---
title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from PowerDNS
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/powerdns/
estimated_tokens: 765
product: Telegraf Enterprise
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/powerdns/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
---

==========

* Telegraf v0.10.2+

[Plugin source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.39.1/plugins/inputs/powerdns/)[Download configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/telegraf/refs/tags/v1.39.1/plugins/inputs/powerdns/sample.conf)

# PowerDNS Input Plugin

This plugin gathers metrics from [PowerDNS](https://www.powerdns.com/) servers using unix
sockets.

> [!Note]
> This plugin will need access to the powerdns control socket.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.10.2**Tags:** server**OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Read metrics from one or many PowerDNS servers
[[inputs.powerdns]]
  # An array of sockets to gather stats about.
  # Specify a path to unix socket.
  #
  # If no servers are specified, then '/var/run/pdns.controlsocket' is used as the path.
  unix_sockets = ["/var/run/pdns.controlsocket"]
```

### Permissions

Telegraf will need access to the powerdns control socket. On many systems this
can be accomplished by adding the `telegraf` user to the `pdns` group:

```sh
usermod telegraf -a -G pdns
```

Additionally, telegraf may need additional permissions. Look at the`socket-mode` PowerDNS option to set permissions on the socket.

## Metrics

* powerdns
  * corrupt-packets
  * deferred-cache-inserts
  * deferred-cache-lookup
  * dnsupdate-answers
  * dnsupdate-changes
  * dnsupdate-queries
  * dnsupdate-refused
  * packetcache-hit
  * packetcache-miss
  * packetcache-size
  * query-cache-hit
  * query-cache-miss
  * rd-queries
  * recursing-answers
  * recursing-questions
  * recursion-unanswered
  * security-status
  * servfail-packets
  * signatures
  * tcp-answers
  * tcp-queries
  * timedout-packets
  * udp-answers
  * udp-answers-bytes
  * udp-do-queries
  * udp-queries
  * udp4-answers
  * udp4-queries
  * udp6-answers
  * udp6-queries
  * key-cache-size
  * latency
  * meta-cache-size
  * qsize-q
  * signature-cache-size
  * sys-msec
  * uptime
  * user-msec

## Tags

* tags: `server=socket`

## Example Output

```text
powerdns,server=/var/run/pdns.controlsocket corrupt-packets=0i,deferred-cache-inserts=0i,deferred-cache-lookup=0i,dnsupdate-answers=0i,dnsupdate-changes=0i,dnsupdate-queries=0i,dnsupdate-refused=0i,key-cache-size=0i,latency=26i,meta-cache-size=0i,packetcache-hit=0i,packetcache-miss=1i,packetcache-size=0i,qsize-q=0i,query-cache-hit=0i,query-cache-miss=6i,rd-queries=1i,recursing-answers=0i,recursing-questions=0i,recursion-unanswered=0i,security-status=3i,servfail-packets=0i,signature-cache-size=0i,signatures=0i,sys-msec=4349i,tcp-answers=0i,tcp-queries=0i,timedout-packets=0i,udp-answers=1i,udp-answers-bytes=50i,udp-do-queries=0i,udp-queries=0i,udp4-answers=1i,udp4-queries=1i,udp6-answers=0i,udp6-queries=0i,uptime=166738i,user-msec=3036i 1454078624932715706
```