PowerDNS Recursor Input Plugin
This plugin gathers metrics from PowerDNS Recursor instances using the unix control-sockets.
Telegraf will need read and write access to the control socket and the
socket_dir.
Introduced in: Telegraf v1.11.0 Tags: server OS support: all
Global configuration options
In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.
Configuration
# Read metrics from one or many PowerDNS Recursor servers
[[inputs.powerdns_recursor]]
## Path to the Recursor control socket.
unix_sockets = ["/var/run/pdns_recursor.controlsocket"]
## Directory to create receive socket. This default is likely not writable,
## please reference the full plugin documentation for a recommended setup.
# socket_dir = "/var/run/"
## Socket permissions for the receive socket.
# socket_mode = "0666"
## The version of the PowerDNS control protocol to use. You will have to
## change this based on your PowerDNS Recursor version, see below:
## Version 1: PowerDNS <4.5.0
## Version 2: PowerDNS 4.5.0 - 4.5.11
## Version 3: PowerDNS >=4.6.0
## By default this is set to 1.
# control_protocol_version = 1Newer PowerDNS Recursor versions
By default, this plugin is compatible with PowerDNS Recursor versions older
than 4.5.0. If you are using a newer version then you’ll need to adjust the
control_protocol_version configuration option based on your version. For
versions between 4.5.0 and 4.5.11 set it to 2 and for versions 4.6.0
and newer set it to 3. If you don’t, you will get an i/o timeout or a
protocol wrong type for socket error.
Permissions
Telegraf will need read/write access to the control socket and to the
socket_dir. PowerDNS will need to be able to write to the socket_dir.
The setup described below was tested on a Debian Stretch system and may need adapted for other systems.
First change permissions on the controlsocket in the PowerDNS recursor
configuration, usually in /etc/powerdns/recursor.conf:
socket-mode = 660Then place the telegraf user into the pdns group:
usermod telegraf -a -G pdnsSince telegraf cannot write to to the default /var/run socket directory,
create a subdirectory and adjust permissions for this directory so that both
users can access it.
mkdir /var/run/pdns
chown root:pdns /var/run/pdns
chmod 770 /var/run/pdnsMetrics
- powerdns_recursor
- tags:
- server
- fields:
- all-outqueries
- answers-slow
- answers0-1
- answers1-10
- answers10-100
- answers100-1000
- auth-zone-queries
- auth4-answers-slow
- auth4-answers0-1
- auth4-answers1-10
- auth4-answers10-100
- auth4-answers100-1000
- auth6-answers-slow
- auth6-answers0-1
- auth6-answers1-10
- auth6-answers10-100
- auth6-answers100-1000
- cache-entries
- cache-hits
- cache-misses
- case-mismatches
- chain-resends
- client-parse-errors
- concurrent-queries
- dlg-only-drops
- dnssec-queries
- dnssec-result-bogus
- dnssec-result-indeterminate
- dnssec-result-insecure
- dnssec-result-nta
- dnssec-result-secure
- dnssec-validations
- dont-outqueries
- ecs-queries
- ecs-responses
- edns-ping-matches
- edns-ping-mismatches
- failed-host-entries
- fd-usage
- ignored-packets
- ipv6-outqueries
- ipv6-questions
- malloc-bytes
- max-cache-entries
- max-mthread-stack
- max-packetcache-entries
- negcache-entries
- no-packet-error
- noedns-outqueries
- noerror-answers
- noping-outqueries
- nsset-invalidations
- nsspeeds-entries
- nxdomain-answers
- outgoing-timeouts
