Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Marco Gruß]

Hi,

On 11/18/2015 05:28 PM, Kurt Kraut via NANOG wrote:

I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from
my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple
endpoints.


As just suggested off-list, https://ring.nlnog.net/ might be worth
a look. It requires sponsorship of a box on your own network to join
though.

Best,
Marco

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Janusz Jezowicz]

Hello Kurt,

Like others have commented RIPE Atlas works very well and many people use
it with much success. The only limiting factor for you will be HTTP GET
tests but for other tests you mentioned it will run fine. I would
definitely recommend to give it one more try.

I would like to mention our service - ProbeAPI (http://www.probeapi.com) We
are a new service launched this year. I believe we tick all the boxes for
your requirements. For non-commercial purposes API access is free.
Otherwise feel free to get in touch.

To anyone else - yes this is self-promotion I am new to the group (more
involved in RIPE community than NANOG). I think this is very relevant to
Kurt's question but if you don't think its appropriate please do let me
know.

Regards,

Janusz


On 18 November 2015 at 18:28, Kurt Kraut via NANOG  wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
> isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from
> my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple
> endpoints.
>
> The only company I know allow such thing is ThousandEyes, but it is
> brutally and inexplicably expensive and doesn't fit perfectly to what I'm
> looking for. It has a paradigm I'm willing to monitor 24x7 specific targets
> from multiple points of view. I need to make tests on demand, on different
> targets and URLs.
>
> Does anyone know such service, DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as
> a service from multiple nodes geographically spread?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Kurt Kraut
>

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Kurt Kraut via NANOG]

Hi,


Thank you for the quick replies. Sorry for not being clear enough: I need
it to have an API so I can integrate it with my own solution, generate my
own metrics. So looking glasses are pretty much useless: they don't support
HTTP GET and DNS lookup (usually) and the parsing for so many different
HTML or telnet sources would be very time consuming.

Also I've seen many looking glasses with captchas to halt these intents. So
I need a SaaS with an API for these tests.

About RIPE ATLAS, I already have one of their boxes and it never worked.
Simply doesn't appear as online. Their support just barely gave me some
tips but with no meaningful result. I need something reliable and I'm
willing to pay for this service. RIPE Atlas falls in the category of 'best
effort'.


Best regards,


Kurt Kraut

2015-11-18 14:32 GMT-02:00 William Herrin :

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kurt Kraut via NANOG 
> wrote:
> > I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
> > isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET
> from
> > my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from
> multiple
> > endpoints.
>
> For common tests like ping and traceroute, google "ip looking glass".
> There are a lot of them in a lot of locations, all free to use.
>
> -Bill
>
>
> --
> William Herrin  her...@dirtside.com  b...@herrin.us
> Owner, Dirtside Systems . Web: 
>

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Hank Nussbacher]

At 14:38 18/11/2015 -0200, Kurt Kraut via NANOG wrote:

Try: https://asm.ca.com/en/

-Hank



Hi,


Thank you for the quick replies. Sorry for not being clear enough: I need
it to have an API so I can integrate it with my own solution, generate my
own metrics. So looking glasses are pretty much useless: they don't support
HTTP GET and DNS lookup (usually) and the parsing for so many different
HTML or telnet sources would be very time consuming.

Also I've seen many looking glasses with captchas to halt these intents. So
I need a SaaS with an API for these tests.

About RIPE ATLAS, I already have one of their boxes and it never worked.
Simply doesn't appear as online. Their support just barely gave me some
tips but with no meaningful result. I need something reliable and I'm
willing to pay for this service. RIPE Atlas falls in the category of 'best
effort'.


Best regards,


Kurt Kraut

2015-11-18 14:32 GMT-02:00 William Herrin :

> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kurt Kraut via NANOG 
> wrote:
> > I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
> > isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET
> from
> > my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from
> multiple
> > endpoints.
>
> For common tests like ping and traceroute, google "ip looking glass".
> There are a lot of them in a lot of locations, all free to use.
>
> -Bill
>
>
> --
> William Herrin  her...@dirtside.com  b...@herrin.us
> Owner, Dirtside Systems . Web: 
>

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Mick O Donovan]

Hi there,

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 02:38:28PM -0200, Kurt Kraut via NANOG wrote:
> About RIPE ATLAS, I already have one of their boxes and it never worked.
> Simply doesn't appear as online. Their support just barely gave me some
> tips but with no meaningful result. I need something reliable and I'm
> willing to pay for this service. RIPE Atlas falls in the category of 'best
> effort'.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 

I find this surprising. Like many hundreds/thousands of people around
the globe I find RIPE ATLAS an excellent and reliable way to get the
measurements you require.

