CoreDNS is a DNS server written in Go language. It can be used in a multitude of environments because of its flexibility. CoreDNS is licensed under the Apache License Version 2, and completely open source.

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Supported metrics

OpsRamp MetricMetric Display NameUnit
kube_coredns_response_code_count

Rate of response status codes
CoreDNS Response Code Rate
kube_coredns_cache_hits

Rate of cache hits
Cache Hits Rate
kube_coredns_cache_misses

Rate of cache misses
Cache Misses Rate
kube_coredns_cache_size

Number of elements in the cache
Cache Size
kube_coredns_dns_request_count

Rate of DNS requests made per zone, protocol and family
DNS Requests Rate Per Protocol
kube_coredns_dns_request_type_count

Rate of DNS requests per type, per zone
DNS Requests Rate Per Type
kube_coredns_dns_request_duration_seconds

Average time taken by each request
Average Request Timeseconds
kube_coredns_forward_request_duration_seconds

Average time taken by each forward request
Average Forward Request Timeseconds
kube_coredns_forward_request_count

Rate of requests made per upstream
Upstream Request Rate
kube_coredns_forward_response_rcode_count

Rate of RCODEs per upstream
RCODEs Upstream Rate
kube_coredns_forward_healthcheck_failure_count

Number of failed health checks per upstream
Failed Health Checks Number
kube_coredns_forward_healthcheck_broken_count

Count of when all upstreams are unhealthy
Health Checks Broken Counter
kube_coredns_forward_max_concurrent_reject_count

Count of the number of queries rejected because the number of concurrent queries were at maximum
Max Conccurrent Rejects Rate
kube_coredns_health_request_duration_seconds

Average duration to process a HTTP query to the local /health endpoint
Average Health Endpoint Durationseconds
kube_coredns_dns_request_size

Average size of the request
Average Request Sizebytes
kube_coredns_dns_response_size

Average size of the response
Average Response Sizebytes
kube_coredns_panic_count

Rate of panics
Panic Rate
kube_coredns_go_gc_duration_seconds

Average of the GC invocation durations
Average GC Invocation Durationsseconds
kube_coredns_go_gc_duration_seconds_quantile

GC invocation durations Quantiles
GC Invocation Durations QuantilesQuantile
kube_coredns_go_goroutines

Number of goroutines that currently exist
GORoutines Count
kube_coredns_go_memstats_alloc_bytes

Number of bytes allocated and still in use
GO Bytes Allocated And In Usebytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_alloc_bytes_total

Total number of bytes allocated, even if free
Total GO Bytes Allocatedbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_buck_hash_sys_bytes

Number of bytes used by the profiling bucket hash table
Bytes Used By Profiling Bucket Hash Tablebytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_frees_total

Total number of frees
Total GO Frees
kube_coredns_go_memstats_gc_cpu_fraction

Fraction of this program available CPU time used by the GC since the program started
GO CPU Time Used By GC
kube_coredns_go_memstats_gc_sys_bytes

Number of bytes used for garbage collection system metadata
GO Bytes Used By GCbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_heap_alloc_bytes

Number of heap bytes allocated and still in use
GO Heap Bytes Allocatedbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_heap_idle_bytes

Number of heap bytes waiting to be used
GO Heap Idle Bytesbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_heap_inuse_bytes

Number of heap bytes that are in use
GO Heap Bytes In Usebytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_heap_objects

Number of allocated objects
GO Allocated Heap Objects
kube_coredns_go_memstats_heap_released_bytes

Number of heap bytes released to Operating System
GO Heap Bytes Released
kube_coredns_go_memstats_heap_sys_bytes

Number of heap bytes geted from system
GO Heap Bytes Geted
kube_coredns_go_memstats_last_gc_time_seconds

Number of seconds since 1970 of last garbage collection
GO GC Seconds Since UNIX Epochseconds
kube_coredns_go_memstats_lookups_total

Rate of number of pointer lookups
GO Pointer Lookups Rate
kube_coredns_go_memstats_mallocs_total

Rate of mallocs
GO Malloc Rate
kube_coredns_go_memstats_mcache_inuse_bytes

Number of bytes in use by mcache structures
GO Bytes Used MCachebytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_mcache_sys_bytes

Number of bytes used for mcache structures geted from system
GO MCache System Bytesbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_mspan_inuse_bytes

Number of bytes in use by mspan structures
GO Bytes Used MSpanbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_mspan_sys_bytes

Number of bytes used for mspan structures geted from system
GO MSpan System Bytesbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_next_gc_bytes

Number of heap bytes when next garbage collection will take place
GO Next GC Bytesbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_other_sys_bytes

Number of bytes used for other system allocations
GO Other System Allocationsbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_stack_inuse_bytes

Number of bytes in use by the stack allocator
GO Bytes Used Stack Allocatorbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_stack_sys_bytes

Number of bytes geted from system for stack allocator
GO Stack Allocator System Bytesbytes
kube_coredns_go_memstats_sys_bytes

Number of bytes geted from system
GO System Bytesbytes
kube_coredns_go_threads

Number of OS threads created
GO Threads
kube_coredns_plugin_enabled

Indicates whether a plugin is enabled on per server and zone basis
CoreDNS Plugins Enabled
kube_coredns_process_cpu_seconds_total

Rate of user and system CPU time spent
Process CPU Rateseconds
kube_coredns_process_max_fds

Maximum number of open file descriptors
Process Max Open File Descriptors
kube_coredns_process_open_fds

Number of open file descriptors
Process Open File Descriptors
kube_coredns_process_resident_memory_bytes

Size of Resident memory
Process Resident Memorybytes
kube_coredns_process_virtual_memory_bytes

Size of virtual memory
Process Virtual Memorybytes