Provided by: gdnsd_3.8.0-1_amd64 
NAME
gdnsd-plugin-extfile - gdnsd plugin for importing monitor data via file
SYNOPSIS
Example service_types config:
service_types => {
ext1 => {
plugin => "extfile",
file => "/var/tmp/ext1data", # required
direct => true, # default false
def_down => false, # default false
def_ttl => 600, # default max (limited by zonefile RRs)
}
ext2 => {
plugin => "extfile",
file => "ext2data", # def dir: /var/lib/gdnsd/extfile/
},
}
Example plugin config using these service_types:
plugins => {
multifo => {
www1 => {
service_types => ext2,
lb01 => 192.0.2.200,
lb02 => 192.0.2.201,
lb03 => 192.0.2.202,
}
www2 => {
service_types => [ ext1, http_status ],
lb01 => 192.0.2.203,
lb02 => 192.0.2.204,
lb03 => 192.0.2.205,
}
},
weighted => {
wwwcn => {
service_types => ext1,
lb01 = [ lb01.example.com., 99 ],
lb02 = [ lb02.example.com., 15 ],
lb03 = [ lb03, 1 ],
}
wwwz => {
service_types => ext1,
lb01 => [ 192.0.2.203, 10 ],
lb02 => [ 192.0.2.204, 15 ],
lb03 => [ 192.0.2.205, 20 ],
}
}
}
Example extfile data defining the resource + service_types specified above:
/var/tmp/ext1data:
192.0.2.203 => UP/300
192.0.2.204 => DOWN/242
192.0.2.205 => DOWN/102
lb01.example.com. => UP/60
lb02.example.com. => UP/30
lb03 => UP/45
/var/lib/gdnsd/extfile/ext2data:
192.0.2.200 => DOWN
192.0.2.201 => UP
192.0.2.202 => UP
DESCRIPTION
gdnsd-plugin-extfile is a monitor plugin that imports monitor results from an external
file (which is probably populated by some script/tool from some other monitoring
software).
MODES
An extfile service_type can operate in one of two basic modes:
Monitor Mode (default)
In monitor mode, the standard parameter "interval" is used as a repeating timer. At
each interval, the file is loaded for state updates (but any direct TTL values in the
file are ignored).
The updates from the file are fed into the standard core monitoring system by the same
mechanisms as normal monitoring plugins (e.g. http_status). This means they will be
subject to the standard anti-flap measures via the standard threshold parameters
("up_thresh", "down_thresh", "ok_thresh") before affecting the final status seen by
resolution plugins.
This mode is appropriate if the updates being processed are relatively-raw updates
from individual monitor checks.
Direct Mode
In direct mode, the standard parameter "interval" is used only as a hint to the
filesystem-watching code to try to check for updates no less often than the supplied
interval. However in many cases (especially e.g. Linux with "inotify()" support)
updates to the file may be picked up much sooner, perhaps nearly instantly.
There will be a short (~1 second) settling delay after detecting any update in order
to coalesce any rapid-fire updates into a single transaction.
The results contained in the file (state and/or TTL per-resource) are applied directly
as final monitoring results and made immediately available to resolution plugins for
decision-making.
This mode is appropriate if the updates are from processed monitoring results that
have already been through e.g. anti-flap measures before reaching gdnsd.
FILE FORMAT
The file is formatted using the same "vscf" language that's used for the main config file
and the geoip nets databases. The expected data format is a simple key-value hash at the
top level, where the keys are the monitored IP address or CNAME values from the monitor
plugins and the values are of the form form "state[/ttl]", where state is either "UP" or
"DOWN" and the optional ttl is an integer ttl value. TTL values are only used for
"direct"-mode service_types; the TTL is calculated in the normal fashion based on
intervals and thresholds for "monitor"-mode.
CONFIGURATION - PER-SERVICE-TYPE
The universal, plugin-neutral service_type parameters all apply in their usual sense:
"up_thresh", "ok_thresh", "down_thresh", and "interval" (keeping in mind the notes above
about how each mode uses "interval"). "timeout" is ignored. extfile-specific parameters:
direct
Boolean, default false. Sets the monitoring mode to "direct" if true, otherwise mode
defaults to "monitor".
file
String filename, required. This sets the name of the file to load results from. If
the pathname is not absolute, it will be considered relative to
/var/lib/gdnsd/extfile/.
def_ttl
Integer TTL, default is max (which will be limited by zonefile RR TTL values). In
"direct" mode this will be set as the monitored TTL if no optional TTL is supplied in
the file data for a given resource. It is ignored in "monitor" mode.
def_down
Boolean, default false. This sets the default disposition of configured resources
which are missing from the file data (which will generate warnings). If true, these
resources behave as if the file data marked them "DOWN", otherwise they default to
"UP".
SEE ALSO
gdnsd.config(5), gdnsd(8)
The gdnsd manual.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2012 Brandon L Black <blblack@gmail.com>
This file is part of gdnsd.
gdnsd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
gdnsd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with gdnsd. If
not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.