Feature Request: Ability to Ping IP adresses

[0pilatos0]

I would like to request the addition of IP pinging support as a monitoring method in your status page product. This feature would enable users to monitor the availability of servers that do not have HTTP GET/POST endpoints. Here's why I believe this feature would be valuable:

Use Case:
I utilize multiple outgoing traffic-only servers that exclusively send information and do not host any HTTP endpoints. In such scenarios, performing HTTP GET/POST requests is not applicable or efficient. IP ping, on the other hand, is a more suitable method to ensure the servers' availability as it doesnt require any webservers to be running

(edit): Although im not familiar with the codebase i would be open to contribute if needed

[thibaultleouay]

@0pilatos0 do you have some sample IP address I could test it against?

[0pilatos0]

@thibaultleouay Hey, any ip should be able to work.

• 8.8.8.8 (google dns)
• 8.8.4.4 (another google dns)
• 37.235.1.174 (freedns server)

but i think also the domain should work with a ping

• google.com
• freedns.afraid.org

just like the terminal ping <ip> command

(EDIT): you could be running into issues with server that disabled ping but thats a small edgecase i think can not be handled