ooni-probe-cli/docs/OONIProbeLegacyCompatibility.md

Command line flags

-h, --help Display help and exit Supported: yes probe-cli equivalent: -h, --help

-n, --no-collector Disable writing to collector Supported: no Priority: high

-N, --no-njson Disable writing to disk Supported: no Priority: low

-g, --no-geoip Disable geoip lookup on start. Supported: no Priority: low

-s, --list List the currently installed ooniprobe nettests Supported: no Priority: low

-w, --web-ui Start the web UI Supported: no Priority: wontfix, we have no web UI in probe-cli

-z, --initialize Initialize ooniprobe to begin running it Supported: yes probe-cli equivalent: ooniprobe onboard

-o, --reportfile PATH_TO_FILE Specify the report file name to write to. Supported: no Priority: medium

-i, --testdeck PATH_TO_DECK Specify as input a test deck: a yaml file containing the tests to run and their arguments. Supported: no Priority: wontfix, we have no deck support

-c, --collector COLLECTOR_ADDRESS Specify the address of the collector for test results. In most cases a user will prefer to specify a bouncer over this. Supported: partially probe-cli equivalent: edit ooniprobe.conf to specify the collector address in the options

-b, --bouncer BOUNCER_ADDRESS Specify the bouncer used to obtain the address of the collector and test helpers. Supported: partially probe-cli equivalent: edit ooniprobe.conf to specify the bouncer address in the options

-l, --logfile PATH_TO_LOGFILE Write to this logs to this filename. Supported: no Priority: medium

-O, --pcapfile PATH_TO_PCAPFILE Write a PCAP of the ooniprobe session to this filename. Supported: no Priority: wontfix, we don't have packet capture support in probe-cli

-f, --configfile PATH_TO_CONFIG Specify a path to the ooniprobe configuration file. Supported: yes probe-cli equivalent: --config

-d, --datadir Specify a path to the ooniprobe data directory. Supported: yes probe-cli equivalent: set the OONI_HOME environment variable

-a, --annotations key:value[,key2:value2] Annotate the report with a key:value[, key:value] format. Supported: yes Priority: high

-P, --preferred-backend onion|https|cloudfront Set the preferred backend to use when submitting results and/or communicating with test helpers. Can be either onion, https or cloudfront Supported: no Priority: wontfix, we don't support any other backend beyond https, yet we will and yet we would prefer to have the logic of reporting be managed by the probe itself and not expose this setting.

Features

• Run a test deck Supported: yes probe-cli equivalent: we now call a test deck a test group and we have them coded into the logic of the client

• Run an individual netttest Supported: no Priority: medium

• Upload a measurement like oonireport upload Supported: no Priority: medium

• Test an individual URL with web_connectivity Supported: no Priority: high

• Run tests automatically like ooniprobe-agent Supported: no Priority: high

• Write custom tests like OONI test templates Supported: no Priority: medium

• Packet captures Supported: no Priority: low

• Upload measurements using onion services Supported: no Priority: low

• Log level support to aid debugging Supported: no Priority: medium

• Measurement quota to limit the disk usage Supported: no Priority: high

• Failover strategies for uploading measurements (use https then onion then cloudfront) Supported: no Priority: high