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Network Tasks

Network diagnostics and connectivity testing.

network.ping​

Display Name: Ping

Send ICMP ping packets to check if a host is reachable and measure latency.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
hoststringYesHostname or IP address to ping.
countnumberNoNumber of packets to send. Default: 3.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
reachablebooleanTrue if any packets were received.
packet_lossnumberPercentage of packets lost.
avg_latencynumberAverage round-trip time in milliseconds.

network.dns​

Display Name: DNS Lookup

Look up DNS records for a domain.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
domainstringYesDomain name to query.
typestringNoDNS record type. Options: A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, NS. Default: A.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
domainstringQueried domain.
typestringQueried record type.
answeranyDNS query results.

network.tcp​

Display Name: TCP Check

Test if a host and port are reachable over TCP. Optionally send a payload and read the response.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
hoststringYesHostname or IP address.
portstringYesTCP port number.
timeoutstringNoConnection timeout. Default: 5s.
messagestringNoPayload to send after connecting.
read_timeoutstringNoTimeout for reading a response.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
hoststringChecked host.
portstringChecked port.
reachablebooleanTrue if connection succeeded.
responsestringResponse from the server (if any).
errorstringError message (if any).

network.ssl​

Display Name: SSL Check

Check SSL/TLS certificate validity and expiration for a host.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
hoststringYesHostname to check.
portstringNoPort. Default: 443.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
subjectstringCertificate subject (Common Name).
issuerstringCertificate issuer (Common Name).
not_afterstringExpiration date (RFC3339).
validbooleanTrue if the certificate is currently valid.

network.traceroute​

Display Name: Traceroute

Trace the network path to a host to diagnose routing issues.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
hoststringYesDestination hostname or IP.
max_hopsnumberNoMaximum TTL (hops). Default: 30.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
hopsarrayList of hops with IP and latency.
rawstringRaw traceroute output.

network.whois​

Display Name: Whois

Look up domain registration and ownership details.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
domainstringYesDomain name to query.
serverstringNoSpecific WHOIS server to query.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
rawstringRaw WHOIS response text.
serverstringThe WHOIS server that answered.

network.ntp​

Display Name: NTP Check

Check if a server's clock is in sync with an NTP time server.

Parameters​

NameTypeRequiredDescription
hoststringNoNTP server hostname. Default: pool.ntp.org.
portstringNoNTP port. Default: 123.
timeoutstringNoTimeout. Default: 5s.

Output​

NameTypeDescription
serverstringNTP server used.
drift_secondsnumberTime difference in seconds (local time minus NTP time).