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SLAPD-MONITOR(5)                                                                            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.

       To inspect all monitor information, issue a subtree search  with  base  cn=Monitor,  requesting  that
       attributes "+" and "*" are returned.  The monitor backend produces mostly operational attributes, and
       LDAP only returns operational attributes that are explicitly requested.  Requesting attribute "+"  is
       an extension which requests all operational attributes.

CONFIGURATION
       These  slapd.conf  options apply to the monitor backend database.  That is, they must follow a "data-base "database
       base monitor" line and come before any subsequent "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.  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.

       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.

ACCESS CONTROL
       The  monitor  backend  honors access control semantics as indicated in slapd.access(5), including the
       disclose access privilege, on all currently implemented operations.

KNOWN LIMITATIONS
       The monitor backend does not honor size/time limits in search operations.

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

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by  The  OpenLDAP  Project  <http://www.openldap.org/>.
       OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.



OpenLDAP 2.4.11                                  2008/07/16                                 SLAPD-MONITOR(5)