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tcpping and smokeping

I have modified the tcpping script to output values much like fping’s -C mode used in smokeping. At the same time I’ve created a new smokeping probe which uses this new mode. Hence we will have a TCPPing Probe for smokeping, yay!

site-note: I wrote a WPing Probe (windows ping) ages ago too. It expects a data folder, with files named for the hosts you’re monitoring. You also have to set-up a job on the windows box to run the ping and direct the output into the correct file. I share the folder using samba and just copy the ping output there when done.

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9 Responses to “tcpping and smokeping”

  1. Tobi Says:
    June 9th, 2005 at 11:03 pm

    You are always welcome to contribute your probes … especially if they are compatible with smokeping 2.0.

    cheers
    tobi

  2. Nurm Says:
    June 9th, 2005 at 11:12 pm

    I’ll probably get around to upgrading them to SmokePing 2.0 when it’s packaged with Debian, and the old scripts stop working :-)

  3. Anton Says:
    January 17th, 2008 at 2:40 am

    I find this probe very useful. Some of the services I monitor are behind firewalls that drop ICMP traffic (not my firewalls), so this is the only way sometimes.
    Yesterday I finally came around to fix the probe to work with Smokeping 2.0.9 (the one that comes with Debian Etch as of the time of writing).

    Here’s a link to the patch, I hope it is of use to someone.

  4. Nurm Says:
    January 17th, 2008 at 11:02 am

    Thanks Anton!

    I’ve let tobi know, so hopefully we’ll see the next version supporting tcpping out-of-the-box.

  5. Tobi Says:
    January 23rd, 2008 at 3:10 pm

    the probe will be in the upcoming smokeping 2.3.0
    cheers
    tobi

  6. Mark Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 am

    Hello,

    Can someone help me with this probe? I get the following error:
    Reloading smokeping configuration…require Smokeping::probes::TCPPing failed: Base class package “probes::basefork” is empty.
    (Perhaps you need to ‘use’ the module which defines that package first.)
    at /usr/share/perl5/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TCPPing.pm line 55
    BEGIN failed–compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TCPPing.pm line 55, line 99.
    Compilation failed in require at (eval 11) line 3, line 99.

  7. Nurm Says:
    April 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 am

    Hey Mark, what version of smokeping and the probe are you using? The probes linked to above are for a pre-2.0 version of smokeping, and smokeping 2.3.0 should have them included.

  8. Mark Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

    I am using the following version:
    Running on SmokePing-2.0.9 by Tobi Oetiker and Niko Tyni

    Also you can find the config file I use at the following url (note i did change email address/domainname):
    http://yourpaste.net/620/

  9. Nurm Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

    Did you apply Anton’s patch?

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