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Icmpcheck Receiver

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Supported Telemetry

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Overview

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Configuration

• targets (required): The list of targets to be pinged.
• collection_interval (optional, default = 60s): This receiver collects metrics on an interval. Valid time units are ns, us (or µs), ms, s, m, h.
• initial_delay (optional, default = 1s): Defines how long this receiver waits before starting.

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Target Configuration

• host (required): A hostname or IP address to be pinged.
• ping_count (optional, default = 3): The number of packets after which the pinger is stopped.
• ping_interval (optional, default = 1s): The wait time between each packet send.
• ping_timeout (optional, default = 5s): Specifies a timeout before ping exits, regardless of how many packets have been received.

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Optional Metrics Configuration

receivers:
  icmpcheck:
    metrics:
      ping.rtt.min:
        enabled: false

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Metrics

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Resource Attributes

• net.peer.ip - the IP address of the host being pinged.
• net.peer.name - the string address of the host being pinged.

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Example Configuration

receivers:
  icmpcheck:
    collection_interval: 30s
    metrics:
      ping.rtt.min:
        enabled: false
    targets:
      - host: "https://opentelemtry.io"
        ping_count: 4
      - host: "192.168.101.25"
        ping_interval: 2s
        ping_timeout: 3s
processors:
  batch:
    send_batch_max_size: 1000
    send_batch_size: 100
    timeout: 10s
exporters:
  debug:
    verbosity: detailed
service:
  pipelines:
    metrics:
      receivers: [ icmpcheck ]
      processors: [ batch ]
      exporters: [ debug ]

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Metrics

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Resource Attributes