Next, edit the /etc/smokeping/config file this is smokeping's main configuration file. # mv /srv/http/smokeping/ /srv/http/smokeping/smokeping.fcgi

name '*.dist' -print -execdir sh -c 'mv. Prints out each file that is being renamed and needs editing: distįiles in /etc/smokeping to remove the suffix. Smokeping requires you to edit a few files. The configuration of these will is not covered by this wiki page. If you want to use other probes such as the DNS or http probe you will To ensure that the main configuration file is readable by the smokeping daemon.A data directory that the smokeping daemon can write to, and the FastCGI script can read, e.g.An image cache directory that the FastCGI script can write to, e.g.fcgiwrap and start and enable fcgiwrap.socket if you are using Nginx.apache and mod_fcgid AUR for the web interface if you are using Apache.fping is the simplest and default method for simple ping probes. A tool that smokeping can use for monitoring.In addition to the smokeping package, you will need: The smokeping 'htdocs' in /srv/http/smokeping.

The smokeping daemon and configs in /etc/smokeping/.

The smokeping package consists of two parts: FastCGI on Apache will be setup as described in Apache and FastCGI. This section covers the installation of Smokeping using the smokeping package. This wiki page covers a basic setup of the smokeping daemon and the CGI webinterface. Interface displays that data in the form of graphs. A daemon runs in theīackground pinging and collecting data at set intervals. RRDtool, and generate statistical charts based on RRDtool's Allows you to probe a list of servers, store that data using

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