topic Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ? in Extensions

Is it possible to simply ping a device?

cyrill_gremaud — Fri, 19 May 2023 07:51:49 GMT

Hello.

I want to know if it is possible to simply perform a ping to a device that does not have OneAgent installed? I don't know if it is possible using a Dynatrace plugin or maybe there is a possibility to create my own plugin to do this?

Thank you in advance

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

kristof_renders — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:07:26 GMT

Hi Cyrill,

At the moment, our plugins run on agents and they can only execute calls locally to where they are running. We are working on a new feature which will allow us to run plugins externally which would then satisfy your use case.

KR,
Kristof

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

AlexanderSommer — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:18:53 GMT

What is the use case behind the ping? Is this to make an availability check?

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

cyrill_gremaud — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:36:58 GMT

Hello. Yes exactly I want to perform availability check on devices where it is not possible to install oneAgent. For example, switches, Access point, NAS, etc.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

cyrill_gremaud — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:01:35 GMT

someone has an idea ? @Alexander S. or @Kristof R.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

kristof_renders — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 11:08:30 GMT

Hi Cyrill,

As I mentioned in my earlier comment, at the moment no external pings can be done with plugins. This is planned for early next year and will allow you to execute plugins towards targets that cannot be instrumented with a OneAgent. In a first iteration this could allow us to have support for known devices such as an F5. Later-on that can be extended.

Cheers,
Kristof

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Julius_Loman — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:08:46 GMT

You can also perform the pings outside Dynatrace environment and just send the availability/performance data into Dynatrace using API. More details here:

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/custom-devices-and-metrics/what-does-the-custom-network-devices-and-metrics-api-provide/

However the execution itself is up to you.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

carlos_estala_v — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:35:01 GMT

Hi Kristof,

You mentioned some years ago about that Dynatrace is working on a new feature but I'm wondering if any Plugins was created already, we also want to perform availability check on devices where it is not possible to
install oneAgent

Regards

Carlos

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Julius_Loman — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 07:41:23 GMT

I've built a simple ActiveGate plugin to ping devices (measures response time and availability). It creates custom devices. Works quite well for many devices.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

clas_holst2 — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:19:26 GMT

Anything you would like to share?

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Julius_Loman — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:47:36 GMT

I'll check it within our company if we are allowed to share it.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

rchuquillan — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:06:14 GMT

Hi Julius, I have a case of monitoring some communication devices by ping, it is possible you can share your plugins, I would appreciate it.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

ChadTurner — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:10:06 GMT

We actually attend a HOT Day training session where we used a Dynatrace Plugin from an activegate to run Port pings. SO it is possible from within Dynatrace to do pings, we pinged a website, not sure if you can apply the same method to a device

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

michael_joseph_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:13:27 GMT

Hi @Julius L. Are you able to share the activegate plugin?

Thank you,

Mike

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Marcelo_santand — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:32:20 GMT

Hi @Julius L. Are you able to share the activegate plugin?

One of our clients has not requested this, for web monitoring we use http monitor, but we want to reach the devices.

Thanks!

Best regards.

Marcelo Santander.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Mike_L — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:34:59 GMT

I wrote a blog post which covers this and it has a link to the ping and port extensions from it: https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/monitor-your-whole-infrastructure-using-synthetic-monitors/

Mike

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Marcelo_santand — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:56:48 GMT

Thanks !

Best Regards!!

Marcelo Santander

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

AntonioSousa — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:43:07 GMT

There is in Dynatrace Hub a synthetic monitor ping that you can use.

Just some additional two cents on this: the extensibility of Dynatrace is very good, and in our case we have even built an extension that pings with 1 second resolution, enabling the possibility of having strong network SLA measuring, in both latency & availability. I'm in the process of trying to solve a dependency issue, to make it available.

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Marcelo_santand — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:41:43 GMT

Good!!

Re: Is it possible to simply ping a device ?

Mike_L — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 21:44:25 GMT

That is actually the tile from my team for the blog post I linked.

Good luck!