[atlas] probes on VMs

Although I still like the idea of virtual probes, I found out that it
wouldn't help me in this case, as Microsoft's cloud block ICMP traffic. :-(

regards
Klaus

On 27.03.2015 09:30, Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I just found an old thread about virtual probes:
> https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-atlas/2013-June/000849.html
> 
> I second the problems of virtual hosts and that the results may not as
> good as other probes result, but there is a big advantage for virtual
> probes - I can host them in the cloud.
> 
> For example, I just wanted to debug routing issues from the Microsoft
> Cloud in Brazil to our server. Unfortunately there are no probes in this
> Cloud's AS. With a virtual probe it would be quite easy. I order an VM
> with Microsoft, and have my probe in the chosen datacenter. The probe
> could be tagged with "VM" to show that it is running on shared resources.
> 
> Of course the VM will produce extra costs, but there may be sponsors,
> and the smallest VM is usually enough. For example , one possibility
> would be, that the sponsor donates the money, e.g. 10-20€ per month, and
> chooses the cloud location. RIPE will then rent the VMs and run the
> probes. With several sponsors we could get a nice cloud coverage, and we
> could deploy probes in networks where the provider does not want to
> hosts physical probes.
> 
> regards
> Klaus
> 
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