Change requests to use ip address and not hostname to avoid millions of local dns requests

netdata.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import datetime
 import json
 import os
 import requests
+import socket
 import threading
 import time
 import types
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ class Host:
         self.latest_change = 0
         self.alarms = {}
         self.widget = None
+        self.ip = socket.gethostbyname(self.hostname)
         self._queue('new host')
 
     def watch(self):
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ class Host:
     @property
     def url(self):
         # type: () -> basestring
-        return 'http://%s:19999' % self.hostname
+        return 'http://%s:19999' % self.ip
 
     @property
     def fullname(self):