Add default gateway option

conf/glances.conf

@@ -185,23 +185,19 @@ mem_critical=90
 refresh=30
 # Set the default timeout for a scan (can be overwrite in the scan list)
 timeout=3
+# If True, add the default gateway on top of the port list
+port_default_gateway=True
 # Define the scan list
 # host (name or IP) is mandatory
-# port is optional (set to 0 = ICMP check by default)
-# description is optional (set to host:port)
-port_1_host=www.google.com
-port_1_port=443
-port_1_description=Internet Web
-port_2_host=www.google.com
-port_2_description=Internet Ping
-port_3_host=www.free.fr
-port_3_description=Free ISP
-port_4_host=192.168.0.1
-port_4_port=80
-port_5_description=Home Box
-port_5_host=192.168.5.1
-port_5_port=80
-port_5_timeout=2
+# port (TCP port number) is optional (if not set, use ICMP)
+# description is optional (if not set, define to host:port)
+port_1_host=192.168.0.1
+port_1_port=80
+port_1_description=Home Box
+port_2_host=www.free.fr
+port_2_description=My ISP
+port_3_host=www.google.com
+port_3_description=Internet
 
 ##############################################################################
 # Client/server

glances/plugins/glances_ports.py

@@ -141,7 +141,12 @@ class Plugin(GlancesPlugin):
         fnull = open(os.devnull, 'w')
 
         counter = Counter()
+        try:
             ret = subprocess.check_call(cmd, stdout=fnull, stderr=fnull, close_fds=True)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.debug("{0}: Error while pinging host ({2})".format(self.plugin_name, port['host'], e))
+            return 1
+        else:
             if ret == 0:
                 # Ping return RTT.
                 port['status'] = counter.get() / 2.0

glances/ports_list.py

@@ -21,6 +21,18 @@
 
 from glances.compat import range
 from glances.logger import logger
+from glances.globals import BSD
+
+# XXX *BSDs: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
+# -- https://bitbucket.org/al45tair/netifaces/issues/15
+if not BSD:
+    try:
+        import netifaces
+        netifaces_tag = True
+    except ImportError:
+        netifaces_tag = False
+else:
+    netifaces_tag = False
 
 
 class GlancesPortsList(object):
@@ -47,8 +59,25 @@ class GlancesPortsList(object):
             logger.warning("No [%s] section in the configuration file. Cannot load ports list." % self._section)
         else:
             logger.debug("Start reading the [%s] section in the configuration file" % self._section)
+
             refresh = config.get_value(self._section, 'refresh', default=self._default_refresh)
             timeout = config.get_value(self._section, 'timeout', default=self._default_timeout)
+
+            # Add default gateway on top of the ports_list lits
+            default_gateway = config.get_value(self._section, 'port_default_gateway', default='False')
+            if default_gateway.lower().startswith('true') and netifaces_tag:
+                new_port = {}
+                new_port['host'] = netifaces.gateways()['default'][netifaces.AF_INET][0]
+                # ICMP
+                new_port['port'] = 0
+                new_port['description'] = 'DefaultGateway'
+                new_port['refresh'] = refresh
+                new_port['timeout'] = timeout
+                new_port['status'] = None
+                logger.debug("Add default gateway %s to the static list" % (new_port['host']))
+                ports_list.append(new_port)
+
+            # Read the scan list
             for i in range(1, 256):
                 new_port = {}
                 postfix = 'port_%s_' % str(i)