I am able to resolve DNS names all day long, the names resolve to IP address and reverse lookups are working as well. I have had zero problems with DNS. But for some reason, in the agent configuration I have to specify the server by IP Address. If I use the hostname I get the following:
25027:20080717:091607 get_active_checks('hostname',10051)
25027:20080717:091607 Get active checks error: Cannot resolve [hostname]
25027:20080717:091607 Getting list of active checks failed. Will retry after 60 seconds
hostname being the hostname I am using for the monitoring server. I can resolve this name, both forward and reverse. Is this by design, or is there something I am missing?
Changing the agent server address to an IP address in the config file works flawlessly (the same IP address that DNS resolves to)
I would rather not have to change 200 agent configurations if I decide to change the server address for monitoring. I looked through the forums and I saw similar topics, but nothing that addressed this specific problem. I really don't think I have a problem with my DNS as every other application works flawlessly with it.
I hope that I am not wasting your time with something trivial, but I can't seem to figure this out. Thanks!
25027:20080717:091607 get_active_checks('hostname',10051)
25027:20080717:091607 Get active checks error: Cannot resolve [hostname]
25027:20080717:091607 Getting list of active checks failed. Will retry after 60 seconds
hostname being the hostname I am using for the monitoring server. I can resolve this name, both forward and reverse. Is this by design, or is there something I am missing?
Changing the agent server address to an IP address in the config file works flawlessly (the same IP address that DNS resolves to)
I would rather not have to change 200 agent configurations if I decide to change the server address for monitoring. I looked through the forums and I saw similar topics, but nothing that addressed this specific problem. I really don't think I have a problem with my DNS as every other application works flawlessly with it.
I hope that I am not wasting your time with something trivial, but I can't seem to figure this out. Thanks!
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