SmokePing keeps track of your network latency:
Best of breed latency visualisation.
Interactive graph explorer.
Wide range of latency measurment plugins.
Master/Slave System for distributed measurement.
Highly configurable alerting system.
Live Latency Charts with the most 'interesting' graphs.
Installation
# cd /usr/ports/net-mgmt/smokeping
[/usr/ports/net-mgmt/smokeping]# make config-recursive install clean
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SmokePing has now been installed in /usr/local/smokeping/.
NOTE: A set of sample configuration files have been installed:
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/config
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/smokemail
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/basepage.html
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/tmail
You *MUST* edit these to suit your requirements. Please read the
manpages 'smokeping_install' and 'smokeping_config' for further
details on installation and configuration.
Once configured, you can start SmokePing by adding:
smokeping_enable="YES"
to /etc/rc.conf, and then running, as root:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/smokeping start
To enable Apache web access, add something like the following to
your /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf:
DocumentRoot /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs
ScriptAlias /smokeping.cgi /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs/smokeping.cgi
ScriptAlias /tr.cgi /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs/tr.cgi
Enjoy!
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Configuration
1) Move Smokeping htdocs, lib, var foldersfrom /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs to /usr/local/www/smokeping
from /usr/local/smokeping/lib to /usr/local/www/smokeping-lib
from /usr/local/var/smokeping/ to /usr/local/www/smokeping-rrd
edit
/usr/local/www/smokeping/smokeping.cgi
/usr/local/www/smokeping/tr.cgi
/usr/local/bin/smokeping
use lib qw(/usr/local/www/smokeping-lib);
2) Apache22 httpd.conf
LoadModule speedycgi_module libexec/apache22/mod_speedycgi.so
#LoadModule speedycgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_speedycgi.so
#LoadModule fcgid_module libexec/apache22/mod_fcgid.so
Alias /smokeping "/usr/local/smokeping/htdocs"
Alias /smokeimg/ /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs/img/
Alias /cropper/ /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs/cropper/
<Directory /usr/local/smokeping/htdocs>
Options Includes ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex smokeping.fcgi
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
AddHandler cgi-script .fcgi
# AddHandler fcgid-script .fcgi
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
Allow from 10.0.200
Deny from all
</Directory>
SpeedyCGI 2.22
# cd /usr/ports/www/p5-CGI-SpeedyCGI/
# make install clean
3) Prepare Smokeping Log Files
touch /var/log/smokeping.log
chown smokeping:smokeping /var/log/smokeping.log
4) Edit Smokeping Config
$ee /usr/local/etc/smokeping/config
*** General ***
owner = MY COMPANY
contact = noc@my-company.com
mailhost = mail.my-company.com
sendmail = /usr/lib/sendmail
# NOTE: do not put the Image Cache below cgi-bin since all files under cgi-bin will be executed ...
# this is not good for images.
imgcache = /usr/local/www/smokeping/img/
imgurl = /smokeimg
datadir = /usr/local/www/smokeping-rrd
piddir = /var/run/smokeping
cgiurl = http://my-company.com/smokeping.cgi
smokemail = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/smokemail
tmail = /usr/local/etc/smokeping/tmail
syslogfacility = local0
# each probe is now run in its own process
# disable this to revert to the old behaviour
# concurrentprobes = no
*** Alerts ***
to = noc@my-company.com
from = smokeping@my-company.com
+bigloss
type = loss
pattern = <100%,>50%,>50%
comment = host not responding
...
Customizations to the Smokeping web page templates can be made in the following config files:
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/smokemail
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/basepage.html
/usr/local/etc/smokeping/tmail
Customize
# cd /usr/ports/net/tcping
[/usr/ports/net/tcping]# make config-recursive install clean
# locate tcptraceroute
/usr/ports/net/tcptraceroute
# cd /usr/ports/net/tcptraceroute
# make config-recursive install clean
Starting
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/smokeping restart
http://scratching.psybermonkey.net/2009/08/smokeping-how-setup-logging-or-debuging.html
Final notes after building
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SmokePing has now been installed in /usr/local/smokeping/.
NOTE: A set of sample configuration files have been installed in
/usr/local/etc/smokeping.
You *MUST* edit these to suit your requirements. Please read the
manpages 'smokeping_install' and 'smokeping_config' for further
details on installation and configuration.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Smokeping, the
manpage 'smokeping_upgrade' may be of help.
Once configured, you can start SmokePing by adding:
smokeping_enable="YES"
to /etc/rc.conf, and then running, as root:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/smokeping start
For configuration of web access, please see the 'smokeping_install'
manpage.
Enjoy!
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