InTouch Hub · Blue Isle Software

Network Ping

Ping a host and report if it is reachable

Provided free and as is, without warranty of any kind — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and the accuracy or completeness of any result. See the licence. You are responsible for checking what this produces before relying on it.

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