An IP ping plugin for Lita.
Add lita-netping to your Lita instance's Gemfile:
gem "lita-netping"none
Examples:
ping google.com - Ping google.com via normal ICMP
ping icmp google.com - Ping google.com via normal ICMP (same as above)
ping http://www.google.com - Ping google.com via HTTP
ping tcp://ldap.server:389 - Ping a TCP service running on ldap.server on port 389
ping tcp app.server:8080 - Ping a TCP service running on app.server on port 8080
Supported protocols are:
http- Ping a web service. It is usually simplest to just specify the URI like you would in a web browser.icmp- The default if none is specified. This is your standard ping.tcp- Verify that a TCP service is listening and responding. Note that this doesn't guarantee that the service is not misbehaving, just that it responds on the proper port.
Syntax:
ping [protocol] <target> - Ping <target> (either DNS name, IP address, or URI)
This plugin uses the net-ping library, and the ICMP ping uses the "Net::Ping::External" check, so it will use the "ping" equivalent on whatever host it's running on.