Google Cloud DNS monitoring integration

DNS is a pivotal service when you host a website online. Though Google Cloud DNS is an established, reliable cloud DNS provider, use Site24x7's monitoring capabilities to know its latency and DNS response counts.

Setup and configuration

Adding Google Cloud DNS while configuring a new Google Cloud monitor

If you have not configured a Google Cloud monitor yet, add one by following the steps below:
1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Go to Cloud > GCP > Add GCP Monitor or Admin > Cloud Monitoring > Google Cloud Platform(GCP).
3. Provide a unique display name for identification purposes.
4. Upload a service account JSON file to authenticate Site24x7 for performing resource discovery.
5. Select Cloud DNS from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list.
6. Select existing Notification Profiles, User Alerts Groups, Tags, and IT Automation Templates or add new ones. You can also integrate Site24x7's alarms with your preferred third-party service.
7. Click Start GCP Monitoring.
Adding Google Cloud DNS to an existing Google Cloud monitor

If you already have a Google Cloud monitor configured for the service account, you can add Google Cloud DNS by following the steps below:
1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Go to Cloud > GCP and select your GCP monitor.
3. Click the hamburger icon next to Service View and select Edit, which brings you to the Edit GCP Monitor page.
4. On the Edit GCP Monitor page, select Cloud DNS from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list and click Save.
5. After successful configuration, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud DNS. Now you can view the discovered Cloud DNS resources.

Note

It will take approximately 5 minutes to discover new GCP resources.

Polling frequency

Site24x7's Google Cloud DNS monitor collects metrics data every minute and the statuses of your Google Cloud DNS resources every 5 minutes.

Supported metrics

Metric name	Description	Statistic	Unit
DNS server latencies	The distribution of the latency of DNS requests	Average	Milliseconds
DNS response counts	The rate of all DNS responses from the private DNS	Average	Count

Threshold configuration

Global configuration
1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
2. Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select Threshold and Availability from the drop-down menu.
3. Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
4. For Monitor Type, select Cloud DNS.
5. Now you can set the threshold values for the metrics listed above.
Monitor-level configuration
1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud DNS.
2. Select a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon .
3. Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Cloud DNS Monitor page.
4. You can set the threshold values for the metrics with the Threshold and Availability option.
5. You can also configure IT Automation at the attribute level.

IT Automation

Site24x7 offers a set of exclusive IT Automation tools that automatically resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention. The IT Automation tools automate repetitive tasks and automatically remediate threshold breaches. The alarm engine continually evaluates system events for which thresholds are set and executes the mapped automation when there is a breach.

How to configure IT Automation for a monitor

Configuration Rules

Editing multiple monitors to associate different monitor groups or add a different tag can be a tedious process. With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can automate the configuration settings of your monitoring resources. Also, Site24x7 allows you to create custom rules to track configuration changes continuously and achieve the ideal configuration settings.

How to add Configuration Rules

Summary

The Summary tab will give you the performance data organized by time for the metrics listed above. To view the summary:

Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud DNS.
Select a resource.
Click the Summary tab.

Configuration Details

The Configuration Details tab provides details on the configurations of application instances. To get the configuration details:

Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud DNS.
Select a resource.
Click the Configuration Details tab.

Reports

Gain in-depth data about the various parameters of your monitored resources and accentuate your service performance using our insightful reports.

To view reports for a Google Cloud DNS resource:

Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
Select Cloud DNS from the menu on the left.
You can find the Availability Summary Report, Performance Report, and Inventory Report for one selected monitor. Or you can get the Summary Report, Availability Summary Report, Health Trend Report, and Performance Report for all the Google Cloud DNS monitors.

You can also get reports from the Summary tab of the Google Cloud DNS monitor:

Click the Summary tab.
Get the Availability Summary Report of the monitor by clicking Availability.
You can also find the Performance Report of the monitor by clicking any chart title.