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DNS

Name

DNS -- Check a Domain Name Service server

Synopsis

{ 'type'      : 'DNS' ,
  'subents'   : [
                  {
                   'status'   : 'on' ,
                   'name'     : 'ns1-wwwexamplecom',
                   'Server'   : '192.168.1.5',
                   'dnsName'  : 'www.example.com',
                   'ipAddress'  : '192.168.1.100',
                   'triggers' : [{ 'level' : 'warn', }, ],
                  }
                 ]
 }

Description

The DNS entity monitors a Domain Name Service (DNS) server for reachability and accuracy. The Entity reports the number of seconds the query required.

Fields

name

A descriptive name for this subentity.

Server

The IP address of the server to check.

dnsName

The name to look up on the Server.

ipAddress

The IP Address the lookup of the dnsName should return.

seconds

(Optional) The number of seconds to wait for a response from the Server.

Trigger

The Trigger fires if ipAddress is not returned or times out queries after seconds seconds.

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