Re: monitoring openldap

["Scott Feldstein" <scott.feldstein@hyperic.com>]

Hi Buchan,

> I assume this section would be on how to configure back-monitor via
> back-config, for now, converting your slapd.conf (that you set up for
> back-monitor in 13.3) would do what is necessary. If you use a  
> slapd.conf,
> this is irrelevant for you at present.

ok, so setting it up in slapd.conf does the same thing.

> > Also, I am writing a health check for openldap
>
> For what monitoring system ?

Hyperic HQ

> Here is the one I use for performance and replication monitoring  
> with Hobbit
> (but I also use it stand-alone).
>
> http://staff.telkomsa.net/~bgmilne/bb-openldap.pl

thanks, I will definitely check it out.

> > and I am only able to
> > find effective monitoring stats via the cn=Monitor but that is not
> > always configured in every slapd instance.
>
> The best solution here is to configure it.

Yeah, that is unfortunate since not all slapd instances will have  
this :@(

> > Is there another way of
> > going about this?
>
> AFAIK, no.

thanks.
Scott

> Regards,
> Buchan
>
> --
> Buchan Milne
> ISP Systems Specialist - Monitoring/Authentication Team Leader
> B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)