smokeping Installation Guide Installation Guide

smokeping is a free and open-source latency measurement. SmokePing measures latency, packet loss and bandwidth

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 512MB minimum

Storage: 2GB for RRDs

Network: ICMP/HTTP

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80 (default smokeping port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install smokeping
sudo dnf install -y smokeping

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now smokeping

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install smokeping
sudo apt install -y smokeping

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now smokeping

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Install smokeping
sudo pacman -S smokeping

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now smokeping

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Install smokeping
apk add --no-cache smokeping

# Enable and start service
rc-update add smokeping default
rc-service smokeping start

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Install smokeping
sudo zypper install -y smokeping

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now smokeping

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install smokeping

# Start service
brew services start smokeping

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install smokeping

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'smokeping_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service smokeping start

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install smokeping

# Or using Scoop
scoop install smokeping

# Verify installation
smokeping --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/smokeping

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
smokeping --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable smokeping

# Start service
sudo systemctl start smokeping

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop smokeping

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart smokeping

# Check status
sudo systemctl status smokeping

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u smokeping -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add smokeping default

# Start service
rc-service smokeping start

# Stop service
rc-service smokeping stop

# Restart service
rc-service smokeping restart

# Check status
rc-service smokeping status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'smokeping_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service smokeping start

# Stop service
service smokeping stop

# Restart service
service smokeping restart

# Check status
service smokeping status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start smokeping
brew services stop smokeping
brew services restart smokeping

# Check status
brew services list | grep smokeping

powershell

# Start service
net start smokeping

# Stop service
net stop smokeping

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service smokeping
Stop-Service smokeping
Restart-Service smokeping

# Check status
Get-Service smokeping

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream smokeping_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name smokeping.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name smokeping.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/smokeping.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/smokeping.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://smokeping_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName smokeping.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://smokeping.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName smokeping.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/smokeping.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/smokeping.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend smokeping_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/smokeping.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend smokeping_backend

backend smokeping_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server smokeping1 127.0.0.1:80 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R smokeping:smokeping /etc/smokeping
sudo chmod 750 /etc/smokeping

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status smokeping

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u smokeping -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep smokeping)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/smokeping"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/smokeping-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/smokeping /var/lib/smokeping

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/smokeping-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop smokeping

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/smokeping/smokeping-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start smokeping

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u smokeping -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/smokeping/smokeping.log

# Check configuration
smokeping --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/smokeping

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep smokeping)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep smokeping)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  smokeping:
    image: smokeping:latest
    ports:
      - "80:80"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/smokeping
      - ./data:/var/lib/smokeping
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update smokeping

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade smokeping

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu smokeping

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade smokeping

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update smokeping

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade smokeping

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/smokeping-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/smokeping

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart smokeping

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/smokeping

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/smokeping -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/smokeping

Official Documentation: https://docs.smokeping.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/smokeping/smokeping

Community Forum: https://forum.smokeping.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.smokeping.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

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Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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