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Signed-off-by: Quang Nguyen <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Evan Baker <[email protected]>
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# `dns` (Linux)

Counts number of packets/bytes dropped on a Node, along with the direction and reason for drop.
Tracks incoming and outgoing DNS traffic, providing various metrics and details about the DNS queries and responses.

## Metrics

See metrics for [Basic Mode](../basic.md#plugin-dns-linux) or [Advanced Mode](../advanced.md#plugin-dns-linux).

## Architecture

The plugin utilizes eBPF to gather data.
The plugin generates Basic metrics from an eBPF result.
In Advanced mode (see [Metric Modes](../modes.md)), the plugin turns this eBPF result into an enriched `Flow` (adding Pod information based on IP), then sends the `Flow` to an external channel so that a dns module can create extra Pod-Level metrics.
This plugin uses [Inspektor Gadget](https://github.com/inspektor-gadget/inspektor-gadget)'s DNS Tracer to track DNS traffic and generate basic metrics derived from the captured events.

In [Advanced mode](https://retina.sh/docs/metrics/modes), the plugin further processes the capture results into an enriched Flow with additional Pod information. Subsequently, the Flow is transmitted to an external channel. This allows a DNS module to generate additional Pod-Level metrics.

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