smokeping_config

# NAME

smokeping_config - Reference for the SmokePing Config File

# OVERVIEW

SmokePing takes its configuration from a single central configuration file. Its location must be hardcoded in the smokeping script and smokeping.cgi.

The contents of this manual is generated directly from the configuration file parser.

The Parser for the Configuration file is written using David Schweikers Config::Grammar module. Read all about it in the Config::Grammar manpage.

The Configuration file has a tree-like structure with section headings at various levels. It also contains variable assignments and tables.

Warning: this manual is rather long. See the smokeping_examples manpage for simple configuration examples.

# REFERENCE

## GENERAL SYNTAX

The text below describes the general syntax of the SmokePing configuration file. It was copied from the Config::Grammar documentation.

'#' denotes a comment up to the end-of-line, empty lines are allowed and space at the beginning and end of lines is trimmed.

'\' at the end of the line marks a continued line on the next line. A single space will be inserted between the concatenated lines.

'@include filename' is used to include another file.

'@define a some value' will replace all occurences of 'a' in the following text with 'some value'.

Fields in tables that contain white space can be enclosed in either `'` or `"`. Whitespace can also be escaped with `\`. Quotes inside quotes are allowed but must be escaped with a backslash as well.

## SPECIFIC SYNTAX

The text below describes the specific syntax of the SmokePing configuration file.

## *** General *** (mandatory section)

General configuration values valid for the whole SmokePing setup.

The following variables can be set in this section:

owner (mandatory setting)
  Name of the person responsible for this smokeping installation.

imgcache (mandatory setting)
  A directory which is visible on your webserver where SmokePing can cache graphs.

imgurl (mandatory setting)
  Either an absolute URL to the imgcache directory or one relative to the directory where you keep the SmokePing cgi.

datadir (mandatory setting)
  The directory where SmokePing can keep its rrd files.

dyndir
  The base directory where SmokePing keeps the files related to the DYNAMIC function. This directory must be writeable by the WWW server.

  If this variable is not specified, the value of `datadir` will be used instead.

pagedir
  Directory to store static representations of pages.

piddir (mandatory setting)
  The directory where SmokePing keeps its pid when daemonised.

sendmail
  Path to your sendmail binary. It will be used for sending mails in connection with the support of DYNAMIC addresses.

offset
  If you run many instances of smokeping you may want to prevent them from hitting your network all at the same time. Using the offset parameter you can change the point in time when the probes are run. Offset is specified in % of total interval, or alternatively as 'random'. I recommend to use 'random'. Note that this does NOT influence the rrds itself, it is just a matter of when data acqusition is initiated. The default offset is 'random'.

smokemail (mandatory setting)
  Path to the mail template for DYNAMIC hosts. This mail template must contain keywords of the form <##keyword##>. There is a sample template included with SmokePing.

cgiurl (mandatory setting)
  Complete URL path of the SmokePing.cgi

mailhost
  Instead of using sendmail, you can specify the name of an smtp server and use perl's Net::SMTP module to send mail to DYNAMIC host owners (see below).

contact (mandatory setting)
  Mail address of the person responsible for this smokeping installation.

netsnpp
syslogfacility
  The syslog facility to use, eg. local0...local7. Note: syslog logging is only used if you specify this.

syslogpriority
  The syslog priority to use, eg. debug, notice or info. Default is info.

concurrentprobes
  If you use multiple probes or multiple instances of the same probe and you want them to run concurrently in separate processes, set this to 'yes'. This gives you the possibility to specify probe-specific step and offset parameters (see the 'Probes' section) for each probe and makes the probes unable to block each other in cases of service outages. The default is 'yes', but if you for some reason want the old behaviour you can set this to 'no'.

changeprocessnames
  When using 'concurrentprobes' (see above), this controls whether the probe subprocesses should change their argv string to indicate their probe in the process name. If set to 'yes' (the default), the probe name will be appended to the process name as '[probe]', eg. '/usr/bin/smokeping [FPing]'. If you don't like this behaviour, set this variable to 'no'. If 'concurrentprobes' is not set to 'yes', this variable has no effect.

