Reading the network interface from the configuration file.

diff --git a/conf/pingcheck.conf b/conf/pingcheck.conf
index f517b26..82468a3 100644 (file)
--- a/conf/pingcheck.conf
+++ b/conf/pingcheck.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+source-network-interface=eth1
 hosts-down-limit=4
 ping-fail-limit=40
 status-notifier-cmd=./system_status_alert.sh ${status}

diff --git a/src/config/configuration.cpp b/src/config/configuration.cpp
index baa2425..69b89b6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/config/configuration.cpp
+++ b/src/config/configuration.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 Configuration::Configuration() :
     ConfigFileName( "" ),
+    SourceNetworkInterface( "" ),
     HostsDownLimit( 0 ),
     MinHostsDownLimit( 0 ),
     MaxHostsDownLimit( 50 ),
@@ -40,6 +41,18 @@ void Configuration::set_config_file_name( const std::string &config_file_name )
     this->ConfigFileName = config_file_name;
 }
 
+string Configuration::get_source_network_interface() const
+{
+    return SourceNetworkInterface;
+}
+
+void Configuration::set_source_network_interface(
+        const string &source_network_interface
+)
+{
+    SourceNetworkInterface = source_network_interface;
+}
+
 int Configuration::get_hosts_down_limit() const
 {
     return HostsDownLimit;

diff --git a/src/config/configuration.h b/src/config/configuration.h
index 1d8d0d3..b6de740 100644 (file)
--- a/src/config/configuration.h
+++ b/src/config/configuration.h
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ public:
     std::string get_config_file_name() const;
     void set_config_file_name( const std::string &config_file_name );
 
+    std::string get_source_network_interface() const;
+    void set_source_network_interface(
+            const std::string &source_network_interface
+    );
+
     int get_hosts_down_limit() const;
     void set_hosts_down_limit( const int hosts_down_limit );
 
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     std::string ConfigFileName;
+    std::string SourceNetworkInterface;
     int HostsDownLimit;
     const int MinHostsDownLimit;
     const int MaxHostsDownLimit;

diff --git a/src/config/configurationreader.cpp b/src/config/configurationreader.cpp
index a110e71..d4c855c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/config/configurationreader.cpp
+++ b/src/config/configurationreader.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ ConfigurationReader::ConfigurationReader() :
     DefaultConfigFileName( "pingcheck.conf" ),
     ConfigFileCmdStr( "config-file" ),
     ConfigFileCmdDesc( "Name of the configuration file." ),
+    SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdStr( "source-network-interface" ),
+    SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdDesc( "The network interface from where the packets will be received and originated" ),
     DefaultHostsDownLimit( 1 ), // 1 host down at most
     HostsDownLimitCmdStr( "hosts-down-limit" ),
     HostsDownLimitCmdDesc( "Limit of host that have to be down in order to notify." ),
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ options_description ConfigurationReader::get_configuration_options() const
 {
     options_description options( "Configuration" );
     options.add_options()
+        ( SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdStr.c_str(), value<string>(), SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdDesc.c_str() )
         ( HostsDownLimitCmdStr.c_str(), value<int>()->default_value( DefaultHostsDownLimit ), HostsDownLimitCmdDesc.c_str() )
         ( PingFailLimitCmdStr.c_str(), value<int>()->default_value( DefaultPingFailLimit ), PingFailLimitCmdDesc.c_str() )
         ( StatusNotifierCmdCmdStr.c_str(), value<string>(), StatusNotifierCmdCmdDesc.c_str() )
@@ -139,6 +142,17 @@ bool ConfigurationReader::parse_configuration_options( const variables_map &vm )
         cout << ConfigFileCmdStr << "=" << config_file_name << endl;
     }
 
+    // source-network-interface
+    if ( vm.count( SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdStr ) )
+    {
+        string source_network_interface =
+                vm[ SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdStr ].as<string> ();
+        Config.set_source_network_interface( source_network_interface );
+
+        cout << SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdStr << "=" << source_network_interface
+             << endl;
+    }
+
     // hosts-down-limit
     int host_down_limit = 0;
     if ( vm.count( HostsDownLimitCmdStr ) )

diff --git a/src/config/configurationreader.h b/src/config/configurationreader.h
index 875e4d0..313e23a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/config/configurationreader.h
+++ b/src/config/configurationreader.h
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ private:
     const std::string DefaultConfigFileName;
     const std::string ConfigFileCmdStr;
     const std::string ConfigFileCmdDesc;
+    const std::string SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdStr;
+    const std::string SourceNetworkInterfaceCmdDesc;
     const int DefaultHostsDownLimit;
     const std::string HostsDownLimitCmdStr;
     const std::string HostsDownLimitCmdDesc;