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ICMP Check Receiver

OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

The ICMP Check Receiver can be used for synthetic checks against network endpoints. This receiver will send ICMP Echo Requests (pings) to the specified targets. It provides device availability monitoring and interface statistics with native OpenTelemetry OTLP metrics generation.

  • Component ID: contrib-icmpcheckreceiver
  • Name: icmpcheckreceiver
  • Type: receiver
  • Distribution: contrib
  • Repository: opentelemetry-collector-contrib

Stability

LevelSignals
developmentmetrics

Metrics

MetricTypeValue typeUnitStabilityEnabledAttributesDescription
ping.loss.ratiogaugedouble%developmentyesThe percentage of lost packets.
ping.rtt.avggaugedoublemsdevelopmentyesAverage round-trip time in milliseconds.
ping.rtt.maxgaugedoublemsdevelopmentyesMaximum round-trip time in milliseconds.
ping.rtt.mingaugedoublemsdevelopmentyesMinimum round-trip time in milliseconds.
ping.rtt.stddevgaugedoublemsdevelopmentyesStandard deviation of round-trip time in milliseconds.

Data

  • JSON (latest): /data/collector/components/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver/latest.json
  • JSON (pinned): /data/collector/components/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver/contrib-icmpcheckreceiver-cdb7f76cfa12.json
  • Explore: /collector/components/contrib/icmpcheckreceiver