[[watchdogPingType]]
= watchdog_ping_type
:author: Wojciech Kapcia <wojciech.kapcia@tigase.org>
:version: v2.1, August 2017: Reformatted for Kernel/DSL

*Default value:* `whitespace`

*Example:* `watchdog_ping_type = 'XMPP'`

*Possible values:* `WHITESPACE`,`XMPP`

*Description:* `watchdog_ping_type` configuration property allows configuring of the type of ping that ConnectionManager Watchdog (service responsible for detecting broken connections and closing them) will use to check the connection. In addition to global configuration presented above a per component configuration is possible:

[source,dsl]
-----
<ConnectionManager> {
  watchdog_ping_type = 'XMPP'
}
-----

for example (for ClusterConnectionManager):

[source,dsl]
-----
cl-comp {
    watchdog_ping_type = 'WHITESPACE'
}
-----

All related configuration options:

- watchdog_ping_type
- xref:watchdog_delay[watchdog_Delay]
- watchdog_timeout

*Available since:* 8.0.0
