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#
# (c) Jan Gehring <jan.gehring@gmail.com>
#
=head1 NAME
Rex::Commands::SimpleCheck - Simple tcp/alive checks
=head1 DESCRIPTION
With this module you can do simple tcp/alive checks.
Version <= 1.0: All these functions will not be reported.
All these functions are not idempotent.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
if(is_port_open($remote_host, $port)) {
print "Port $port is open\n";
}
=head1 EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
=cut
use v5.12.5;
our $VERSION = '1.16.0'; # VERSION
require Rex::Exporter;
use vars qw(@EXPORT);
@EXPORT = qw(is_port_open);
=head2 is_port_open($ip, $port)
Check if something is listening on port $port of $ip.
=cut
sub is_port_open {
my ( $ip, $port, $type ) = @_;
$type ||= "tcp";
my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
PeerAddr => $ip,
PeerPort => $port,
Proto => $type,
Timeout => 2,
Type => SOCK_STREAM
);
if ($socket) {
close $socket;
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
1;