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dig dns

Use the
dig
command to display domain information groper (Dig) for querying domain name system (DNS) servers. It helps troubleshoot DNS problems along with displaying answers from the queried name servers.

Command

dig
<interface>
<server address>
<hostname>

Options

None

Command Notes

Role
Super, Read Only, Monitor
Related Commands
Introduced in
Release 5.2.1

Example

dig controller1 8.8.8.8 google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.10.3-P3 <<>> -b 192.168.200.3 @8.8.8.8 google.com ; (1 server found) ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 30084 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL:1 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512 ;; QUESTION SECTION:;google.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION:google.com. 63 IN A 172.217.11.14 ;; Query time: 28 msec ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8) ;; WHEN: Tue Feb 04 22:23:59 UTC 2020 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 55

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