[hobbit] Stupid sound question - "DNS Error"

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 09:43:32AM -0400, Gary Baluha wrote:
> It sounds like an obvious answer, but what does the http/https monitoring
> error "DNS Error" mean, exactly?

It means Hobbit could not lookup the hostname in DNS.

> Specifically, I have several https checks defined in Hobbit, and a good
> number of them get the "DNS Error" message multiple times a day; roughly on
> the order of every 1-3 hours.  I have manually verified that DNS is working
> for these hosts.  It might help me troubleshoot this if I know exactly how
> Hobbit comes to this determination, and if anything else other than DNS
> could cause it to appear.

A local caching DNS server is usually a good idea. Hobbit has been known
to knock out DNS servers, because it sends a lot of requests very
quickly.


Regards,
Henrik