Document that carbon-server requires IP address, no hostname accepted.

diff --git a/docs/markdown/authoritative/settings.md b/docs/markdown/authoritative/settings.md
index 0daefa5fb46c10aaffd1e1293f9e5015a6a73a4d..bf5bef67d68b41b5a765ca023d601e9dd278e8ab 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/markdown/authoritative/settings.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/authoritative/settings.md
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ If sending carbon updates, if set, this will override our hostname. Be careful n
 * Available since: 3.3.1
 
 Send all available metrics to this server via the carbon protocol, which is used
-by graphite and metronome. You may specify an alternate port by appending :port, 
+by graphite and metronome. It has to be an address (no hostnames). 
+You may specify an alternate port by appending :port, 
 ex: 127.0.0.1:2004. See 
 ["PowerDNS Metrics"](../common/logging.md#sending-to-carbongraphitemetronome).
 

diff --git a/pdns/common_startup.cc b/pdns/common_startup.cc
index 4972f217a856698b345e9a523961e0bb607111e1..ccaed2996bc92caeb4d9d4b8d6614bafbae12c0c 100644 (file)
--- a/pdns/common_startup.cc
+++ b/pdns/common_startup.cc
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void declareArguments()
   ::arg().setSwitch("query-logging","Hint backends that queries should be logged")="no";
 
   ::arg().set("carbon-ourname", "If set, overrides our reported hostname for carbon stats")="";
-  ::arg().set("carbon-server", "If set, send metrics in carbon (graphite) format to this server")="";
+  ::arg().set("carbon-server", "If set, send metrics in carbon (graphite) format to this server IP addess")="";
   ::arg().set("carbon-interval", "Number of seconds between carbon (graphite) updates")="30";
 
   ::arg().set("cache-ttl","Seconds to store packets in the PacketCache")="20";

diff --git a/pdns/pdns_recursor.cc b/pdns/pdns_recursor.cc
index bd79bb4a27a95211c0c4310818260a689a2dd453..a3ce5ad485ea6e6b0ed6070d219ebbdc62ae8b2a 100644 (file)
--- a/pdns/pdns_recursor.cc
+++ b/pdns/pdns_recursor.cc
@@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     ::arg().set("webserver-password", "Password required for accessing the webserver") = "";
     ::arg().set("webserver-allow-from","Webserver access is only allowed from these subnets")="0.0.0.0/0,::/0";
     ::arg().set("carbon-ourname", "If set, overrides our reported hostname for carbon stats")="";
-    ::arg().set("carbon-server", "If set, send metrics in carbon (graphite) format to this server")="";
+    ::arg().set("carbon-server", "If set, send metrics in carbon (graphite) format to this server IP address")="";
     ::arg().set("carbon-interval", "Number of seconds between carbon (graphite) updates")="30";
     ::arg().set("quiet","Suppress logging of questions and answers")="";
     ::arg().set("logging-facility","Facility to log messages as. 0 corresponds to local0")="";