zping

zping

zping provides equivalent functionality for an OpenZiti overlay network as the similarly named underlay function ping. Being a zero trust overlay network, classic underlay tooling like ping won't function properly.

zping provides end to end latency measurements between any two identities in an OpenZiti network. Like icmp, zping will provide the following metrics upon completion of the ping session:

• min
• max
• mean latency
• standard deviation.

zping uses addressable terminators to direct ping requests to specific identities.

Build the Example

Refer to the example README to build the SDK examples

Setup and Configure the Example

This README will use the ziti edge quickstart command for its example. You'll need the ziti CLI on your path to run the commands shown. If you have an OpenZiti overlay network already, some commands will not be necessary. The commands all use bash and expect you're running on a version of *nix as /tmp is referenced. Adapt accordingly if you're using Windows. The example expects the binary to be put into the build directory as specified by the "Build the Example" section above.

1. Create or use an existing ziti network with at least one edge router. This can be accomplished easily by running

   ziti edge quickstart
   

   after the quickstart runs, you'll have an ephemeral network usable for testing.

2. Create at least two ziti identities and give them a common identity role i.e. #zping

   ziti edge create identity client -o client.jwt -a "zping"
   ziti edge create identity server -o server.jwt -a "zping"
   ziti edge enroll client.jwt
   ziti edge enroll server.jwt
   

3. Create a simple sdk service named "ziti-ping". This is the default service name zping looks for. You can override the service by using the -s flag.

   ziti edge create service ziti-ping
   

4. Create a bind policy with identityRoles set to [#zping] and serviceroles set to [@ziti-ping].

   ziti edge create service-policy zping.bind Bind --identity-roles "#zping" --service-roles "@ziti-ping"
   

5. Create a dial service policy with identityRoles set to [#zping] and serviceroles set to [@ziti-ping].

   ziti edge create service-policy zping.dial Dial --identity-roles "#zping" --service-roles "@ziti-ping"
   

6. Ensure that you have created appropriate edge-router and service-edge-router policies allowing the identities access edge-router(s) and the edge-routers access to the service. Verify by running policy-advisor. Both identities should be able to dial and bind zping:

   $ ziti edge policy-advisor identities -q
   ERROR: Default Admin
     - Identity does not have access to any services. Adjust service policies.
   
   OKAY : client (1) -> ziti-ping (1) Common Routers: (1/1) Dial: Y Bind: N
   
   OKAY : server (1) -> ziti-ping (1) Common Routers: (1/1) Dial: Y Bind: N
   
   ERROR: quickstart-router
     - Identity does not have access to any services. Adjust service policies.
   

7. In one window run the server

   build/zping server -c server.json
   

   example:

   $ build/zping server -c server.json
   INFO[0000] binding service ziti-ping
   
   0xc00040d660 now serving
   
   INFO[0000] new service session                           session token=52e059d2-f166-4561-b5a4-b42056bcd787
   INFO[0041] new connection
   

8. In another window run the client

   build/zping client -c client.json -i server
   

   example:

   $ build/zping client -c client.json -i server
   
   Sending 100 byte pings to server:
   
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=1 time=0.609ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=2 time=0.670ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=3 time=0.381ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=4 time=0.387ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=5 time=0.564ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=6 time=0.455ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=7 time=0.446ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=8 time=0.377ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=9 time=0.455ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=10 time=0.502ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=11 time=0.977ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=12 time=0.487ms
   ^C
   --- server ping statistics ---
   12 packets transmitted and 12 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
   round-trip min/max/avg/stddev 0.377/0.977/0.526/0.162 ms
   

9. Send 5 zpings from the client to the server using -n 5

   $ build/zping client -c client.json -i server -n 5
   
   Sending 100 byte pings to server:
   
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=1 time=0.349ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=2 time=0.690ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=3 time=0.590ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=4 time=0.429ms
   100 bytes from server: ziti_seq=5 time=0.480ms
   
   --- server ping statistics ---
   5 packets transmitted and 5 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
   round-trip min/max/avg/stddev 0.349/0.690/0.508/0.120 ms