How To Install smokeping on Fedora 34

smokeping is Latency Logging and Graphing System

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smokeping on Fedora 34.

What is `smokeping`

SmokePing is a latency logging and graphing system. It consists of a daemon process which organizes the latency measurements and a CGI which presents the graphs.

We can use yum or dnf to install smokeping on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install smokeping.

Install smokeping on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install smokeping using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install smokeping

Install smokeping on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install smokeping using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install smokeping

How To Uninstall smokeping on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the smokeping package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smokeping

smokeping Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/smokeping.conf
/etc/smokeping
/etc/smokeping/basepage.html
/etc/smokeping/config
/etc/smokeping/smokemail
/etc/smokeping/smokeping_secrets
/etc/smokeping/tmail
/run/smokeping
/usr/bin/smokeinfo
/usr/bin/tSmoke
/usr/lib/systemd/system/smokeping.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/smokeping.conf
/usr/libexec/smokeping-fix-ownership
/usr/sbin/smokeping
/usr/share/doc/smokeping
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/CONTRIBUTORS
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/README
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/README.fedora
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/TODO
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/config.echoping
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/config.fping-instances
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/config.multiple-probes
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/config.simple
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/config.targetvars-with-Curl
/usr/share/doc/smokeping/config.template
/usr/share/licenses/smokeping
/usr/share/licenses/smokeping/COPYRIGHT
/usr/share/licenses/smokeping/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/smokeping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/smokeping_cgi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tSmoke.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_Avgratio.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_CheckLatency.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_CheckLoss.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_ExpLoss.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_Median.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_Medratio.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_matchers_base.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_AnotherCurl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_AnotherDNS.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_AnotherSSH.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_CiscoRTTMonDNS.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_Curl.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_DNS.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_DismanPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingChargen.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingDNS.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingDiscard.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingHttp.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingHttps.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingIcp.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingLDAP.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingPlugin.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingSmtp.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_EchoPingWhois.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_FPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_FPing6.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_FPingContinuous.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_FTPtransfer.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_IOSPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_IRTT.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_LDAP.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_NFSping.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_OpenSSHEOSPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_OpenSSHJunOSPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_Qstat.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_Radius.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_RemoteFPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_SSH.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_SendEmail.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_SipSak.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_TCPPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_TacacsPlus.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_TelnetIOSPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_TelnetJunOSPing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_TraceroutePing.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_WebProxyFilter.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_base.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_basefork.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_basevars.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_passwordchecker.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_probes_skel.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_sorters_Loss.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_sorters_Max.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_sorters_Median.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_sorters_StdDev.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Smokeping_sorters_base.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smokeping_config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/smokeping_examples.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/smokeping_extend.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/smokeping_install.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/smokeping_master_slave.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/smokeping_upgrade.7.gz
/usr/share/smokeping
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Colorspace.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Config.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Examples.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Graphs.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Info.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Master.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/RRDhelpers.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/RRDtools.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/Slave.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/ciscoRttMonMIB.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/Avgratio.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/CheckLatency.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/CheckLoss.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/ExpLoss.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/Median.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/Medratio.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/matchers/base.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/pingMIB.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/AnotherCurl.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/AnotherDNS.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/AnotherSSH.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/CiscoRTTMonDNS.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/CiscoRTTMonEchoICMP.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/CiscoRTTMonTcpConnect.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/Curl.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/DNS.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/DismanPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingChargen.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingDNS.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingDiscard.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingHttp.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingHttps.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingIcp.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingLDAP.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingPlugin.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingSmtp.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/EchoPingWhois.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/FPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/FPing6.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/FPingContinuous.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/FTPtransfer.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/IOSPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/IRTT.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/LDAP.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/NFSping.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/OpenSSHEOSPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/OpenSSHJunOSPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/Qstat.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/Radius.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/RemoteFPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/SSH.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/SendEmail.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/SipSak.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TCPPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TacacsPlus.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TelnetIOSPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TelnetJunOSPing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/TraceroutePing.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/WebProxyFilter.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/base.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/basefork.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/basevars.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/passwordchecker.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/probes/skel.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/sorters
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/sorters/Loss.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/sorters/Max.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/sorters/Median.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/sorters/StdDev.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/Smokeping/sorters/base.pm
/usr/share/smokeping/cgi
/usr/share/smokeping/cgi/smokeping.fcgi
/usr/share/smokeping/cgi/smokeping_cgi
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/css
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/css/smokeping-print.css
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/css/smokeping-screen.css
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper/cropper.css
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper/cropper.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper/cropper.uncompressed.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper/licence.txt
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper/marqueeHoriz.gif
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/cropper/marqueeVert.gif
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/prototype.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/builder.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/controls.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/dragdrop.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/effects.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/scriptaculous.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/slider.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/sound.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/scriptaculous/unittest.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/js/smokeping.js
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/rrdtool.png
/usr/share/smokeping/htdocs/smokeping.png
/var/lib/smokeping
/var/lib/smokeping/images
/var/lib/smokeping/rrd

References

smokeping website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smokeping on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.