  Default value: changeprocessnames = yes

tmail
  Path to your tSmoke HTML mail template file. See the tSmoke documentation for details.

changecgiprogramname
  Usually the Smokeping CGI tries to log any possible errors with an extended program name that includes the IP address of the remote client for easier debugging. If this variable is set to 'no', the program name will not be modified. The only reason you would want this is if you have a very old version of the CGI::Carp module. See the installation document for details.

  Default value: changecgiprogramname = yes

linkstyle
  How the CGI self-referring links are created. The possible values are
  absolute
    Full hostname and path derived from the 'cgiurl' variable

    <a href=``http://hostname/path/smokeping.cgi?foo=bar''>

  relative
    Only the parameter part is specified

    <a href=``?foo=bar''>

  original
    The way the links were generated before Smokeping version 2.0.4: no hostname, only the path

    <a href=``/path/smokeping.cgi?foo=bar''>

  The default is ``relative'', which hopefully works for everybody.

  Default value: linkstyle = relative

## *** Database *** (mandatory section)

Describes the properties of the round robin database for storing the SmokePing data. Note that it is not possible to edit existing RRDs by changing the entries in the cfg file.

The following variables can be set in this section:

step (mandatory setting)
  Duration of the base operation interval of SmokePing in seconds. SmokePing will venture out every step seconds to ping your target hosts. If 'concurrent_probes' is set to 'yes' (see above), this variable can be overridden by each probe. Note that the step in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you change the step parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them.

pings (mandatory setting)
  How many pings should be sent to each target. Suggested: 20 pings. Minimum value: 3 pings. This can be overridden by each probe. Some probes (those derived from basefork.pm, ie. most except the FPing variants) will even let this be overridden target-specifically. Note that the number of pings in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you change this parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them.

This section also contains a table describing the setup of the SmokePing database. Below are reasonable defaults. Only change them if you know rrdtool and its workings. Each row in the table describes one RRA.

     # cons   xff steps rows
     AVERAGE  0.5   1   1008
     AVERAGE  0.5  12   4320
         MIN  0.5  12   4320
         MAX  0.5  12   4320
     AVERAGE  0.5 144    720
         MAX  0.5 144    720
         MIN  0.5 144    720

column 0
  Consolidation method.

column 1
  What part of the consolidated intervals must be known to warrant a known entry.

column 2
  How many steps to consolidate into for each RRA entry.

column 3
  How many rows this RRA should have.

## *** Presentation *** (mandatory section)

Defines how the SmokePing data should be presented.

The following variables can be set in this section:

template (mandatory setting)
  The webpage template must contain keywords of the form <##keyword##>. There is a sample template included with SmokePing; use it as the basis for your experiments. Default template contains a pointer to the SmokePing counter and homepage. I would be glad if you would not remove this as it gives me an indication as to how widely used the tool is.

charset
  By default, SmokePing assumes the 'iso-8859-15' character set. If you use something else, this is the place to speak up.

The following sections are valid on level 1:

+overview (mandatory section)
  The Overview section defines how the Overview graphs should look.

  The following variables can be set in this section:

  width (mandatory setting)
    Width of the Overview Graphs.

  height (mandatory setting)
    Height of the Overview Graphs.

  range
    How much time should be depicted in the Overview graph. Time must be specified as a number followed by a letter which specifies the unit of time. Known units are: seconds, minutes, hours, ddays, weeks, years.

  max_rtt
    Any roundtrip time larger than this value will cropped in the overview graph

  median_color
    By default the median line is drawn in red. Override it here with a hex color in the format rrggbb.

  strftime
    Use posix strftime to format the timestamp in the left hand lower corner of the overview graph

+detail (mandatory section)
  The following variables can be set in this section:
  width (mandatory setting)
    How many pixels wide should detail graphs be

  height (mandatory setting)
    How many pixels high should detail graphs be

  logarithmic
    should the graphs be shown in a logarithmic scale (yes/no)

  unison_tolerance
    if a graph is more than this factor of the median 'max' it drops out of the unison scaling algorithm. A factor of two would mean that any graph with a max either less than half or more than twice the median 'max' will be dropped from unison scaling

  max_rtt
    Any roundtrip time larger than this value will cropped in the detail graph

  strftime
    Use posix strftime to format the timestamp in the left hand lower corner of the detail graph

  nodata_color
    Paint the graph background in a special color when there is no data for this period because smokeping has not been running (#rrggbb)

  The detailed display can contain several graphs of different resolution. In this table you can specify the resolution of each graph.

