[Feature] Use ping instead of a HTTP get request to check for internet connection (alexjustesen#1493)

Author: alexjustesen

app/Jobs/Speedtests/ExecuteOoklaSpeedtest.php

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
+use JJG\Ping;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ public function __construct(
     public function handle(): void
     {
         /**
-         * Check to make sure there is an internet connection first.
+         * Check for an internet connection first.
          */
-        try {
-            Http::retry(3, 500)->get('1.1.1.1');
-        } catch (\Throwable $th) {
+        $ping = new Ping(
+            host: config('speedtest.ping_url'),
+            timeout: 3,
+        );
+
+        if ($ping->ping() === false) {
             $this->result->update([
                 'data' => [
                     'type' => 'log',

composer.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "dragonmantank/cron-expression": "^3.3.3",
         "filament/filament": "^3.2.86",
         "filament/spatie-laravel-settings-plugin": "^3.2.86",
+        "geerlingguy/ping": "^1.2.1",
         "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.8.1",
         "influxdata/influxdb-client-php": "^3.5",
         "laravel-notification-channels/telegram": "^5.0",

composer.lock

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
     /**
      * Speedtest settings.
      */
+    'ping_url' => env('SPEEDTEST_PING_URL', '1.1.1.1'),
+
     'schedule' => env('SPEEDTEST_SCHEDULE'),
 
     'servers' => env('SPEEDTEST_SERVERS', ''),

config/speedtest.php

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings \
-    && apt-get install -y gnupg gosu curl ca-certificates zip unzip git supervisor sqlite3 libcap2-bin libpng-dev python2 dnsutils librsvg2-bin fswatch nano cron \
+    && apt-get install -y gnupg gosu curl ca-certificates zip unzip git supervisor sqlite3 libcap2-bin libpng-dev python2 dnsutils iputils-ping librsvg2-bin fswatch nano cron \
     && curl -sS 'https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x14aa40ec0831756756d7f66c4f4ea0aae5267a6c' | gpg --dearmor | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/ppa_ondrej_php.gpg > /dev/null \
     && echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/ppa_ondrej_php.gpg] https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu jammy main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppa_ondrej_php.list \
     && apt-get update \