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secondary/slave dns server monitoring

list Jeremy Laidman
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:16:31 +1100
Message-Id: <CAAnki7D-AB=user-ee928fb60193@xymon.invalid>

The dns test performs a lookup against the DNS server.  By default, it
queries the server's own hostname A record, but the record name and
type in the request can be adjusted.  I use this to test/time several
DNS servers, some of which don't run any Xymon agents.  More details
in "man hosts.cfg".

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Naveen Nathan <user-9ec410c08d38@xymon.invalid> wrote:
Hi,

When specifying dns tests in the hosts.cfg file, does xymon perform a
dns/dig lookup to the server IP address, or is it a lookup using the
resolver of the server hosting xymon?

I want to construct some tests to ensure that DNS is active/resolving
for a secondary/slave DNS servers without requiring the server to run
the agent.

Thanks.

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Naveen Nathan

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