Smokeping_probes_EchoPingSmtp(3)

💌 NAME 💌

Smokeping_probes_EchoPingSmtp(3) — welcome to the SmokePing probe page for Smokeping::probes::EchoPingSmtp, an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing. Yes bestie, it's giving mail-server latency realness.

🦋 OVERVIEW 🦋

Measures SMTP roundtrip times (mail servers) for SmokePing. Literally that's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

        *** Probes ***

        +EchoPingSmtp

        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
        priority = 6
        timeout = 1
        tos = 0xa0
        waittime = 1

        # [...]

        *** Targets ***

        probe = EchoPingSmtp # if this should be the default probe

        # [...]

        + mytarget
        # probe = EchoPingSmtp # 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
        priority = 6
        timeout = 1
        tos = 0xa0
        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 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 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
• extraopts — Any extra options specified here will be passed unmodified to echoping(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
• 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

💜 AUTHORS 💜

Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>

🧚 NOTES 🧚

Heads up bestie: the fill, size and udp EchoPing variables are not valid. No cap, those ones are a no-go.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Smokeping::probes::EchoPing

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This page is from SmokePing version 2.9.0, dated 2025-06-30 — bye bestie, go measure those SMTP roundtrips and slay 🫶