DNSmasq monitoring for Zabbix
- Copy externalscript content in /usr/local/bin/
- Copy zdnsmasq.conf in zabbix agent configuracion in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.d
- Restar Zabbix agent: systemctl restart zabbix-agent2.service
- Import in Zabbix server template file template-zdnsmasq.json.
- Install dns library: sudo apt install python3-dnspython
| Name | Description | Type | Key and additional info |
|---|---|---|---|
| Server queries fails | Total DNS queries failed on upstream servers. | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasqfail["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","servers.bind."] |
| Server queries | Total DNS queries on upstream servers. | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","servers.bind."] |
| Misses | DNS cache misses: queries which had to be forwarded. | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","misses.bind."] |
| Insertions | DNS cache insertions. | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","insertions.bind."] |
| Hits | number of requests served by the dnsmasq from its cache | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","hits.bind."] |
| Evictions | DNS cache exictions: numbers of entries which replaced an unexpired cache entry | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","evictions.bind."] |
| Cachesize | Configured size of the DNS cache. | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","cachesize.bind."] |
| Authoritative zones | DNS queries for authoritative zones | Zabbix agent |
zdnsmasq["{$DNS.SERVER}","{$DNS.PORT}","auth.bind."] |