DNS

• Category: general
• Dataflow: pull
• Default Port: 53

This check type monitors your DNS server responses.

You can select a record to look up and a specify a Record Type:

• A - Name to number for IPv4 (i.e. circonus.com -> 66.225.209.241)
• AAAA - Name to number for IPv6
• PTR - Number to name (i.e. 66.225.209.241 -> circonus.com)
• TXT - Text record
• MX - Mail exchange
• CNAME - Canonical name
• NS - Nameserver