Monitor an address with Scout using ping

ping_monitor.rb

class PingMonitor < Scout::Plugin
  OPTIONS =<<-EOS
destination:
  default: yahoo.com
  name: Desitnation
  notes: The destination address for ping to check.
EOS

  def build_report
    ping_output = `ping -c 1 #{option(:destination)}`
    ping_exitstatus = $?.exitstatus
    report({:ping_exitstatus => ping_exitstatus})
  end
end

ping_monitor.yml

metadata:
  ping_exitstatus:
    label: Ping Exit Status
    precision: 0
    larger_is_better: false