ping stats to influxdb

gistfile1.rb

require 'net/ping'
require 'influxdb'

@icmp = Net::Ping::External.new('8.8.8.8')
rtary = []
pingfails = 0
repeat = 5
(1..repeat).each do

        if @icmp.ping
                rtary << @icmp.duration
        else
                pingfails += 1
        end
end
avg = rtary.inject(0) {|sum, i| sum + i}/(repeat - pingfails)

@influxdb = InfluxDB::Client.new "internet_status", :username => "root", :password => "root"
data = {
        :avg => avg,
        :loss => pingfails
}
@influxdb.write_point("ping", data)