README.md

@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ The app currently has 4 runtime flags:
 - `-o / --logfilepath` -- sets the log output file
 - `-x / --disable-x-forwarded-for` -- disables checking for the X-Forwarded-For header
 - `-l / --allow-private` -- allows lookups of private IP ranges
-- `--request-ttl` -- sets the maximum request time to live in seconds
 
-All the Flags also have an accompanying environment value: `PROBEHOST_LOGPATH`, `PROBEHOST_ALLOW_PRIVATE`, `PROBEHOST_LISTEN_PORT`, `PROBEHOST_DISABLE_X_FORWARDED_FOR` and `PROBEHOST_REQUEST_TTL` but the options given via commandline have priority.
+All the Flags also have an accompanying environment value: `PROBEHOST_LOGPATH`, `PROBEHOST_ALLOW_PRIVATE`, `PROBEHOST_LISTEN_PORT` and `PROBEHOST_DISABLE_X_FORWARDED_FOR` but the options given via commandline have priority.
 
 The app will log every request including the IP that's querying and show failed requests on stdout.
 

docker/docker-compose.yml

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ services:
      - PROBEHOST_ALLOW_PRIVATE=false
      - PROBEHOST_DISABLE_X_FORWARDED_FOR=false
      - PROBEHOST_LISTEN_PORT=8000
-     - PROBEHOST_REQUEST_TTL=180
     ports:
      - 1234:8000
     volumes:

main.go

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ var logFile = log.New()
 var listenPort = 8080 // port to listen on
 var disableXForwardedFor bool // whether to disable parsing the X-Forwarded-For header or not
 var allowPrivate bool // whether to allow private IP ranges or not
-var requestTTL = 180          // maximum request time to live in seconds
 
 func init() {
 	logStdout.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{
@@ -44,19 +42,10 @@ func init() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if val, exists := os.LookupEnv("PROBEHOST_REQUEST_TTL"); exists {
-		var err error
-		requestTTL, err = strconv.Atoi(val)
-		if err != nil {
-			logStdout.Fatal("Failed to read PROBEHOST_REQUEST_TTL: ", err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-
 	flag.StringVarP(&logFilePath, "logFilePath", "o", logFilePath, "sets the output file for the log")
 	flag.IntVarP(&listenPort, "port", "p", listenPort, "sets the port to listen on")
 	flag.BoolVarP(&disableXForwardedFor, "disable-x-forwarded-for", "x", disableXForwardedFor, "whether to show x-forwarded-for or the requesting IP")
 	flag.BoolVarP(&allowPrivate, "allow-private", "l", allowPrivate, "whether to show lookups of private IP ranges")
-	flag.IntVar(&requestTTL, "request-ttl", requestTTL, "sets the maximum request time to live in seconds")
 	flag.Parse()
 
 	logpath, err := os.OpenFile(logFilePath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0660)
@@ -95,7 +84,7 @@ func runner(remoteip string, command string, args ...string) string {
 	return string(cmd)
 }
 
-// validatehosts checks the given host+port combinations for validity and returns valid hosts + valid ports separately.
+// validatehosts checks the given host+port combinations for validity and returns valid hosts + valid ports seperately.
 func validatehosts(hosts []string) ([]string, []string) {
 	var validHosts []string
 	var validPorts []string
@@ -241,13 +230,7 @@ func main() {
 	http.HandleFunc("/tracert/", traceroute)
 	http.HandleFunc("/traceroute/", traceroute)
 	http.HandleFunc("/nping/", nping)
-
-	server := &http.Server{
-		Addr:              fmt.Sprint(":", listenPort),
-		ReadHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(requestTTL) * time.Second,
-	}
-
 	logStdout.Info("Serving on :", listenPort)
 	logFile.Info("Serving on :", listenPort)
-	_ = server.ListenAndServe()
+	_ = http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprint(":", listenPort), nil)
 }