You may not have had the best experience with your probe setup but I'm
sure that if someone can assist you with setup you'll be pleasantly
surprised at the ability the network of probes has to fulfill your needs
- after all it is the biggest measurement network on the internet today!

(at least that's what my t-shirt says)

Regards,

Mick

-- 

Mick O'Donovan | Network Engineer | BT Ireland |
Website: http://www.btireland.net
Looking Glass: http://lg.as2110.net
Peering Record: http://as2110.peeringdb.com
AS-SET Macro: AS-BTIRE | ASN: 2110


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Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[A . L . M . Buxey]

hi,


...and SamKnows? 


alan

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Stephane Bortzmeyer]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 02:38:28PM -0200,
 Kurt Kraut via NANOG  wrote 
 a message of 45 lines which said:

> About RIPE ATLAS, I already have one of their boxes and it never
> worked.  Simply doesn't appear as online. Their support just barely
> gave me some tips but with no meaningful result.

Like most people, I have a very good experience with RIPE Atlas
probes. If they fail (it never happened to me), there is a very
comprehensive FAQ 
and the nice people on the user mailing list (remember it is a
community service, the RIPE-NCC is not a commercial support team) are
very responsive.

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[A . L . M . Buxey]

Hi,

> About RIPE ATLAS, I already have one of their boxes and it never worked.
> Simply doesn't appear as online. Their support just barely gave me some
> tips but with no meaningful result. I need something reliable and I'm
> willing to pay for this service. RIPE Atlas falls in the category of 'best
> effort'.

RIPE Atlas probes? you just plug them intoa working network with DHCP and
away they go - I'd investigate why it doesnt work - RIPE expect probe users
to be technically proficient and that the networks that the probes are on arent
RIPEs to debug/troubleshoot.   once you have a working one iy can do tests but 
you then also have access to the testing system that they offer allowing you 
to do on-demand tests for various things from probes around the world whever you
want - depending on how many points you have. I have a few million or so points 
:-)

alan

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Christopher Morrow]

ripe atlas?

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kurt Kraut via NANOG  wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
> isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from
> my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple
> endpoints.
>
> The only company I know allow such thing is ThousandEyes, but it is
> brutally and inexplicably expensive and doesn't fit perfectly to what I'm
> looking for. It has a paradigm I'm willing to monitor 24x7 specific targets
> from multiple points of view. I need to make tests on demand, on different
> targets and URLs.
>
> Does anyone know such service, DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as
> a service from multiple nodes geographically spread?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Kurt Kraut

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[William Herrin]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Kurt Kraut via NANOG  wrote:
> I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
> isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from
> my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple
> endpoints.

For common tests like ping and traceroute, google "ip looking glass".
There are a lot of them in a lot of locations, all free to use.

-Bill


-- 
William Herrin  her...@dirtside.com  b...@herrin.us
Owner, Dirtside Systems . Web: 

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Matthew McGehrin]

Hello.

Have you checked out some of the website monitoring sites?

I know Hyperspin has a free test for most of their locations:
http://www.hyperspin.com/en/quicktest.php

UptimeRobot, has free monitoring for up to 50 sites:
http://uptimerobot.com/

If you want to check DNS propagation, I use:
https://www.whatsmydns.net/

-- Matthew

Kurt Kraut via NANOG wrote:

Hi,

I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from
my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple
endpoints.

  

Re: Is there a DNS lookup, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET as a service?

[Alex Krohn]

Hi,

> Kurt Kraut via NANOG wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm evaluating different datacenters and vendors accross the globe and it
> > isn't worthy to perform tests like DNS, traceroute, ping and HTTP GET from
> > my office. I need to be able to perform this tests remotely, from multiple
> > endpoints.
> >
> >   
> Have you checked out some of the website monitoring sites?
>

Can also look at GTmetrix:

https://gtmetrix.com/

which has rest api to launch real browser from a bunch of different
locations and then can access the HAR file to see time to first byte,
dns resolution, and a bunch of other metrics. 

https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.nanog.org/INgQIGE6#waterfall

Full disclosure, GT owns it (but you can do everything you want with
free api). 

Cheers,

Alex