# powerdns

Module monitor powerdns performance and health metrics.

Powerdns charts:

1.  **Queries and Answers**

    -   udp-queries
    -   udp-answers
    -   tcp-queries
    -   tcp-answers

2.  **Cache Usage**

    -   query-cache-hit
    -   query-cache-miss
    -   packetcache-hit
    -   packetcache-miss

3.  **Cache Size**

    -   query-cache-size
    -   packetcache-size
    -   key-cache-size
    -   meta-cache-size

4.  **Latency**

    -   latency

 Powerdns Recursor charts:

1.  **Questions In**

    -   questions
    -   ipv6-questions
    -   tcp-queries

2.  **Questions Out**

    -   all-outqueries
    -   ipv6-outqueries
    -   tcp-outqueries
    -   throttled-outqueries

3.  **Answer Times**

    -   answers-slow
    -   answers0-1
    -   answers1-10
    -   answers10-100
    -   answers100-1000

4.  **Timeouts**

    -   outgoing-timeouts
    -   outgoing4-timeouts
    -   outgoing6-timeouts

5.  **Drops**

    -   over-capacity-drops

6.  **Cache Usage**

    -   cache-hits
    -   cache-misses
    -   packetcache-hits
    -   packetcache-misses

7.  **Cache Size**

    -   cache-entries
    -   packetcache-entries
    -   negcache-entries

## configuration

```yaml
local:
  name     : 'local'
  url     : 'http://127.0.0.1:8081/api/v1/servers/localhost/statistics'
  header   :
    X-API-Key: 'change_me'
```

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