NIOS Configuration

dnstap is only available on NIOS 8.5.1 and higher and can only be configured on specific NIOS boxes running certain services. More information on requirements as well as detailed instructions on configuring dnstap for NIOS can be found on the official Infoblox documentation here. 

For this demo, dnstap was enabled on an IB-FLEX box running DNS Cache Acceleration (DCA). The following screenshot shows the NIOS configuration under the Grid DNS Properties editor. Observe that both queries and responses are being logged. The DNSTAP Receiver Address is the IP of the Ubuntu VM for which Elastic and the dnstap-receiver are installed. The default port used is 6000. 

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For reference, the below screenshot shows the IP configuration and services enabled for the Grid.

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