Discovering DNS names using push-based discovery

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read
  • CMDB owners need CIs to contain all domain system names (DNS) associated with their system. Starting in ACC-V version 2.3.0, ACC-V can discover DNS name lists for Windows and Linux CIs.

    When discovering DNS names associated with systems, the following occurs.

    • network_adapters.rb is used to populate the DNS name for all the IP addresses using OSquery. (There is no limit.)
    • Nslookupcommand is used to get the DNS name for all IP addresses.
      Note:
      Nslookup must be configured on the target.

    This creates a relationship of Owns::Owned by between the CI and the DNS names.

    This information is then populated into the [cmdb_ci_dns_name] table.