Does blackbox exporter support telnet probe?

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1.2k views Asked by thecodeboxed At 07 January 2025 at 19:27

Does blackbox exporter support telnet probe? I cannot see this in the blackbox example config file in blackbox.yml

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dhyanio On 10 October 2021 at 14:32

Yes, Blackbox exporter supports TCP module you can tell black box in its blackbox.yml config file like this.

tcp_connect:
    prober: tcp
    timeout: 5s

for testing just run

curl 'http://localhost:9115/probe?target=10.20.10.10:22&module=tcp_connect&debut=true'

**William Dekou** · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-04T21:03:18+00:00

William Dekou On 04 May 2021 at 21:03 BEST ANSWER

Yeah, the prometheus blackbox exporter support telnet this way

tcp_connect_example:
    prober: tcp
    timeout: 5s

Every tcp probe is a telnet probe.