#!/usr/bin/env bash me="${0}" # the frequency to send info to netdata # passed by netdata as the first parameter update_every="${1-1}" # the netdata configuration directory # passed by netdata as an environment variable NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR="${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR-/etc/netdata}" # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # This plugin requires a special version of fping. # Get it from https://github.com/ktsaou/fping # and build it, like this: # # cd /usr/src # git clone https://github.com/ktsaou/fping.git fping-netdata.git # cd fping-netdata.git # ./autogen.sh # ./configure --prefix=/usr/local # make # cp src/fping /usr/local/bin/ # chown root:root /usr/local/bin/fping # chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/fping # # Then, create /etc/netdata/fping.conf # and set the configuration options given below # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # configuration options # can be overwritten at /etc/netdata/fping.conf # the fping binary to use # we need one that can output netdata friendly info fping="$(which fping || command -v fping)" # a space separated list of hosts to fping hosts="" # the time in milliseconds (1 sec = 1000 ms) # to ping the hosts - by default 2 pings per iteration ping_every="$((update_every * 1000 / 2))" # how many retries to make if a host does not respond retries=1 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # load the configuration file if [ ! -f "${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf" ] then echo >&2 "${me}: configuration file '${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf' not found - nothing to do." echo "DISABLE" exit 1 fi source "${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf" if [ -z "${hosts}" ] then echo >&2 "${me}: no hosts configued in '${NETDATA_CONFIG_DIR}/fping.conf' - nothing to do." echo "DISABLE" exit 1 fi if [ -z "${fping}" -o ! -x "${fping}" ] then echo >&2 "${me}: command '${fping}' is not executable - cannot proceed." echo "DISABLE" exit 1 fi # the fping options we will use options=( -N -l -R -Q ${update_every} -p ${ping_every} -r ${retries} ${hosts} ) # execute fping exec "${fping}" "${options[@]}" # if we cannot execute fping, stop echo >&2 "${me}: command '${fping} ${options[@]}' failed to be executed." echo "DISABLE" exit 1