=====LXD container - SmokePing 2.7.3=====
Install SmokePing inside LXD OS-container.

====Install====
===SmokePing===
  * Create debian container: <code>lxc launch images:debian/stretch/amd64 smokeping</code>
  * Configure container to start at boot:<code>lxc config set smokeping boot.autostart true</code>
  * Enter container:<code>lxc exec smokeping bash</code>
  * Install required packages:<code>apt update
apt install curl rrdtool perl librrds-perl build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev fping</code>
  * Download latest version:<code>curl -OL https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/pub/smokeping-2.7.3.tar.gz</code>
  * Extract:<code>tar zxvf smokeping-2.7.3.tar.gz</code>
  * Configure:<code>cd smokeping-2.7.3
./configure --prefix=/opt/smokeping</code>
  * Compile and install:<code>make install</code>
===Lighttpd / fcgi===
  * Install required packages:<code>apt install lighttpd</code>
===fping==
  * Download fping: <code>curl -OL http://www.fping.org/dist/fping-4.1.tar.gz</code>
  * Extract:<code>tar zxvf fping-4.1.tar.gz</code>
  * Compile:<code>cd fping-4.1
./configure
make -j4
make install
</code>
====Configure====
  * Configure lighttpd:<code>cd /etc/lighttpd/conf-enabled
ln -s ../conf-available/10-fastcgi.conf .
ln -s ../conf-available/10-accesslog.conf .
mv /opt/smokeping/htdocs/smokeping.fcgi.dist /opt/smokeping/htdocs/smokeping.fcgi</code>
  * Edit ''/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf''<code>
server.modules = (
#        "mod_access",
        "mod_alias",
#        "mod_compress",
#        "mod_redirect",
)

server.document-root        = "/opt/smokeping/htdocs"
server.errorlog             = "/var/log/lighttpd/error.log"
server.pid-file             = "/var/run/lighttpd.pid"
server.username             = "www-data"
server.groupname            = "www-data"
server.port                 = 80

index-file.names            = ( "index.php", "index.html", "index.lighttpd.html" , "smokeping.fcgi" )
#url.access-deny             = ( "~", ".inc" )
static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )

fastcgi.server = (
        ".fcgi" =>
        ((
                "bin-path" => "/opt/smokeping/htdocs/smokeping.fcgi",
                "host" => "127.0.0.1",
                "port" => 8001,
        )),
)

alias.url = ( "/cache/" => "/opt/smokeping/cache/" )
alias.url += ( "/data/" => "/opt/smokeping/data/" )

# default listening port for IPv6 falls back to the IPv4 port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/use-ipv6.pl " + server.port
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/create-mime.assign.pl"
include_shell "/usr/share/lighttpd/include-conf-enabled.pl"

</code>
  * Create directories:<code>mkdir /opt/smokeping/{cache,data,var}</code>
  * Modify rights:<code>chown -R www-data. /opt/smokeping</code>
  * Enable and start lighttpd:<code>systemctl start lighttpd
systemctl enable lighttpd</code>
  * Add systemd service in: ''/etc/systemd/system/smokeping.service'':<code>[Unit]
Description=Latency Logging and Graphing System
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/opt/smokeping/bin/smokeping --config=/opt/smokeping/etc/config 
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
StandardError=syslog
Type=forking
PIDFile=/opt/smokeping/var/smokeping.pid

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
</code><code>
systemctl enable smokeping
systemctl start smokeping
</code>


====Troubleshooting====
  * **Error** IO-Tty-1.12 -> FAIL Timed out (> 60s). Add ''%%--%%verbose'' to cpanm command. Edit ''./smokeping-2.7.3/thirdparty/Makefile'':<code>

touch: CPAN/touch ../config.status ../PERL_MODULES 
        $(AM_V_GEN)cat ../PERL_MODULES  | grep -v '#' | PERL_CPANM_HOME=$(THIRDPARTY_DIR) xargs $(PERL) $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/bin/cpanm --verbose -q --notest --local-lib-contained $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)  --mirror file://$(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/CPAN --mirror-only 
        $(AM_V_GEN)touch touch</code>


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