---
name: "probes::DNS.pm"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "smokeping"
version: "1.38-3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/probes::DNS.pm"
---

# probes::DNS.pm(3)

Name Service Probe for SmokePing

## NAME

probes::DNS - Name Service Probe for SmokePing

## SYNOPSIS

```
 *** Probes ***
 + DNS
 binary = /usr/bin/dig
```

```
 *** Targets ***
 probe = DNS
 forks = 10
```

```
 + First
 menu = First
 title = First Target
 # ....
```

```
 ++ PROBE_CONF
 lookup=www.mozilla.org
```

## DESCRIPTION

Integrates dig as a probe into smokeping. The variable **binary** must point to your copy of the dig program. If it is not installed on your system yet, you should install bind-utils \>= 9.0.0.

The Probe asks the given host n-times for it's name. Where n is the amount specified in the config File.

Supported probe-specific variables:

- binary

  The location of your dig binary.

- forks

  The number of concurrent processes to be run. See *probes::basefork*(3pm) for details.

Supported target-level probe variables:

- lookup

  Name of the host to look up in the dns.

## AUTHOR

Igor Petrovski \<pigor@myrealbox.com\>, Carl Elkins \<carl@celkins.org.uk\>, Andre Stolze \<stolze@uni-muenster.de\>, Niko Tyni \<ntyni@iki.fi\>, Chris Poetzel\<lt\>cpoetzel@anl.gov\<gt\>