DNS

Performs queries to a DNS server, typical use cases include:

• Checking the latency of the DNS server in a Kubernetes cluster
• Verifying that there are serving records for a DNS based load balancer.

dns.yaml
apiVersion: canaries.flanksource.com/v1
kind: Canary
metadata:
  name: dns-pass
spec:
  schedule: "@every 1m"
  dns:
    - server: 8.8.8.8
      name: A record query
      port: 53
      query: "1.2.3.4.nip.io"
      querytype: "A"
      minrecords: 1
      exactreply: ["1.2.3.4"]
      timeout: 100
      thresholdMillis: 1000
    - server: 1.1.1.1
      port: 53
      name: ptr query
      query: "1.1.1.1"
      querytype: "PTR"
      minrecords: 1
      exactreply: ["one.one.one.one."]
      timeout: 100
      thresholdMillis: 100
    - server: 8.8.8.8
      port: 53
      name: cname query
      query: "dns.google"
      querytype: "CNAME"
      minrecords: 1
      exactreply: ["dns.google."]
      timeout: 100
      thresholdMillis: 1000
    - server: 8.8.8.8
      port: 53
      query: "flanksource.com"
      name: mx query
      querytype: "MX"
      minrecords: 1
      exactreply:
        - "aspmx.l.google.com. 1"
        - "alt1.aspmx.l.google.com. 5"
        - "alt2.aspmx.l.google.com. 5"
        - "aspmx3.googlemail.com. 10"
        - "aspmx2.googlemail.com. 10"
      timeout: 100
      thresholdMillis: 1000
    - server: 8.8.8.8
      port: 53
      name: txt query
      query: "flanksource.com"
      querytype: "TXT"
      minrecords: 1
      timeout: 100
      thresholdMillis: 1000
    - server: 8.8.8.8
      port: 53
      name: NS query
      query: "flanksource.com"
      querytype: "NS"
      minrecords: 1
      exactreply:
        - "ns-91.awsdns-11.com."
        - "ns-908.awsdns-49.net."
        - "ns-1450.awsdns-53.org."
        - "ns-1896.awsdns-45.co.uk."
      timeout: 100
      thresholdMillis: 1000
  #  - server: 8.8.8.8
  #    port: 53
  #    querytype: "SRV"
  #    query: "_test._tcp.test"
  #    timeout: 10
  #    srvReply:
  #      target: ""
  #      port: 0
  #      priority: 0
  #      weight: 0*

Field	Description	Scheme
name*	Name of the check, must be unique within the canary	string
query*	Domain name to lookup	string
server*	Address of DNS server to query e.g. 8.8.8.8	string
exactreply	Expected exact match result(s)	[]string
minrecords	Minimum number of records expected in response	integer
port	Port to query DNS server on. Defaults to 53
querytype	Record type to query e.g. A, CNAME, TXT, SRV. Defaults to A	string
thresholdMillis	Threshold response time from DNS server	integer
timeout	Timeout in seconds	integer
description	Description for the check	string
display	Expression to change the formatting of the display	Expression
icon	Icon for overwriting default icon on the dashboard	Icon
labels	Labels for check	map[string]string
metrics	Metrics to export from	[]Metrics
test	Evaluate whether a check is healthy	Expression
transform	Transform data from a check into multiple individual checks	Expression