QuickStart

Step 1: install dependencies

Some libraries ripe-atlas-monitor depends on need to be compiled and require a compiler and Python’s dev libraries:

$ # on Debian/Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev

$ # on CentOS:
$ sudo yum install gcc libffi-devel openssl-devel

Strongly suggested: install pip and setup a virtualenv:

$ # on Debian/Ubuntu:
$ sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv

$ # on CentOS:
$ sudo yum install epel-release
$ sudo yum install python-pip python-virtualenv

$ # setup a virtualenv
$ mkdir ripe-atlas-monitor
$ cd ripe-atlas-monitor
$ virtualenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate

More: virtualenv installation and usage.

Step 2: install ripe-atlas-monitor

Install latest ripe-atlas-monitor version from PyPI:

$ pip install ripe-atlas-monitor

$ # to enable bash autocomplete:
$ eval "$(register-python-argcomplete ripe-atlas-monitor)"

More: installation options.

Step 3: global configuration

Create the var directory and let the config file to be inizialized; set (at least) the var parameter:

$ # directory where ripe-atlas-monitor can write a bunch of data
$ mkdir var
$ ripe-atlas-monitor init-config
var: /path/to/ripe-atlas-monitor/var

More: global configuration options.

Step 4: create a new monitor and customize its configuration

The analyze command can help you defining your rules by giving an overview of the results for a specific measurement, as elaborated by ripe-atlas-monitor:

$ ripe-atlas-monitor analyze --measurement-id 1234567890

More: Results analysis.

Once you have a clear idea how your rules should look like, create and edit a new monitor:

$ ripe-atlas-monitor init-monitor -m MonitorName

More: how monitors work and syntax.

Alternatively, you can take a look at the sample monitors provided within the examples directory.

Step 5: run the brand new monitor

$ ripe-atlas-monitor run -m MonitorName --latest -vvv

More: execution modes and options.