[mat-wg] RIPE Atlas User-Defined Measurements Are Here!

Dear Atlas Hosts and Sponsors,

We are pleased to announce the roll-out of user-defined measurements
(UDM) for RIPE Atlas.  As of today, all hosts and sponsors are invited
to run custom measurements.

To access UDM, either click on the link at the top right when you are
logged in to the RIPE Atlas website, or go directly to:

https://atlas.ripe.net/atlas/udm.html

Currently, you can schedule two simultaneous measurements to the targets 
of your choice, from up to 10 probes. You can specify parameters like 
the area of the probes, IPv4 or IPv6, timing of the measurement, and 
type (currently ping or traceroute). And you need to have sufficient 
amount of credits! For the time being, we have created a fairly low rate 
limit, which we expect to increase over time.

More information about limits, credits and other aspects of the UDM 
system can be found in the documentation:

https://atlas.ripe.net/doc/udm

Discussion and questions about UDM can be directed to the Atlas mailing
list (ripe-atlas at ripe.net).

You may also be interested in joining us at the UDM "Birds of a Feather"
(BoF) session at RIPE 64 in Ljubljana, on Thursday, 19 April after the
Measurements, Analysis and Tools (MAT) Working Group session.

https://ripe64.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/bof/

Happy measuring!

- The RIPE Atlas team

ps

We have also published a RIPE Labs article about UDM launch:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-user-defined-measurements-are-here