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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 | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix">programs.mtr.enable = true;</syntaxhighlight> | <syntaxhighlight lang="nix">programs.mtr.enable = true;</syntaxhighlight> | ||
[[Category:Applications]] | |||
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;