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Monitor a Domain-Name-Server with the DNS Sensor

dns_sensor_sidepanel

Side Panel

Sensor Tasks

Test Sensor	Tests the current sensor settings
Get Help	Opens the ServerSentinel online help

Basic Settings

Display Name	Defines the name of the sensor
Active	Toggles the sensor ON/OFF
Only check if this sensor didn't fail	This sensor will only be checked, if the sensor in the drop down list didn't fail

Further Information

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DNS Options

DNS Server IP	IP address of the DNS server, if more than one IP is specified, the sensor queries all servers in parallel and stores the first answer.
Query Type	The type of query (see below)
Query	Name of the query object

dns_sensor_mainpanel

Main Panel

Setting	Uses value
Connection ok	Boolean
Response code	Enum
Records	Integer
Check time	Date
Response time (ms)	Integer
Status flag	Enum

Query Type

Shotcut	Type
A	Queries an IPv4 host address
NS	Authoritative name server
CNAME	Query the canonical name for an alias
SOA	Get SOA information
PTR	Domain name pointer
HINFO	Query host information
MX	Get the Mail Exchange records for a particular server
TXT	Get textual information
AAAA	Queries an IPv6 host address
SRV	Service location query
NAPTR	Get the naming authority pointer record
ANY	Query all records that the server returns