  Example:

       "Last 3 Hours"    3h
       "Last 30 Hours"   30h
       "Last 10 Days"    10d
       "Last 400 Days"   400d

  column 0
    Description of the particular resolution.

  column 1
    How much time should be depicted. The format is the same as for the age parameter of the Overview section.

  The following sections are valid on level 2:

  ++loss_colors
    In the Detail view, the color of the median line depends the amount of lost packets. SmokePing comes with a reasonable default setting, but you may choose to disagree. The table below lets you specify your own coloring.

    Example:

         Loss Color   Legend
         1    00ff00    "<1"
         3    0000ff    "<3"
         1000 ff0000    ">=3"

    column 0
      Activate when the number of losst pings is larger or equal to this number

    column 1
      Color for this range.

    column 2
      Description for this range.

  ++uptime_colors
    When monitoring a host with DYNAMIC addressing, SmokePing will keep track of how long the machine is able to keep the same IP address. This time is plotted as a color in the graphs background. SmokePing comes with a reasonable default setting, but you may choose to disagree. The table below lets you specify your own coloring

    Example:

         # Uptime      Color     Legend
         3600          00ff00   "<1h"
         86400         0000ff   "<1d"
         604800        ff0000   "<1w"
         1000000000000 ffff00   ">1w"

    Uptime is in days!

    column 0
      Activate when uptime in days is larger of equal to this number

    column 1
      Color for this uptime range range.

    column 2
      Description for this range.

## *** Probes *** (mandatory section)

The Probes Section configures Probe modules. Probe modules integrate an external ping command into SmokePing. Check the documentation of each module for more information about it.

The following sections are valid on level 1:

+/[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/
  Each module can take specific configuration information from this area. The jumble of letters above is a regular expression defining legal module names.

  See the documentation of each module for details about its variables.

  The grammar of this section is dynamically modified based on its name.

  The following sections are valid on level 2:

  ++/[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/
    You can define multiple instances of the same probe with subsections. These instances can have different values for their variables, so you can eg. have one instance of the FPing probe with packet size 1000 and step 300 and another instance with packet size 64 and step 30. The name of the subsection determines what the probe will be called, so you can write descriptive names for the probes.

    If there are any subsections defined, the main section for this probe will just provide default parameter values for the probe instances, ie. it will not become a probe instance itself.

    The example above would be written like this:

         *** Probes ***

         + FPing
         # this value is common for the two subprobes
         binary = /usr/bin/fping

         ++ FPingLarge
         packetsize = 1000
         step = 300

         ++ FPingSmall
         packetsize = 64
         step = 30

  Dynamical grammar changes for example instances of this section:

  AnotherDNS: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    lookup

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    mininterval

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: mininterval = 0.5

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: port = 53

    recordtype

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: recordtype = A

    require_answers

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    require_noerror

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    lookup
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 0.5

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: port = 53

    recordtype
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: recordtype = A

    require_answers
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    require_noerror
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `AnotherDNS`.)

  AnotherSSH: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    greeting

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: greeting = SSH-Latency-Measurement-Sorry-for-this-logmessage

    interval

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: interval = established

    mininterval

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: mininterval = 0.5

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: port = 22

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    greeting
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: greeting = SSH-Latency-Measurement-Sorry-for-this-logmessage

    interval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: interval = established

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 0.5

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: port = 22

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `AnotherSSH`.)

  CiscoRTTMonDNS: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    iosint

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    name

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    iosint
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    name
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `CiscoRTTMonDNS`.)

  CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    iosint

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    packetsize

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: packetsize = 56

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    vrf

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    iosint
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    packetsize
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: packetsize = 56

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    vrf
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP`.)

  CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    iosint

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: port = 80

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    iosint
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: port = 80

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect`.)

  Curl: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/curl

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    agent

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    extraargs

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    extrare

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: extrare = / /

    follow_redirects

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: follow_redirects = no

    include_redirects

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: include_redirects = no

    insecure_ssl

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    interface

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ssl2

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 10

    urlformat

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/curl

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    agent
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraargs
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extrare
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: extrare = / /

    follow_redirects
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: follow_redirects = no

    include_redirects
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: include_redirects = no

    insecure_ssl
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    interface
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ssl2
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 10

    urlformat
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `Curl`.)

  DNS: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary (mandatory setting)
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    lookup

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    server

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    lookup
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    server
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `DNS`.)

  EchoPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    fill

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    size

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    udp

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    fill
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    size
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    udp
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPing`.)

  EchoPingChargen: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    fill

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    size

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    fill
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    size
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPingChargen`.)

  EchoPingDiscard: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    fill

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    size

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    udp

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    fill
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    size
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    udp
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPingDiscard`.)

  EchoPingHttp: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ignore_cache

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    revalidate_data

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    url

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: url = /

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ignore_cache
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    revalidate_data
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    url
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: url = /

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPingHttp`.)

  EchoPingHttps: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ignore_cache

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    revalidate_data

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    url

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: url = /

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ignore_cache
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    revalidate_data
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    url
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: url = /

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPingHttps`.)

  EchoPingIcp: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    url

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    url
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPingIcp`.)

  EchoPingSmtp: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary
      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    extraopts

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    ipversion

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    priority

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    waittime

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: binary = /usr/bin/echoping

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    extraopts
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ipversion
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    priority
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    tos
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    waittime
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `EchoPingSmtp`.)

  FPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary (mandatory setting)
    hostinterval
    mininterval
      Default value: mininterval = 0.01

    offset
    packetsize
    pings
    step
    timeout

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    hostinterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 0.01

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    packetsize
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `FPing`.)

  FPing6: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary (mandatory setting)
    hostinterval
    mininterval
      Default value: mininterval = 0.01

    offset
    packetsize
    pings
    step
    timeout

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    hostinterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 0.01

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    packetsize
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `FPing6`.)

  IOSPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary (mandatory setting)
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    packetsize
      Default value: packetsize = 56

    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    iosint

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    iosuser

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    packetsize
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: packetsize = 56

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    ioshost
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    iosint
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    iosuser
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `IOSPing`.)

  LDAP: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    passwordfile
    step
    attrs

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    base

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    binddn

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    filter

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    mininterval

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: mininterval = 1

    password

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    scope

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: scope = sub

    start_tls

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    version

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    passwordfile
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    attrs
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    base
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    binddn
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    filter
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 1

    password
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    scope
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: scope = sub

    start_tls
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    version
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `LDAP`.)

  Radius: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    passwordfile
    secretfile
    step
    mininterval

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: mininterval = 1

    nas_ip_address

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    password

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    secret

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    username

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    passwordfile
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    secretfile
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 1

    nas_ip_address
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    password
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    secret
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    username
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `Radius`.)

  RemoteFPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary (mandatory setting)
    hostinterval
    mininterval
      Default value: mininterval = 0.01

    offset
    packetsize
    pings
    rbinary (mandatory setting)
    rhost (mandatory setting)
    ruser
    step
    timeout

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    hostinterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 0.01

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    packetsize
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    rbinary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    rhost (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    ruser
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `RemoteFPing`.)

  SSH: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    binary (mandatory setting)
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    keytype

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: keytype = rsa

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    binary (mandatory setting)
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    keytype
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: keytype = rsa

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `SSH`.)

