Alert on and chart blackbox DNS probe failures

DNSResolutionProbeFailed and DNSSECProbeFailed fire when an SOA or
DNSKEY probe to a public nameserver address stays down for 5m. The CNX
DNS dashboard gains a "DNS probes (outside-in)" row: per-zone/server
status table, probe success, and probe latency.
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Berwn
2026-06-17 15:42:13 +07:00
parent 54f607d063
commit c7b0f206c8
3 changed files with 128 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
"tags": ["dns", "knot", "cnx"],
"timezone": "browser",
"schemaVersion": 39,
"version": 2,
"version": 3,
"refresh": "30s",
"time": { "from": "now-6h", "to": "now" },
"templating": { "list": [] },
@@ -207,6 +207,108 @@
"legendFormat": "{{instance}}"
}
]
},
{
"type": "row",
"title": "DNS probes (outside-in)",
"id": 20,
"gridPos": { "h": 1, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 42 }
},
{
"type": "table",
"title": "Probe status (per zone / server)",
"description": "blackbox_exporter on control queries each nameserver's public address (v4 + v6) for every zone: an SOA query (zone served) and a DNSKEY query (still signed). UP = the resolver's-eye view is healthy.",
"id": 21,
"datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "victoriametrics" },
"gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 0, "y": 43 },
"options": { "showHeader": true },
"fieldConfig": {
"defaults": {
"custom": { "align": "auto", "cellOptions": { "type": "color-background" } },
"thresholds": {
"mode": "absolute",
"steps": [
{ "color": "red", "value": null },
{ "color": "green", "value": 1 }
]
},
"mappings": [
{
"type": "value",
"options": {
"0": { "text": "DOWN", "index": 0 },
"1": { "text": "UP", "index": 1 }
}
}
]
},
"overrides": [
{
"matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "zone" },
"properties": [{ "id": "custom.cellOptions", "value": { "type": "auto" } }]
},
{
"matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "query" },
"properties": [{ "id": "custom.cellOptions", "value": { "type": "auto" } }]
},
{
"matcher": { "id": "byName", "options": "instance" },
"properties": [{ "id": "custom.cellOptions", "value": { "type": "auto" } }]
}
]
},
"targets": [
{
"refId": "A",
"datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "victoriametrics" },
"expr": "probe_success",
"format": "table",
"instant": true
}
],
"transformations": [
{
"id": "organize",
"options": {
"excludeByName": { "Time": true, "__name__": true, "job": true },
"renameByName": { "Value": "status" }
}
}
]
},
{
"type": "timeseries",
"title": "Probe success (1 = ok)",
"description": "0 means the probe failed: the zone is not being served or not signed from that public address. Sustained failures fire DNSResolutionProbeFailed / DNSSECProbeFailed.",
"id": 22,
"datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "victoriametrics" },
"gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 12, "x": 12, "y": 43 },
"fieldConfig": { "defaults": { "unit": "short", "min": 0, "max": 1 }, "overrides": [] },
"targets": [
{
"refId": "A",
"datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "victoriametrics" },
"expr": "probe_success",
"legendFormat": "{{zone}} {{query}} @ {{instance}}"
}
]
},
{
"type": "timeseries",
"title": "DNS probe latency",
"description": "Total round-trip time of each blackbox DNS probe. A climbing trend points at a slow or overloaded nameserver before it starts failing outright.",
"id": 23,
"datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "victoriametrics" },
"gridPos": { "h": 8, "w": 24, "x": 0, "y": 51 },
"fieldConfig": { "defaults": { "unit": "s" }, "overrides": [] },
"targets": [
{
"refId": "A",
"datasource": { "type": "prometheus", "uid": "victoriametrics" },
"expr": "probe_duration_seconds",
"legendFormat": "{{zone}} {{query}} @ {{instance}}"
}
]
}
]
}