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To configure DNS queries and responses, complete do the following:
- Grid: From the Data Management tabIn the Data Management tab, select the the DNS tab tab, expand the Toolbar and click Grid DNS Properties Toolbar, and click Grid DNS Properties.
- Member: From the Data Management tabIn the Data Management tab, open the DNS tab then Members tab, select the DNS tab member checkbox, and click the Members tab -> member checkbox -> Edit icon.
- In the Grid DNS Properties or Member DNS Properties editor, click Toggle Advanced Mode and select the Logging tab.Under Data Connection for all DNS Queries/Responses to a Domain, complete the Grid DNS Properties or Member DNS Properties editor, click Toggle Advanced Mode and open the Logging tab.
- Under Data Connection for all DNS Queries/Responses to a Domain, do the following:
- Select
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- the Capture DNS Queries
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- checkbox. This enables the feature set for configuration.
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- After you enable this option at the member level, the appliance
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- will capture DNS queries for the selected members only.
Select
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the Capture DNS Responses
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checkbox to start capturing DNS responses. This
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will enable the feature set for configuration.
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After you enable this option at the member level, the appliance
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will capture DNS responses for the selected members only.
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Note
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that simultaneous logging of queries and responses
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might increase the usage of disk space
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and adversely affect DNS services and performance. Infoblox recommends that you do not configure
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simultaneous logging
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.
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- Select Capture queries/responses
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- to capture DNS queries and responses
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- for all domains and zones at once.
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- Select Limit capture to these domains
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- to capture DNS queries and responses
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- from one domain and
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- one zone at a time.
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- To specify domains for DNS-capture operations in the Domain table
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- , click the Add icon
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- and
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- choose Add Domain
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- or Bulk Add Domains
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- from the menu.
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- To save DNS queries on the appliance
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- , select Retain captured queries on the local disk
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- . To export DNS queries to
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- Data Connector
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- , select SCP
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- in the
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- Export to
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- drop-down list.
Export to:
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From the drop-down list,
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select SCP
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to back up the DNS queries on the Data Connector
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and None
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to save queries only on the appliance. To save the captured DNS queries on both the appliance and the Data Connector, select
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the Retain captured queries on the local disk
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checkbox and SCP from the Export to
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drop-down list.
To define the destination for capture files,
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do the following:
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external servers. |
- When you select select SCP from the from the Export to drop drop-down list, complete do the following:
- In
the - the Directory Path
field- field, enter
the - a directory to which the capture file will be saved on the server. The ~ symbol should/must be used as
a - the directory for the Data Connector VM.
- In
the - the Server Address
field- field, enter the IP address of the Data Connector VM
to - on which the capture files will be saved.
- Enter the values for Username and Password of the file server account
Username and Password values. The username and password are the - . These values are same as those used
when configuring for - to configure the NIOS source on the Cloud Services Portal.
- The Limit query data collected per file to minutes or 100MB (whichever comes first): This option limits the collection of query data per capture file. A capture file for logging DNS queries and responses is rolled over based on the configured time limit or when the file reaches 100 MB in size, whichever is sooner. The default time limit is 10 minutes. You , but you can enter a value from 1 to 10.
5. Save the configuration.