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/usr/bin/bind_exporter

Prometheus exporter for BIND

From prometheus-bind-exporter 0.8.0-r38 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-09 by running bind_exporter --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: bind_exporter [<flags>]


Flags:
  -h, --[no-]help                Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
      --bind.stats-url="http://localhost:8053/"
                                 HTTP XML API address of BIND server
      --bind.timeout=10s         Timeout for trying to get stats from BIND server
      --bind.pid-file="/run/named/named.pid"
                                 Path to BIND's pid file to export process information
      --bind.stats-version=json  BIND statistics channel
      --web.telemetry-path="/metrics"
                                 Path under which to expose metrics
      --[no-]web.systemd-socket  Use systemd socket activation listeners instead of port listeners
                                 (Linux only).
      --web.listen-address=:9119 ...
                                 Addresses on which to expose metrics and web interface. Repeatable
                                 for multiple addresses. Examples: `:9100` or `[::1]:9100` for http,
                                 `vsock://:9100` for vsock
      --web.config.file=""       Path to configuration file that can
                                 enable TLS or authentication. See:
                                 https://github.com/prometheus/exporter-toolkit/blob/master/docs/web-configuration.md
      --bind.stats-groups=server,view
                                 Comma-separated list of statistics to collect
      --log.level=info           Only log messages with the given severity or above. One of: [debug,
                                 info, warn, error]
      --log.format=logfmt        Output format of log messages. One of: [logfmt, json]
      --[no-]version             Show application version.
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
-hShow context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).help
--bind.stats-url "http://localhost:8053/"HTTP XML API address of BIND serverhelp
--bind.timeout 10sTimeout for trying to get stats from BIND serverhelp
--bind.pid-file "/run/named/named.pid"Path to BIND's pid file to export process informationhelp
--bind.stats-version jsonBIND statistics channelhelp
--web.telemetry-path "/metrics"Path under which to expose metricshelp
--web.listen-address :9119Addresses on which to expose metrics and web interface.help
--web.config.file ""Path to configuration file that can enable TLS or authentication.help
--bind.stats-groups serverComma-separated list of statistics to collecthelp
--log.level infoOnly log messages with the given severity or above.help
--log.format logfmtOutput format of log messages.help

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.