Ping

Name

Ping -- ICMP PING hosts

Synopsis

{ 'type'      : 'Ping' , 
  'subents'   : [ 
                 {
                  'status'   : 'on' ,
                  'name'     : 'mx1.example.com',
                  'pingHost'  : '12.34.56.78',
                  'triggers' : [{ 'level' : 'warn', 'trigger' : '5' }, ],
              }
            ]
}

Description

The Ping Entity monitors the availability of servers by pinging the server using the ICMP PING message. The Entity reports the number of pings dropped and the ping time in seconds.

Fields

name

A descriptive name for this subentity.

pingHost

The hostname or IP address of the host to monitor.

Trigger

The Trigger fires if the server does not respond to any pings.