dstp

dstp, run common networking tests against your site.

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Usage

Usage: dstp [OPTIONS] [ARGS]
Options:
        -a, --addr   <string>  The URL or the IP address to run tests against      [REQUIRED]
        -o, --out    <string>  The type of the output, either json or plaintext    [Default: plaintext] 
        -p           <int>     Number of ping packets                              [Default: 3]
        -t           <int>     Give up on ping after this many seconds             [Default: 2s per ping packet]
        --port       <string>  Port for testing TLS and HTTPS connectivity         [Default: 443]
        --dns        <string>  Custom DNS server to use for DNS resolution         [No default]
        -h, --help             Show this message and exit.

Motivation

A comment on lobste.rs, in a thread about DNS gave a great idea and thought a robust tool like that might come in handy!

Installation

Packages

Homebrew

For Homebrew on macOS, install the ycd/tap/dstp formula.

brew install ycd/tap/dstp

Go Install

go install github.com/ycd/dstp/cmd/dstp@latest

NixOS/nix

You can install dstp using one of these methods:

1. Using nix-shell or nix shell (recommended for trying it out):

nix shell nixpkgs#dstp

2. Adding to your NixOS configuration (system-wide installation):

# configuration.nix or home-manager configuration
{
  # ...
  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
    dstp
  ];
}

3. Or using nix profile (for individual user installation):

nix profile install nixpkgs#dstp

Arch Linux

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/dstp.git
cd dstp
makepkg -sri

Downloads

Binary downloads of example are available from the releases section on GitHub for 64-bit Windows, macOS, and Linux targets. They contain the compiled executable.

platform
macOS ARM 64 Bit
macOS 64 Bit
Linux 32-Bit
Linux ARM 64 Bit
Linux 64 Bit
Windows 64 Bit
Windows 32 Bit
Windows ARM 64 Bit

Installation from source

0. Verify that you have Go 1.17+ installed (The source code uses ( //go:build ) conditional compilation directives that is introduced in Go 1.17.)

   $ go version
   

   If go is not installed, follow instructions on the Go website.

1. Clone this repository

   $ git clone https://github.com/ycd/dstp 
   $ cd dstp
   

2. Build and install

   Unix/Linux

   # May require you to use sudo
   $ go build cmd/dstp/dstp.go
   $ cp dstp /usr/local/bin/dstp
   

   Mac/BSD

   # May require you to use sudo
   $ make
   $ cp dstp /usr/local/bin/dstp
   

3. Verify installation

   $ dstp -h 
   
   Usage: dstp [OPTIONS] [ARGS]
   Options:
         -a, --addr   <string>  The URL or the IP address to run tests against      [REQUIRED]
         -o, --out    <string>  The type of the output, either json or plaintext    [Default: plaintext]
         -p           <int>     Number of ping packets                              [Default: 3]
         -t           <int>     Give up on ping after this many seconds             [Default: 2s per ping packet]
         --port       <string>  Port for testing TLS and HTTPS connectivity         [Default: 443]
         -h, --help             Show this message and exit.
   

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Appendix

The command dstp may collide with docker stopcommand if you are using the docker plugin with oh-my-zsh.

To fix this, you can add the following command at the end of your .zshrc file:

unalias dstp

Contributing

All kinds of Pull Requests and Feature Requests are welcomed!

Licence

dstp's source code is licenced under the MIT License.