NSD

Overview

This plugin gathers stats from NSD - an authoritative DNS name server.

Configuration

# A plugin to collect stats from the NSD DNS resolver
[[inputs.nsd]]
  ## Address of server to connect to, optionally ':port'. Defaults to the
  ## address in the nsd config file.
  server = "127.0.0.1:8953"

  ## If running as a restricted user you can prepend sudo for additional access:
  # use_sudo = false

  ## The default location of the nsd-control binary can be overridden with:
  # binary = "/usr/sbin/nsd-control"

  ## The default location of the nsd config file can be overridden with:
  # config_file = "/etc/nsd/nsd.conf"

  ## The default timeout of 1s can be overridden with:
  # timeout = "1s"

Permissions

It's important to note that this plugin references nsd-control, which may require additional permissions to execute successfully. Depending on the user/group permissions of the user executing this plugin, you may need to alter the group membership, set facls, or use sudo.

Group membership (Recommended)

$ groups cua
cua : cua

$ usermod -a -G nsd cua

$ groups cua
cua : cua nsd

Sudo privileges

If you use this method, you will need the following in your config:

[[inputs.nsd]]
  use_sudo = true

You will also need to update your sudoers file:

$ visudo
# Add the following line:
Cmnd_Alias NSDCONTROLCTL = /usr/sbin/nsd-control
cua  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: NSDCONTROLCTL
Defaults!NSDCONTROLCTL !logfile, !syslog, !pam_session

Please use the solution you see as most appropriate.