Smokeping_probes_base(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so Smokeping_probes_base(3) is the manual for Smokeping::probes::base, and it is literally the Base Class for implementing SmokePing Probes. it's giving parent-class main character energy, no cap 💅.

✨ OVERVIEW ✨

For the time being, bestie, please use Smokeping::probes::FPing for inspiration when implementing your own probes. that's the vibe, fr fr 🦋.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the config moment, exactly as the page says:

*** Probes ***

+base

offset = 50%
pings = 20
step = 300

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

# [...]

*** Targets ***

probe = base # if this should be the default probe

# [...]

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

🌸 VARIABLES 🌸

Supported probe-specific variables:

• 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% ✨
• 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 👑
• 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 🔥

⚠️ bestie, those RRD caveats are real: if you change pings or step after the RRD files exist, you're gonna have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them. periodt. 💀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch> 🫶

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✨ okay bye bestie 🫶 this lil page is from SmokePing version 2.9.0, dated 2025-06-30 — Smokeping_probes_base(3), periodt. 💖