slapd-monitor(5)

NAME

       slapd-monitor - Monitor backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf

DESCRIPTION

       The  monitor backend to slapd(8) is not an actual database; if enabled,
       it is automatically generated and dynamically maintained by slapd  with
       information about the running status of the daemon.

CONFIGURATION

       These  slapd.conf  options apply to the monitor backend database.  That
       is, they must follow a "database monitor" line and come before any sub-
       sequent  "backend"  or "database" lines.  As opposed to most databases,
       the monitor database can be  instantiated  only  once,  i.e.  only  one
       occurrence  of  "database monitor" can occur in the slapd.conf(5) file.
       Moreover, the suffix of the database cannot be explicitly set by  means
       of  the  suffix directive; on the contrary, the suffix is automatically
       set to "cn=Monitor".

       The monitor database honors the rootdn and the rootpw  directives,  and
       the usual ACL directives, e.g. the access directive.

       The following directives can be used:

       l <locality>
              The  <locality>  string  is  added  to the "cn=Monitor" entry as
              value of the  l  attribute  (Note:  this  may  be  subjected  to
              changes).

       Other  database options are described in the slapd.conf(5) manual page.

USAGE

       The usage is:

       1) enable the monitor backend at configure:

              configure --enable-monitor

       2) activate the monitor database in the
              slapd.conf(5) file:

              database monitor

       3) add ACLs as detailed in
              slapd.access(5) to control access to the database, e.g.:

              access to dn.subtree="cn=Monitor"
                   by dn.exact="uid=Admin,dc=my,dc=org" write
                   by users read
                   by * none

       4) ensure that the core.schema file is loaded.
              The monitor backend relies on some standard track attributeTypes
              that must be already defined when the backend is started.

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

       The  monitor  backend  does not honor size/time limits in search opera-
       tions.

FILES

       /etc/openldap/slapd.conf
              default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO

       slapd.conf(5), slapd.access(5), slapd(8), ldap(3).

OpenLDAP 2.2.30                   2005/11/18                  SLAPD-MONITOR(5)