Dnsmasq DHCP collector
Dnsmasq
is a lightweight, easy to configure, DNS forwarder and DHCP
server.
This module monitors Dnsmasq DHCP
leases database.
Metrics
All metrics have "dnsmasq_dhcp." prefix.
Labels per scope:
Metric |
Scope |
Dimensions |
Units |
dhcp_ranges |
global |
ipv4, ipv6 |
ranges |
dhcp_hosts |
global |
ipv4, ipv6 |
hosts |
dhcp_range_utilization |
dhcp range |
used |
percentage |
dhcp_range_allocated_leases |
dhcp range |
allocated |
leases |
Auto-detection
Module automatically detects all configured dhcp-ranges reading dnsmasq
configuration files.
By default it uses:
/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
to read leases.
/etc/dnsmasq.conf
to detect dhcp-ranges.
/etc/dnsmasq.d
to find additional configurations.
Configuration
Edit the go.d/dnsmasq_dhcp.conf
configuration file using edit-config
from the
Netdata config directory, which is typically at /etc/netdata
.
cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory
sudo ./edit-config go.d/dnsmasq_dhcp.conf
Here is an example:
jobs:
- name: dnsmasq_dhcp
leases_path: /var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
conf_path: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
conf_dir: /etc/dnsmasq.d
For all available options please see
module configuration file.
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot issues with the dnsmasq_dhcp
collector, run the go.d.plugin
with the debug option enabled. The
output should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.
-
Navigate to the plugins.d
directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
. If that's not the case on
your system, open netdata.conf
and look for the plugins
setting under [directories]
.
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
-
Switch to the netdata
user.
sudo -u netdata -s
-
Run the go.d.plugin
to debug the collector:
./go.d.plugin -d -m dnsmasq_dhcp