SmokePing setup and Proxy
Install SmokePing
Configuring Smokeping
The Smokeping configuration is in the file /etc/smokeping/config. This file just includes some other files from the /etc/smokeping/config.d directory so we have to modify these files. First we modify /etc/smokeping/config.d/General. In this file, you find some email settings and the URL of the Smokeping web interface. Change them like this:
*** General ***
@include /etc/smokeping/config.d/pathnames
# Please edit this to suit your installation
owner = Falko Timme
contact = me@example.com
cgiurl = http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi
mailhost = smtp.example.com
# specify this to get syslog logging
syslogfacility = local0
# each probe is now run in its own process
# disable this to revert to the old behaviour
# concurrentprobes = no
Open /etc/smokeping/config.d/Alerts and set the correct to and from addresses for emails sent by Smokeping:
to = me@example.com
from = smokealert@example.com
Next open /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets. In this file, you find the remark line. Modify it to your likings:
Basic Example
We will now do a basic configuration to measure the network latency to certain servers in various countries (e.g. Germany, UK, USA). In this example, I’m going to test the network connection to the servers www.heise.de (Germany), bbc.co.uk (UK), and web.mit.edu (USA)
Open /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets again:
Add the following lines to the file:
+ World
menu = World
title = World
++ Europe
menu = Europe
title =European Connectivity
+++ Germany
menu = Germany
title = German Connectivity
alerts = bigloss,someloss,startloss
++++ Heise
menu = Heise
title = Heise
host = www.heise.de
+++ UK
menu = United Kingdom
title = United Kingdom
++++ BBC
menu = BBC
title = BBC
host = bbc.co.uk
++ USA
menu = North America
title =North American Connectivity
+++ MIT
menu = MIT
title = Massachusetts Institute of Technology Webserver
host = web.mit.edu
Save your changes and restart Smokeping:
/etc/init.d/smokeping restart
Smokeping will now probe the servers by pinging them (by using /usr/bin/fping) – this is the default test.
Now open a web browser and go to http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/smokeping.cgi.
CURL Probe with Proxy
Open /etc/smokeping/config.d/Targets again:
Add the following lines to the file
title =North American Connectivity
+++ MITCURL
menu = MITCURL
title = Massachusetts Institute of Technology Webserver
probe = Curl # if the default probe is something else
host = web.mit.edu
agent = User-Agent: Lynx/2.8.4rel.1 libwww-FM/2.14 SSL-MM/1.4.1 OpenSSL/0.9.6c
follow_redirects = yes
include_redirects = yes
interface = eth0
urlformat = -x 172.16.0.1:8080 http://%host%/ # mandatory
Now add the curl probe to the probes file
/etc/smokeping/config.d/Probes
binary = /usr/bin/curl
forks = 5
offset = 50%
step = 300
Finally restart smokeping.
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