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<li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
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<li><a href="#variables">VARIABLES</a></li>
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<li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
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<li><a href="#see_also">SEE ALSO</a></li>
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<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
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<p>Smokeping::probes::skel - a skeleton for Smokeping Probes</p>
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<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
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# The following variables can be overridden in each target section
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probe = skel # if this should be the default probe</pre>
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# probe = skel # if the default probe is something else
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<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
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<p>This is a non-functional module that is intended to act as a
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basis for creation of new probes. See the <a href="./../../smokeping_extend.html">the smokeping_extend manpage</a>
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document for more information.</p>
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<h1><a name="variables">VARIABLES</a></h1>
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<p>Supported probe-specific variables:</p>
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<dt><strong><a name="item_forks">forks</a></strong><br />
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Run this many concurrent processes at maximum
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<p>Example value: 5</p>
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<p>Default value: 5</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_offset">offset</a></strong><br />
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If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them from
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hitting your network all at the same time. Using the probe-specific
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offset parameter you can change the point in time when each probe will
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be run. Offset is specified in % of total interval, or alternatively as
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'random', and the offset from the 'General' section is used if nothing
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is specified here. Note that this does NOT influence the rrds itself,
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it is just a matter of when data acqusition is initiated.
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(This variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set
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in the 'General' section.)
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<p>Example value: 50%</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_step">step</a></strong><br />
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Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if different
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from the one specified in the 'Database' section. Note that the step in
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the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you
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change the step parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD
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files or somehow convert them. (This variable is only applicable if
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the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)
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<p>Example value: 300</p>
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</dd><dt><strong><a name="item_timeout">timeout</a></strong><br />
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How long a single 'ping' takes at maximum
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<p>Example value: 15</p>
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<p>Default value: 5</p>
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<p>Supported target-specific variables:</p>
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<dt><strong><a name="item_pings">pings</a></strong><br />
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How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the global
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value specified in the Database section. Note that the number of pings in
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the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you
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change this parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD
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files or somehow convert them.
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<p>Example value: 5</p>
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<h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
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Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>,</pre>
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<h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1>
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<p><a href="./../../smokeping_extend.html">the smokeping_extend manpage</a></p>