Ping via another network/server

[MP_Essex (Milan)]

Hi All
I’m sure there must be an easy way to do this but …
I’m using ping to check availability of a server. However, i dont have direct connectivity to that server, so i have to ssh via another server first.
I have a python script that does this already, but i’m trying to either convert the script to work under home assistant, or find another way to do this.
I was going to take the ping code and add ssh to my intermediate server to solve the problem.
Any suggestions on a better approach ?

[VDRainer]

I would run a script on the server that pings the other server and publish the state to mqtt.
Something like this.

Check remote RPi temperature

I’m using mqtt sensors for this. Install mosquitto clients on your remote pi run the command or a script with crontab every 2 minutes publish the values to mqtt topic create mqtt sensor in ha Example script: #!/bin/bash MQTT='192.168.123.123' TOPIC='home/sensors/minibian/i2c_bus' PAYLOAD=$(/usr/sbin/i2cdetect -y 1 | egrep '^20' | cut -d' ' -f2-9) /usr/bin/mosquitto_pub -r -t "$TOPIC" -m "$PAYLOAD" -h "$MQTT"

[MP_Essex (Milan)]

Many Thanks VDRainer for this.
Seems a lot easier of an approach to what i was planning to do, plus it would be a good intro to MQTT.
I’ll give this a go
Thanks

[MP_Essex (Milan)]

Many thanks for this, i now have this running fine.

I have a follow up question if anyone can help.
With such a setup how do you secure the traffic?
I’m running duckdns and letsencrypt. Am i correct that i have to copy .pem files from letsencrypt to the remote pi ?