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Network Ping

Ping a host and report if it is reachable

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networkreport

Network Ping Tool

Ping a host and report if it is reachable

Tool ID

network-ping

Credential Required

No

Input Properties

Property Type Required Default Description
host string Yes — Hostname or IP address to ping
count string No 3 Number of ping packets to send
timeoutSeconds string No 5 Timeout per ping in seconds

Execution Steps

  1. ping-host (shell) — ping -c {{input.count}} -W {{input.timeoutSeconds}} {{input.host}}
  2. check-result (condition) — if {{ping-host.exitCode}} == 0

Published Outputs

Vendor

Blue Isle Software

Publishes

The keys a later task may reference as {{taskName.key}}. Referencing anything not listed here resolves to nothing at run time.

Input Properties

Every property this tool accepts, from its own tool.iml.

Property Type Required Default Description
host string yes — Hostname or IP address to ping
count string no 3 Number of ping packets to send
timeoutSeconds string no 5 Timeout per ping in seconds