ping - ping a host

Pings a host to make sure it’s up. Uses a Python ping module instead of calling out to an external app, but needs to be run as root.

host

Type:

string

Required:

true

the hostname or IP to ping

timeout

Type:

int

Required:

false

Default:

5

the timeout for the ping in seconds

count

Type:

int

Required:

false

Default:

1

the number of pings to send