Add a private probe

Step 1 of 2

Private probes are the way to reach the deepest, darkest corners of your private networks - or, a way to extend our global footprint. Acts exactly like a public probe, but you control it and the results of each test are then transfered back to the worldPing backend.

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Add a private probe

Step 2 of 2

Probe record added. Please install the application or skip to probe summary.

{{ctrl.probe.name }}

Install the probe application

Setup time: 5-7 minutes
Select Install method.


1. Add repository to apt sources.

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/raintank/raintank/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

2. Install the raintank-probe package

sudo apt-get install raintank-probe

3. Update the configuration

Update the configuration file located at /etc/raintank/probe.ini with the following contents, replacing GrafanaNetApiKey with an existing Grafana.com Api Key or Generate a new API key


name = {{ctrl.probe.name}}
server-url = wss://worldping-api.raintank.io/
tsdb-url = https://tsdb.raintank.io/
api-key = GrafanaNetAPIKey

4. Start the app

sudo service raintank-probe start

1. Add yum repository.

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/raintank/raintank/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash

2. Install the raintank-probe package

sudo yum install raintank-probe

3. Update the configuration

Update the configuration file located at /etc/raintank/probe.ini with the following contents, replacing GrafanaNetApiKey with an existing Grafana.com Api Key or Generate a new API key


name = {{ctrl.probe.name}}
server-url = wss://worldping-api.raintank.io/
tsdb-url = https://tsdb.raintank.io/
api-key = GrafanaNetAPIKey

4. Start the app

sudo service raintank-probe start

Launch a container using the raintank/raintank-probe image

replace GrafanaNetApiKey with an existing Grafana.com Api Key or Generate a new API key

docker run -e RTPROBE_API_KEY=GrafanaNetApiKey -e RTPROBE_NAME="{{ctrl.probe.name}}" raintank/raintank-probe

1. Install Go.

>> https://golang.org/doc/install.

Once you've installed Go, you'll need to configure your workspace like so: https://golang.org/doc/code.html#Workspaces

2. Install raintank-probe.

go get github.com/raintank/raintank-probe

3. Create a probe.ini configuration file with the below contents, replacing GrafanaNetApiKey with an existing Grafana.com Api Key or Generate a new API key


name = {{ctrl.probe.name}}
server-url = wss://worldping-api.raintank.io/
tsdb-url = https://tsdb.raintank.io/
api-key = GrafanaNetAPIKey

4. Start the app

raintank-probe -config /path/to/probe.ini