Smokeping_probes_FPing6(3)

💖 Smokeping::probes::FPing6 — NAME 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Smokeping_probes_FPing6(3) manual page 💅 this is Smokeping::probes::FPing6 — the FPing6 Probe for SmokePing — and it's literally here to be your FPing6 probe. The manual name is Smokeping_probes_FPing6(3), and yes, we're keeping all the details, no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

okay so here's the whole config vibe, exactly as the page lays it out 🫶

        *** Probes ***

        +FPing6

        binary = /usr/bin/fping6 # mandatory
        blazemode = true
        hostinterval = 1.5
        interface = eth0
        mininterval = 0.001
        offset = 50%
        packetsize = 5000
        pings = 20
        protocol = 6
        sourceaddress = ::1
        step = 300
        timeout = 1.5
        tos = 0x20
        usestdout = true

        # The following variables can be overridden in each target section
        /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement

        # [...]

        *** Targets ***

        probe = FPing6 # if this should be the default probe

        # [...]

        + mytarget
        # probe = FPing6 # if the default probe is something else
        host = my.host
        /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Integrates FPing6 as a probe into smokeping. This probe is derived from FPing; the only difference is that the target host used for checking the fping command output is ::1 instead of localhost.

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🌸 VARIABLES 🌸

Supported probe-specific variables:

• binary — The location of your fping binary. Example value: /usr/bin/fping6. This setting is mandatory 🚨
• blazemode — Send an extra ping and then discard the first answer since the first is bound to be an outlier. Example value: true
• hostinterval — The fping -p parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes. From fping(1): This parameter sets the time that fping waits between successive packets to an individual target. Example value: 1.5
• interface — The name of the network interface to perform the ping on. Example value: eth0
• mininterval — The fping -i parameter, but in (probably fractional) seconds rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes. From fping(1): The minimum amount of time between sending a ping packet to any target. Example value: 0.001. Default value: 0.01
• 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%
• packetsize — The ping packet size (in the range of 12-64000 bytes). Example value: 5000
• 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: 20
• protocol — Choose if the ping should use IPv4 or IPv6. Example value: 6. Default value: 6
• sourceaddress — The fping -S parameter. From fping(1): Set source address. Example value: ::1
• 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
• timeout — The fping -t parameter, but in (possibly fractional) seconds rather than milliseconds, for consistency with other Smokeping probes. Note that as Smokeping uses the fping 'counting' mode (-C), this apparently only affects the last ping. Example value: 1.5
• tos — Set the type of service (TOS) of outgoing ICMP packets. You need at laeast fping-2.4b2_to3-ipv6 for this to work. Find a copy on www.smokeping.org/pub. Example value: 0x20
• usestdout — Listen for FPing output on stdout instead of stderr ... (version 3.3+ sends its statistics on stdout). Example value: true

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

Shoutout to the icons who made this probe happen:

• Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>
• Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

You'll also wanna check out Smokeping::probes::FPing — it's the related probe, iykyk 💜

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that's the whole page, bestie 💋 this is from SmokePing version 2.9.0, dated 2025-06-30, and it's the Smokeping_probes_FPing6(3) manual page. mwah 🫶