Name

ping — format of ping component configuration

DESCRIPTION

General syntax rules of Kernun Firewall configuration files are described in configuration(7). This man page describes types, sections and items specific for the ping component configuration.

Repeatable sections/items are marked by the '*' before section/item name.

TYPES

Configuration directives have attributes of several value-types. For the basic types description, see configuration(7).

ITEMS AND SECTIONS

Configuration of ping library component consists of following prototypes:


* ping-group name { ... }
    

Description:

ping-group name {


  timeout ... ;
* host ... ;
}

        

Group of hosts being pinged.

Constraints:

At least one HOST must be specified.

Ping timeout must be specified.

Items & subsections:

timeout seconds;

Timeout for ping responses.

seconds (type: uint16)

host target [source-address source-address];

Ping group member description.

At least one of hosts within a group must respond within given timeout, this group to be recognized as "alive".

target (type: host)

Host IP address

source-address source-address (type: host, optional, default: [0.0.0.0])

Source IP address

[End of section ping-group description.]

SEE ALSO

configuration(7)