  TacacsPlus: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    passwordfile
    secretfile
    step
    authtype

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: authtype = ASCII

    mininterval

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: mininterval = 1

    password

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    port

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: port = 49

    secret

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    timeout

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      Default value: timeout = 5

    username

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    passwordfile
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    secretfile
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    authtype
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: authtype = ASCII

    mininterval
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: mininterval = 1

    password
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    port
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: port = 49

    secret
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    username
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `TacacsPlus`.)

  TelnetIOSPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
    The following new variables are valid:
    forks
      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
    packetsize
      Default value: packetsize = 56

    step
    timeout
      Default value: timeout = 5

    iospass

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    iosuser

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    pings

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    psource

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

    source

           (This variable can be overridden target-specifically in the Targets section.)

      This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

    Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

    The following new variables are valid:

    forks
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: forks = 5

    offset
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    packetsize
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: packetsize = 56

    step
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    timeout
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

      Default value: timeout = 5

    iospass
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    iosuser
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    pings
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    psource
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    source
      This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instance `TelnetIOSPing`.)

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for example instances of section `/[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/`.)

## *** Alerts ***

The Alert section lets you setup loss and RTT pattern detectors. After each round of polling, SmokePing will examine its data and determine which detectors match. Detectors are enabled per target and get inherited by the targets children.

Detectors are not just simple thresholds which go off at first sight of a problem. They are configurable to detect special loss or RTT patterns. They let you look at a number of past readings to make a more educated decision on what kind of alert should be sent, or if an alert should be sent at all.

The patterns are numbers prefixed with an operator indicating the type of comparison required for a match.

The following RTT pattern detects if a target's RTT goes from constantly below 10ms to constantly 100ms and more:

     old ------------------------------> new
     <10,<10,<10,<10,<10,>10,>100,>100,>100

Loss patterns work in a similar way, except that the loss is defined as the percentage the total number of received packets is of the total number of packets sent.

     old ------------------------------> new
     ==0%,==0%,==0%,==0%,>20%,>20%,>=20%

Apart from normal numbers, patterns can also contain the values * which is true for all values regardless of the operator. And U which is true for unknown data together with the == and =! operators.

Detectors normally act on state changes. This has the disadvantage, that they will fail to find conditions which were already present when launching smokeping. For this it is possible to write detectors that begin with the special value ==S it is inserted whenever smokeping is started up.

You can write

     ==S,>20%,>20%

to detect lines that have been losing more than 20% of the packets for two periods after startup.

Sometimes it may be that conditions occur at irregular intervals. But still you only want to throw an alert if they occur several times within a certain amount of times. The operator *X* will ignore up to X values and still let the pattern match:

      >10%,*10*,>10%

will fire if more than 10% of the packets have been lost at least twice over the last 10 samples.

A complete example

     *** Alerts ***
     to = admin@company.xy,peter@home.xy
     from = smokealert@company.xy

     +lossdetect
     type = loss
     # in percent
     pattern = ==0%,==0%,==0%,==0%,>20%,>20%,>20%
     comment = suddenly there is packet loss

     +miniloss
     type = loss
     # in percent
     pattern = >0%,*12*,>0%,*12*,>0%
     comment = detected loss 3 times over the last two hours

     +rttdetect
     type = rtt
     # in milliseconds
     pattern = <10,<10,<10,<10,<10,<100,>100,>100,>100
     comment = routing messed up again ?

     +rttbadstart
     type = rtt
     # in milliseconds
     pattern = ==S,==U
     comment = offline at startup

The following variables can be set in this section:

to (mandatory setting)
  Either an email address to send alerts to, or the name of a program to execute when an alert matches. To call a program, the first character of the to value must be a pipe symbol ``|''. The program will the be called whenever an alert matches, using the following 5 arguments (except if edgetrigger is 'yes'; see below): name-of-alert, target, loss-pattern, rtt-pattern, hostname. You can also provide a comma separated list of addresses and programs.

from (mandatory setting)
  who should alerts appear to be coming from ?

edgetrigger
  The alert notifications and/or the programs executed are normally triggered every time the alert matches. If this variable is set to 'yes', they will be triggered only when the alert's state is changed, ie. when it's raised and when it's cleared. Subsequent matches of the same alert will thus not trigger a notification.

