DNS Monitors

DNS monitors are used to monitor DNS servers. Verify DNS queries for your server and match values with the expected values to get notified when they are different.

Monitors Ping

Host

REQUIRED

The host is used to define the host of the DNS server that you want to monitor. It is required and has to be a valid host.

Lookup Record

REQUIRED

The query is used to define the query that you want to monitor. It is required and has to be a valid query. Example: A, MX, TXT, CNAME.

Name Server

REQUIRED

The name server is the DNS server that you want to query. It is required and has to be a valid DNS server.

Few examples:

  • 8.8.8.8 (Google)
  • 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare)

Match Type

REQUIRED

Match type for DNS response. Can be ANY or ALL. If ANY is selected, the monitor will be marked as UP if any of the expected values match the response. If ALL is selected, all the expected values should match the response.

Expected Values

REQUIRED

The expected values are the values that you expect the DNS server to return. You can add multiple values. Atleast one is required.