changes after https://github.com/schweikert/fping/pull/105 being merged into fping repo

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/conf.d/fping.conf b/conf.d/fping.conf
index 5b8bfd2714..b2d4f3ac81 100644
--- a/conf.d/fping.conf
+++ b/conf.d/fping.conf
@@ -1,51 +1,44 @@
 # no need for shebang - this file is sourced from fping.plugin
 
-# fping.plugin requires a special version of fping.
-# Get it from https://github.com/ktsaou/fping
-# and build it, like this:
-
-cat >/dev/null <<EOF
-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 && \
-echo "DONE"
-EOF
+# fping.plugin requires a recent version of fping.
+#
+# You can get it on your system, by running:
+#
+# /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/fping.plugin install
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # configuration options
 
-# The update frequency of the chart - the default is inherited from netdata
-
-#update_every=2
-
 # The fping binary to use. We need one that can output netdata friendly info
 # (supporting: -N). If you have multiple versions, put here the full filename
 # of the right one
 
 #fping="/usr/local/bin/fping"
 
+
 # a space separated list of hosts to fping
 # we suggest to put names here and the IPs of these names in /etc/hosts
 
 hosts=""
 
+
+# The update frequency of the chart - the default is inherited from netdata
+
+#update_every=2
+
+
 # The time in milliseconds (1 sec = 1000 ms) to ping the hosts
 # by default 5 pings per host per iteration
+# fping will now allow this to be below 20ms
+
+#ping_every="200"
 
-ping_every="$((update_every * 1000 / 5))"
 
-# other fping options
-# -R    = send packets with random data
-# -i 10 = send one packet every 10 ms (i.e how fast to switch hosts)
-#         non-root users (like netdata) need >= 10
-#         this limits the total number of packets fping can send
-#         per second to 100, for all hosts, combined
-# -r 0  = never retry packets
+# other fping options - defaults:
+# -R      = send packets with random data
+# -b 56   = the number of bytes per packet
+# -i 1    = 1ms when sending packets to others hosts (switching hosts)
+# -r 0    = never retry packets
+# -t 5000 = per packet timeout at 5000ms
 
-other_opts="-R -i 10 -r 0"
+#fping_opts="-R -b 56 -i 1 -r 0 -t 5000"