  When this variable is set to 'yes', a notification program (see the to variable documentation above) will get a sixth argument, raise, which has the value 1 if the alert was just raised and 0 if it was cleared.

  Default value: edgetrigger = no

The following sections are valid on level 1:

+/[^\s,]+/
  The following variables can be set in this section:
  type (mandatory setting)
    Currently the pattern types rtt and loss and matcher are known.

    Matchers are plugin modules that extend the alert conditions. Known matchers are Avgratio, CheckLatency, CheckLoss, Median.

    See the documentation of the corresponding matcher module (eg. the Smokeping::matchers::Avgratio manpage) for instructions on configuring it.

  pattern (mandatory setting)
    a comma separated list of comparison operators and numbers. rtt patterns are in milliseconds, loss patterns are in percents

  comment (mandatory setting)
  to
    Similar to the ``to'' parameter on the top-level except that it will only be used IN ADDITION to the value of the toplevel parameter. Same rules apply.

  edgetrigger
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    Default value: edgetrigger = no

## *** Targets *** (mandatory section)

The Target Section defines the actual work of SmokePing. It contains a hierarchical list of hosts which mark the endpoints of the network connections the system should monitor. Each section can contain one host as well as other sections.

The following variables can be set in this section:

probe (mandatory setting)
  The name of the probe module to be used for this host. The value of this variable gets propagated

  This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

menu (mandatory setting)
  Menu entry for this section. If not set this will be set to the hostname.

title (mandatory setting)
  Title of the page when it is displayed. This will be set to the hostname if left empty.

remark
  An optional remark on the current section. It gets displayed on the webpage.

alerts
  A comma separated list of alerts to check for this target. The alerts have to be setup in the Alerts section. Alerts are inherited by child nodes. Use an empty alerts definition to remove inherited alerts from the current target and its children.

The following sections are valid on level 1:

+/[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/
  Each target section can contain information about a host to monitor as well as further target sections. Most variables have already been described above. The expression above defines legal names for target sections.

  This section is recursive: it can contain `subsection(s)` with the same syntax.

  The following variables can be set in this section:

  probe
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

    This variable dynamically modifies the grammar based on its value.

  menu
  title
  alerts
    Comma separated list of alert names

    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  note
    Some information about this entry which does NOT get displayed on the web.

  email
    This is the contact address for the owner of the current host. In connection with the DYNAMIC hosts, the address will be used for sending the belowmentioned script.

  host
    Can either contain the name of a target host or the string DYNAMIC.

    In the second case, the target machine has a dynamic IP address and thus is required to regularly contact the SmokePing server to verify its IP address. When starting SmokePing with the commandline argument --email it will add a secret password to each of the DYNAMIC host lines and send a script to the owner of each host. This script must be started regularly on the host in question to make sure SmokePing monitors the right box. If the target machine supports SNMP SmokePing will also query the hosts sysContact, sysName and sysLocation properties to make sure it is still the same host.

  remark
  rawlog
    Log the raw data, gathered for this target, in tab separated format, to a file with the same basename as the corresponding RRD file. Use posix strftime to format the timestamp to be put into the file name. The filename is built like this:

         basename.strftime.csv

    Example:

         rawlog=%Y-%m-%d

    this would create a new logfile every day with a name like this:

         targethost.2004-05-03.csv

  alertee
    If you want to have alerts for this target and all targets below it go to a particular address on top of the address already specified in the alert, you can add it here. This can be a comma separated list of items.

    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  The following sections are valid on level 2:

  ++/[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/
    This section is recursive: it can contain `subsection(s)` with the same syntax.

Dynamical grammar changes for example values of variable `probe`:

AnotherDNS: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  lookup
  mininterval
  pings
  port
  recordtype
  require_answers
  require_noerror
  timeout

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  lookup
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  mininterval
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  recordtype
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  require_answers
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  require_noerror
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `AnotherDNS`.)

AnotherSSH: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  greeting
  interval
  mininterval
  pings
  port
  timeout

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  greeting
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  interval
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  mininterval
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `AnotherSSH`.)

