---
name: "EchoPingHttp.pm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "smokeping"
version: "1.6-2"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/EchoPingHttp.pm"
---

# EchoPingHttp.pm(1)

an echoping(1) probe for SmokePing

## NAME

probes::EchoPingHttp - an [*echoping*(1)](/echoping/1.md) probe for SmokePing

## OVERVIEW

Measures HTTP roundtrip times (web servers and caches) for SmokePing.

## SYNOPSYS

```
 *** Probes ***
 + EchoPingHttp
```

```
 binary = /usr/bin/echoping # mandatory
```

```
 *** Targets ***
```

```
 probe = EchoPingHttp
```

```
 + PROBE_CONF
 url = /
 ignore-cache = yes
 force-revalidate = no
 port = 80 # default value anyway
```

## DESCRIPTION

Supported probe-specific variables: those specified in EchoPing(3pm)  documentation.

Supported target-specific variables:\

- those specified in EchoPing(3pm) documentation

  except *fill*, *size* and *udp*.\

- url

  The URL to be requested from the web server or cache. Can be either relative (/...) for web servers or absolute (http://...) for caches.\

- port

  The TCP port to use. The default is 80.\

- ignore\_cache

  The [*echoping*(1)](/echoping/1.md) "-A" option: force the proxy to ignore the cache. Enabled if the value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.\

- revalidate\_data

  The [*echoping*(1)](/echoping/1.md) "-a" option: force the proxy to revalidate data with original  server. Enabled if the value is anything other than 'no' or '0'.

## AUTHOR

Niko Tyni \<ntyni@iki.fi\>

## SEE ALSO

EchoPing(3pm), EchoPingHttps(3pm)