[VCL-1089] Change ping module to use Net::Ping::External

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Implemented
• Affects Version/s: 2.5
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.1
• Component/s: vcld (backend)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Mike Jennings
• Created: 06/Apr/18 18:15
• Updated: 06/Jun/18 19:55
• Resolved: 06/Jun/18 19:55

Description

Currently VCL uses the Net::Ping->new("icmp"); module to ping computers.  This module can currently only be run as the root user.

I would suggest that we change the ping module from 

my $p = Net::Ping->new("icmp");
my $result = $p->ping($remote_connection_target, 1);
$p->close();

to

use Net::Ping::External qw(ping);
my $result = ping(host => $remote_connection_target, timeout => 1);

 

This will help allow vcl to be run as a user other than root.