CiscoRTTMonDNS: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  ioshost
  iosint
  name
  pings

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  ioshost
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  iosint
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  name
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `CiscoRTTMonDNS`.)

CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  ioshost
  iosint
  packetsize
  pings
  tos
  vrf

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  ioshost
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  iosint
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  packetsize
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  vrf
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP`.)

CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  ioshost
  iosint
  pings
  port
  tos

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  ioshost
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  iosint
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect`.)

Curl: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  agent
  extraargs
  extrare
  follow_redirects
  include_redirects
  insecure_ssl
  interface
  pings
  ssl2
  timeout
  urlformat

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  agent
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  extraargs
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  extrare
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  follow_redirects
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  include_redirects
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  insecure_ssl
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  interface
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ssl2
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  urlformat
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `Curl`.)

DNS: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  lookup
  pings
  server

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  lookup
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  server
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `DNS`.)

EchoPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  fill
  ipversion
  pings
  priority
  size
  timeout
  tos
  udp
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  fill
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  size
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  udp
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPing`.)

EchoPingChargen: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  fill
  ipversion
  pings
  priority
  size
  timeout
  tos
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  fill
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  size
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPingChargen`.)

EchoPingDiscard: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  fill
  ipversion
  pings
  priority
  size
  timeout
  tos
  udp
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  fill
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  size
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  udp
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPingDiscard`.)

EchoPingHttp: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  ignore_cache
  ipversion
  pings
  port
  priority
  revalidate_data
  timeout
  tos
  url
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ignore_cache
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  revalidate_data
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  url
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPingHttp`.)

EchoPingHttps: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  ignore_cache
  ipversion
  pings
  port
  priority
  revalidate_data
  timeout
  tos
  url
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ignore_cache
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  revalidate_data
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  url
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPingHttps`.)

EchoPingIcp: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  ipversion
  pings
  priority
  timeout
  tos
  url
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  url
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPingIcp`.)

EchoPingSmtp: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  extraopts
  ipversion
  pings
  priority
  timeout
  tos
  waittime

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  extraopts
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  ipversion
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  priority
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  tos
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  waittime
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `EchoPingSmtp`.)

FPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  No changes that can be automatically described.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `FPing`.)

FPing6: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  No changes that can be automatically described.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `FPing6`.)

IOSPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  ioshost
  iosint
  iosuser
  pings

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  ioshost
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  iosint
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  iosuser
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `IOSPing`.)

LDAP: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  attrs
  base
  binddn
  filter
  mininterval
  password
  pings
  port
  scope
  start_tls
  timeout
  version

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  attrs
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  base
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  binddn
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  filter
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  mininterval
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  password
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  scope
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  start_tls
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  version
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `LDAP`.)

Radius: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  mininterval
  nas_ip_address
  password
  pings
  port
  secret
  timeout
  username

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  mininterval
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  nas_ip_address
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  password
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  secret
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  username
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `Radius`.)

RemoteFPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  No changes that can be automatically described.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `RemoteFPing`.)

SSH: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  keytype
  pings

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  keytype
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `SSH`.)

TacacsPlus: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  authtype
  mininterval
  password
  pings
  port
  secret
  timeout
  username

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  authtype
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  mininterval
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  password
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  port
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  secret
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  timeout
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  username
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `TacacsPlus`.)

TelnetIOSPing: (See the separate module documentation for details about each variable.)
  The following new variables are valid:
  iospass
  iosuser
  pings
  psource
  source

  Syntax changes for subsection /[-_0-9a-zA-Z]+/

  The following new variables are valid:

  iospass
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  iosuser
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  pings
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  psource
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  source
    This variable inherits its value from the parent section if nothing is specified here.

  (End of dynamical grammar changes for variable `probe` example value `TelnetIOSPing`.)

(End of dynamical grammar changes for example values of variable `probe`.)

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2003 by Tobias Oetiker. All right reserved.

# LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

# AUTHOR

Tobias Oetiker <tobi@oetiker.ch>