Re: Monit DNS check response

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Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

the implementation of extended DNS protocol test with custom queries is in progress.

Best regards,
Martin


> On 4 Jun 2019, at 06:21, David Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Does monit have the ability to check a DNS server for a specific response?  I have a need to check a local DNS server and if it becomes unhealthy, shutdown the bgpd service to send DNS traffic to a different data center.
> 
> Something like this?
> 
> check host nstest.example.com <http://nstest.example.com/> with address 127.0.0.1
>     if failed port 53 
>         use type udp protocol dns 
>         content = "1.2.3.4"
>     then exec "/bin/systemctl stop bgpd"
>     else if succeeded then exec "/bin/systemctl start bgpd"
> 
> I already have an A record for "nstest" with a value of 1.2.3.4. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
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