERVIEW 🦋

It measures TCP chargen (port 19) roundtrip times for SmokePing. that's the whole vibe. port 19, chargen, roundtrips, measured. no cap 🌸

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

here's the shape of it, copy-paste energy, keep it exact pls:

 *** Probes ***

 +EchoPingChargen

 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
 fill = A
 ipversion = 4
 pings = 5
 priority = 6
 size = 510
 timeout = 1
 tos = 0xa0
 waittime = 1

 # [...]

 *** Targets ***

 probe = EchoPingChargen # if this should be the default probe

 # [...]

 + mytarget
 # probe = EchoPingChargen # 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
 fill = A
 ipversion = 4
 pings = 5
 priority = 6
 size = 510
 timeout = 1
 tos = 0xa0
 waittime = 1

like, that's the whole configuration mood board 💜

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👑 VARIABLES 👑

🌈 Supported probe-specific variables

these ones live at the probe level, bestie:

• binary — the location of your echoping binary. that's it, that's the whole job. Default value: /usr/bin/echoping
• forks — run this many concurrent processes at maximum. go off, multitasker 🏃‍♀️💨 Example value: 5. Default value: 5
• offset — okay so if you're running many probes concurrently, you might wanna stop them all from slamming your network at the exact same moment (rude, honestly). with the probe-specific offset parameter you can change when each probe runs. offset is specified in % of total interval, or alternatively as 'random', and if you don't say anything here, the offset from the 'General' section gets used instead. note that this does NOT influence the rrds themselves — it's purely 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%
• step — duration of the base interval this probe should use, if it's different from the one specified in the 'Database' section. ⚠️ note that the step in the RRD files is fixed when they're originally generated, so if you change the step parameter afterwards you'll have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them. no takebacks, bestie 😭 (this variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.) Example value: 300

🍓 Supported target-specific variables

and these ones you can set per-target, slay:

• /^influx_.+/ — this is a tag that gets sent to influxdb and has no impact on the probe measurement. the tag name will be sent without the "influx_" prefix, which gets replaced with "tag_" instead. tags can be used for filtering. cute AND functional 💅 Example value: influx_location = In the basement
• extraopts — any extra options you specify here get passed unmodified to echoping(1). your chaos, your rules. Example value: -some-letter-the-author-did-not-think-of
• fill — the "-f" echoping(1) option. Example value: A
• 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're originally generated, and if you change this parameter afterwards you'll have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them. same deal as step, fr fr 🫠 Example value: 5
• priority — the "-p" echoping(1) option. Example value: 6
• size — the "-s" echoping(1) option. Example value: 510
• 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

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🌸 AUTHORS 🌸

Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi> — thank you for your service, king 👑

🧚 NOTES 🧚

the udp variable is not supported. that's it. that's the note. don't come for me 💀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Smokeping::probes::EchoPing — go read that one next bestie, it's giving sibling energy 🦋

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and that's the page!! this one came from SmokePing 2.9.0, dated 2025-06-30 — kiss kiss, stay pingy, mwah 💖✨🎀