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==About==
<code>mtr</code> is a network diagnostic tool that combines ping and traceroute into one program. Nixpkgs contains two flavors of it: the standalone application and a prometheus-ready exporter:
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">{
  programs.mtr.enable = true;
  services.mtr-exporter.enable = true;
}</syntaxhighlight>
== Issues ==
== Issues ==
=== mtr needs to be called with sudo ===
=== mtr needs to be called with sudo ===
To avoid the need to escalate privileges when calling <code>mtr</code> create a setcap wrapper by setting
To avoid the need to escalate privileges when calling <code>mtr</code> create a setcap wrapper by setting
<code>programs.mtr.enable = true;</code>
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">programs.mtr.enable = true;</syntaxhighlight>
 
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 22 October 2022


About

mtr is a network diagnostic tool that combines ping and traceroute into one program. Nixpkgs contains two flavors of it: the standalone application and a prometheus-ready exporter:

{
  programs.mtr.enable = true;
  services.mtr-exporter.enable = true;
}

Issues

mtr needs to be called with sudo

To avoid the need to escalate privileges when calling mtr create a setcap wrapper by setting

programs.mtr.enable = true;