[atlas] DNS resolution

On 2021-08-09 13:47, Thomas Schäfer wrote:
> Dear atlas team,
> 
> 
> I have a simple question. After crating a measurement how often the name 
> of the target is resolved?
> 
> E.g. I want to ping a target with a stable dyndns name, but with 
> changing ip addresses.
> 
> It seems to me that most probes don't refresh the ip address once the 
> measurement has started, even it is just a daily ping.
> 
> Regards,
> Thomas

Hello,

If you expect that the target IP will change, you can ask the system to 
do the DNS resolution every time on the probe by enabling the "Resolve 
on Probe" flag in your mesasurement. This also works with dynamic DNS 
names that change frequently (or even every time).

Regards,
Robert