- outgoing4-timeouts
- outgoing6-timeouts
- over-capacity-drops
- packetcache-entries
- packetcache-hits
- packetcache-misses
- policy-drops
- policy-result-custom
- policy-result-drop
- policy-result-noaction
- policy-result-nodata
- policy-result-nxdomain
- policy-result-truncate
- qa-latency
- query-pipe-full-drops
- questions
- real-memory-usage
- resource-limits
- security-status
- server-parse-errors
- servfail-answers
- spoof-prevents
- sys-msec
- tcp-client-overflow
- tcp-clients
- tcp-outqueries
- tcp-questions
- throttle-entries
- throttled-out
- throttled-outqueries
- too-old-drops
- udp-in-errors
- udp-noport-errors
- udp-recvbuf-errors
- udp-sndbuf-errors
- unauthorized-tcp
- unauthorized-udp
- unexpected-packets
- unreachables
- uptime
- user-msec
- x-our-latency
- x-ourtime-slow
- x-ourtime0-1
- x-ourtime1-2
- x-ourtime16-32
- x-ourtime2-4
- x-ourtime4-8
- x-ourtime8-16
- tags:
Example Output
powerdns_recursor,server=/var/run/pdns_recursor.controlsocket all-outqueries=3631810i,answers-slow=36863i,answers0-1=179612i,answers1-10=1223305i,answers10-100=1252199i,answers100-1000=408357i,auth-zone-queries=4i,auth4-answers-slow=44758i,auth4-answers0-1=59721i,auth4-answers1-10=1766787i,auth4-answers10-100=1329638i,auth4-answers100-1000=430372i,auth6-answers-slow=0i,auth6-answers0-1=0i,auth6-answers1-10=0i,auth6-answers10-100=0i,auth6-answers100-1000=0i,cache-entries=296689i,cache-hits=150654i,cache-misses=2949682i,case-mismatches=0i,chain-resends=420004i,client-parse-errors=0i,concurrent-queries=0i,dlg-only-drops=0i,dnssec-queries=152970i,dnssec-result-bogus=0i,dnssec-result-indeterminate=0i,dnssec-result-insecure=0i,dnssec-result-nta=0i,dnssec-result-secure=47i,dnssec-validations=47i,dont-outqueries=62i,ecs-queries=0i,ecs-responses=0i,edns-ping-matches=0i,edns-ping-mismatches=0i,failed-host-entries=21i,fd-usage=32i,ignored-packets=0i,ipv6-outqueries=0i,ipv6-questions=0i,malloc-bytes=0i,max-cache-entries=1000000i,max-mthread-stack=33747i,max-packetcache-entries=500000i,negcache-entries=100019i,no-packet-error=0i,noedns-outqueries=73341i,noerror-answers=25453808i,noping-outqueries=0i,nsset-invalidations=2398i,nsspeeds-entries=3966i,nxdomain-answers=3341302i,outgoing-timeouts=44384i,outgoing4-timeouts=44384i,outgoing6-timeouts=0i,over-capacity-drops=0i,packetcache-entries=78258i,packetcache-hits=25999027i,packetcache-misses=3100179i,policy-drops=0i,policy-result-custom=0i,policy-result-drop=0i,policy-result-noaction=3100336i,policy-result-nodata=0i,policy-result-nxdomain=0i,policy-result-truncate=0i,qa-latency=6553i,query-pipe-full-drops=0i,questions=29099363i,real-memory-usage=280494080i,resource-limits=0i,security-status=1i,server-parse-errors=0i,servfail-answers=304253i,spoof-prevents=0i,sys-msec=1312600i,tcp-client-overflow=0i,tcp-clients=0i,tcp-outqueries=116i,tcp-questions=133i,throttle-entries=21i,throttled-out=13296i,throttled-outqueries=13296i,too-old-drops=2i,udp-in-errors=4i,udp-noport-errors=2918i,udp-recvbuf-errors=0i,udp-sndbuf-errors=0i,unauthorized-tcp=0i,unauthorized-udp=0i,unexpected-packets=0i,unreachables=1708i,uptime=167482i,user-msec=1282640i,x-our-latency=19i,x-ourtime-slow=642i,x-ourtime0-1=3095566i,x-ourtime1-2=3401i,x-ourtime16-32=201i,x-ourtime2-4=304i,x-ourtime4-8=198i,x-ourtime8-16=24i 1533903879000000000Was this page helpful?
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