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URL DNS Errors

list Henrik Størner
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:14:36 +0000 (UTC)
Message-Id: <g8v7bs$n25$user-8f44b3c192bb@xymon.invalid>

In <00ca01c9039b$dddd1e80$user-96ebcf3887e7@xymon.invalid> "James Wade" <user-659655b2ea05@xymon.invalid> writes:
I'm getting random DNS errors on URL's from Hobbit.
There appears to be nothing wrong with DNS.

This is causing pages on production systems, and I'm
getting complaints from folks. I really need a work around
for this.

Hobbit can hit DNS servers pretty hard, causing DNS lookups to
fail when they really should succeed. I always recommend that
you install a local caching DNS server for Hobbit, if you have
an installation with 100+ hosts.

Also, you could try running bbtest-net with the "--no-ares" option
to use the standard resolver library of your OS instead of Hobbit's
built-in DNS lookup code.


Regards,
Henrik