Ping Monitoring

The simplest monitor is a ping script. One ping is usually enough for most cases. You can pass a timeout to ping, but Stylus will automatically kill processes if they run too long.

Basic Ping Script

#!/bin/bash
ping -c 1 ${STYLUS_MONITOR_ID}

Ping with Custom Host

#!/bin/bash
ping -c 1 8.8.8.8

Ping with Timeout

#!/bin/bash
ping -c 1 -W 5 ${STYLUS_MONITOR_ID}

When to Use Ping

Ping monitoring is ideal for:

• Basic connectivity testing
• Simple network reachability checks
• Quick health checks for network devices
• Testing internet connectivity

For more complex monitoring scenarios, consider using SSH, SNMP, or HTML/API scraping.