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Ping Monitoring Configuration

Component	Requirement
Agent	`atatus-infra-agent`
Version	4.2.0+
Ping Support	Optional (disabled by default)
OS Support	Linux-only raw socket mode

Configuration Location

Use Case	Path
Individual SNMP Devices	`/etc/atatus-infra-agent/conf.d/snmp.d/snmp.yml`
Subnet Autodiscovery	Same SNMP YAML under `instances:`

Ping Configuration Options

Ping settings can be defined in two places: Globally, under init_config: (affects all SNMP devices) Per device, inside each device under instances:

Global Ping Configuration

Add this under snmp → init_config:

snmp:
  init_config:
    use_device_id_as_hostname: true

    ping:
      enabled: true           # Enables ping for all SNMP devices
      count: 2                # ICMP packets per check
      interval: 1000          # ms between packets
      timeout: 1000           # ms timeout

      linux:
        use_raw_socket: true  # Required if normal ping fails (Linux only)

When to use raw socket mode? On Linux, ICMP ping requires elevated privileges. If you see ping failures in logs, enable:

linux:
  use_raw_socket: true

Per-Device Ping Configuration

To enable Ping for a specific device:

snmp:
  init_config:
    use_device_id_as_hostname: true

  instances:
    - ip_address: "1.2.3.4"
      community_string: "public"

      ping:
        enabled: true
        count: 2
        timeout: 1000
        linux:
          use_raw_socket: true

      tags:
        - location:dc1
        - role:switch

Use this when you want ping enabled only for selected devices.

Ping for Autodiscovered Devices

Ping is also supported during SNMP subnet autodiscovery:

instances:
  - name: "subnet-scan"
    network_address: "10.10.0.0/24"

    snmp_version: "2"
    community_string: "public"

    ping:
      enabled: true
      count: 2
      timeout: 1000

    discovery_interval: 3600
    discovery_workers: 100

    tags:
      - env:prod
      - subnet:10.10

Status types

Status	Meaning
Unreachable	Ping failed (device not reachable)
Unmonitored	Ping is not enabled for this device
Ok	Device responded successfully
N/A	Device does not support ping

Metrics Collected

Metric Name	Description
`networkdevice.ping.avg_rtt`	Average round-trip time
`networkdevice.ping.reachable`	Device reachability (1 or 0)
`networkdevice.ping.packet_loss`	Packet loss percentage
`networkdevice.ping.unreachable`	Device unreachable count

These metrics appear along with all other SNMP metrics. Restart the Agent

sudo systemctl restart atatus-infra-agent

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Ping Monitoring Configuration

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Ping Configuration Options