CoreDNS collector

CoreDNS is a fast and flexible DNS server.

This module monitor one or more CoreDNS instances depending on configuration.

Metrics

All metrics have "coredns." prefix.

Metric	Scope	Dimensions	Units
dns_request_count_total	global	requests	requests/s
dns_responses_count_total	global	responses	responses/s
dns_request_count_total_per_status	global	processed, dropped	requests/s
dns_no_matching_zone_dropped_total	global	dropped	requests/s
dns_panic_count_total	global	panics	panics/s
dns_requests_count_total_per_proto	global	udp, tcp	requests/s
dns_requests_count_total_per_ip_family	global	v4, v6	requests/s
dns_requests_count_total_per_per_type	global	a, aaaa, mx, soa, cname, ptr, txt, ns, ds, dnskey, rrsig, nsec, nsec3, ixfr, any, other	requests/s
dns_responses_count_total_per_rcode	global	noerror, formerr, servfail, nxdomain, notimp, refused, yxdomain, yxrrset, nxrrset, notauth, notzone, badsig, badkey, badtime, badmode, badname, badalg, badtrunc, badcookie, other	responses/s
server_dns_request_count_total	server	requests	requests/s
server_dns_responses_count_total	server	responses	responses/s
server_dns_responses_count_total	server	responses	responses/s
server_request_count_total_per_status	server	processed, dropped	requests/s
server_requests_count_total_per_proto	server	udp, tcp	requests/s
server_requests_count_total_per_ip_family	server	v4, v6	requests/s
server_requests_count_total_per_per_type	server	a, aaaa, mx, soa, cname, ptr, txt, ns, ds, dnskey, rrsig, nsec, nsec3, ixfr, any, other	requests/s
server_responses_count_total_per_rcode	server	noerror, formerr, servfail, nxdomain, notimp, refused, yxdomain, yxrrset, nxrrset, notauth, notzone, badsig, badkey, badtime, badmode, badname, badalg, badtrunc, badcookie, other	responses/s
zone_dns_request_count_total	server	requests	requests/s
zone_dns_responses_count_total	server	responses	responses/s
zone_dns_responses_count_total	server	responses	responses/s
zone_requests_count_total_per_proto	server	udp, tcp	requests/s
zone_requests_count_total_per_ip_family	server	v4, v6	requests/s
zone_requests_count_total_per_per_type	server	a, aaaa, mx, soa, cname, ptr, txt, ns, ds, dnskey, rrsig, nsec, nsec3, ixfr, any, other	requests/s
zone_responses_count_total_per_rcode	server	noerror, formerr, servfail, nxdomain, notimp, refused, yxdomain, yxrrset, nxrrset, notauth, notzone, badsig, badkey, badtime, badmode, badname, badalg, badtrunc, badcookie, other	responses/s

Configuration

Edit the go.d/coredns.conf configuration file using edit-config from the Netdata config directory, which is typically at /etc/netdata.

cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory
sudo ./edit-config go.d/coredns.conf

The module needs only the url to a CoreDNS metrics-address. Here is an example for several instances:

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1:9153/metrics

  - name: remote
    url: http://203.0.113.10:9153/metrics

For all available options, please see the module's configuration file.

Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot issues with the coredns collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.

• Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].

  cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/

• Switch to the netdata user.

  sudo -u netdata -s

• Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:

  ./go.d.plugin -d -m coredns