PacketPlotter

Generates charts for the Round Trip Time (RTT) and loss for packets over past minute, hour and three hours. Useful for tracking packet loss, and diagnosing network issues. Uses Python to gather ping data and parse data. SQLite is used to store ping data. Frontend uses ChartJS for graph creation. Flask/uWSGI for web server. Does 1 ping/sec.

Webpage:

Can be configured from the config.ini file (or through environmental variables)

Run With uWSGI (need to install uWSGI via PIP or other means):

uwsgi --http :8080 uwsgi.ini

Or just run directly via Python and use Flask's built in Development Server:

python wsgi.py

Both options will use config from config.ini (prioritizes environmental variables)

Docker Usage

Dockerhub: https://hub.docker.com/r/akash329d/packetplotter Base Image: https://github.com/tiangolo/uwsgi-nginx-flask-docker
(Uses Nginx/uWSGI)

Example Docker Image Creation

docker create \
  --name=PacketPlotter \
  -e PING_DESTINATION=8.8.8.8 \
  -e PING_SIZE=32 \
  -e PING_TIMEOUT = 200 \
  -p 80:80 \
  -v /path/to/store/db:/app/db \
  akash329d/packetplotter

Docker Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default Value
PING_DESTINATION	The server to ping.	8.8.8.8 (Google DNS Anycast IP)
PING_SIZE	Size of ping packet (in bytes)	32 Bytes
PING_TIMEOUT	Time before packet is considered "lost"	200ms
DEBUG	To run with debug mode (prints ping data)	False
-v /app/db	Used to map SQLite Database to host system. Not necessarily needed (will only be around 800KB max)	N/A