Ping a host

Description

The Ping a host action can be used to ping a host using the ICMP protocol.

The result it true when the host is reachable, otherwise false.

Option	Description
Action name	The name of the workflow action.
Host name/IP	The name or the IP address of the host to ping
Ping type	The type of ping to send to the specified hostname or IP address Classic ping: This calls the ping as a command line of the operating system. The result is true when the ping command ends without error (exit code 0). On Linux and macOS, that is the case when at least one of the packets (defined in the Nr packets to send option) gets a reply. System ping: This option uses the Java implemented methods. The result is true when the host name can be resolved and the host is reachable within the given timeout period. System ping then classic ping: try both options (first the system ping and when that fails, try the classic ping)
Timeout (ms)	The timeout in ms when the system ping option is used.
Nr packets to send	The number of packets to send (by default 2, only used by the Classic ping option).

Option

Description

Action name

The name of the workflow action.

Host name/IP

The name or the IP address of the host to ping

Ping type

The type of ping to send to the specified hostname or IP address

Classic ping: This calls the ping as a command line of the operating system. The result is true when the ping command ends without error (exit code 0). On Linux and macOS, that is the case when at least one of the packets (defined in the Nr packets to send option) gets a reply.
System ping: This option uses the Java implemented methods. The result is true when the host name can be resolved and the host is reachable within the given timeout period.
System ping then classic ping: try both options (first the system ping and when that fails, try the classic ping)

Timeout (ms)

The timeout in ms when the system ping option is used.

Nr packets to send

The number of packets to send (by default 2, only used by the Classic ping option).

What this action passes on to the next action. See Action results for how results travel through a workflow.

Result	Value
True	The host answered, with 0 errors.
False	The host can’t be pinged (for example, its name can’t be resolved), or Host name/IP is empty. The number of errors is 1.
Result files	Passed on unchanged.
Result rows	Passed on unchanged.

Result

Value

True

The host answered, with 0 errors.

False

The host can’t be pinged (for example, its name can’t be resolved), or Host name/IP is empty. The number of errors is 1.

Result files

Passed on unchanged.

Result rows

Passed on unchanged.