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traceroute

Trace the path to a host and notice when it changes. Needs traceroute.

privileged Add traceroute to agent.enable_addons. Needs the traceroute binary.

Parameters

ParameterDefaultMeaning
hostREQUIRED
max_hops30
probes3Per hop.
wait1sPer probe, whole seconds, at most 30.

A path where some hops do not answer is degraded. No hop answering at all is down.

Measurements

hops, path_change (1 when the path differs from the last run), rtt_ms, and hop_<n>_rtt_ms per hop.

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