net_response

Network Response Input Plugin

The input plugin test UDP/TCP connections response time and can optional verify text in the response.

Global configuration options

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

# Collect response time of a TCP or UDP connection
[[inputs.net_response]]
  ## Protocol, must be "tcp" or "udp"
  ## NOTE: because the "udp" protocol does not respond to requests, it requires
  ## a send/expect string pair (see below).
  protocol = "tcp"
  ## Server address (default localhost)
  address = "localhost:80"

  ## Set timeout
  # timeout = "1s"

  ## Set read timeout (only used if expecting a response)
  # read_timeout = "1s"

  ## The following options are required for UDP checks. For TCP, they are
  ## optional. The plugin will send the given string to the server and then
  ## expect to receive the given 'expect' string back.
  ## string sent to the server
  # send = "ssh"
  ## expected string in answer
  # expect = "ssh"

  ## Uncomment to remove deprecated fields; recommended for new deploys
  # fielddrop = ["result_type", "string_found"]

Metrics

• net_response
  • tags:
    • server
    • port
    • protocol
    • result
  • fields:
    • response_time (float, seconds)
    • result_code (int, success = 0, timeout = 1, connection_failed = 2, read_failed = 3, string_mismatch = 4)
    • result_type (string) DEPRECATED in 1.7; use result tag
    • string_found (boolean) DEPRECATED in 1.4; use result tag

Example Output

net_response,port=8086,protocol=tcp,result=success,server=localhost response_time=0.000092948,result_code=0i,result_type="success" 1525820185000000000
net_response,port=8080,protocol=tcp,result=connection_failed,server=localhost result_code=2i,result_type="connection_failed" 1525820088000000000
net_response,port=8080,protocol=udp,result=read_failed,server=localhost result_code=3i,result_type="read_failed",string_found=false 1525820088000000000