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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2022-11-30 18:47:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2022-11-30 18:47:05 +0000 |
| commit | 97e01009d69b8fbebfebf68f51e3d126d0ed43fc (patch) | |
| tree | 02e8b836c3a9d89806f3e67d4a5fe9f52dbb0061 /collectors/fping.plugin | |
| parent | Releasing debian version 1.36.1-1. (diff) | |
| download | netdata-97e01009d69b8fbebfebf68f51e3d126d0ed43fc.tar.xz netdata-97e01009d69b8fbebfebf68f51e3d126d0ed43fc.zip | |
Merging upstream version 1.37.0.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/collectors/fping.plugin/README.md b/collectors/fping.plugin/README.md index 626edf5d0..e32d3911b 100644 --- a/collectors/fping.plugin/README.md +++ b/collectors/fping.plugin/README.md @@ -8,22 +8,30 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/fping The fping plugin supports monitoring latency, packet loss and uptime of any number of network end points, by pinging them with `fping`. -A recent version of `fping` is required (one that supports option `-N`). -The supplied plugin can install it, by running: +This plugin requires version 5.1 or newer of `fping` (earlier versions may or may not work). Our static builds and +Docker images come bundled with a known working version of `fping`. Native packages and local builds will need to +have a working version installed before the plugin is usable. + +## Installing fping locally + +If your distribution’s repositories do not include a working version of `fping`, the supplied plugin can install +it, by running: ```sh /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/fping.plugin install ``` -The above will download, build and install the right version as `/usr/local/bin/fping`. +The above will download, build and install the right version as `/usr/local/bin/fping`. This requires a working C +compiler, GNU autotools (at least autoconf and automake), and GNU make. On Debian or Ubuntu, you can pull in most +of the required tools by installing the `build-essential` package (this should include everything except automake +and autoconf). + +## Configuration Then you need to edit `/etc/netdata/fping.conf` (to edit it on your system run `/etc/netdata/edit-config fping.conf`) like this: ```sh -# uncomment the following line - it should already be there -fping="/usr/local/bin/fping" - # set here all the hosts you need to ping # I suggest to use hostnames and put their IPs in /etc/hosts hosts="host1 host2 host3" |