NAME
Smokeping::probes::skel - a skeleton for Smokeping Probes
SYNOPSIS
*** Probes ***
+skel
forks = 5
offset = 50%
step = 300
timeout = 15
# The following variables can be overridden in each target section
pings = 5
# [...]
*** Targets ***
probe = skel # if this should be the default probe
# [...]
+ mytarget
# probe = skel # if the default probe is something else
host = my.host
pings = 5
DESCRIPTION
This is a non-functional module that is intended to act as a basis for
creation of new probes. See the smokeping_extend document for more
information.
VARIABLES
Supported probe-specific variables:
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
acqusition 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
timeout
How long a single ’ping’ takes at maximum
Example value: 15
Default value: 5
Supported target-specific variables:
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
AUTHORS
Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>,
SEE ALSO
smokeping_extend