.TH SLAPD-MONITOR 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION" .\" Copyright 1998-2004 The OpenLDAP Foundation All Rights Reserved. .\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE. .\" $OpenLDAP: pkg/ldap/doc/man/man5/slapd-monitor.5,v 1.2.2.2 2004/01/01 18:16:27 kurt Exp $ .SH NAME slapd-monitor \- Monitor backend to slapd .SH SYNOPSIS /etc/openldap/slapd.conf .SH DESCRIPTION The monitor backend to .BR 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. .SH CONFIGURATION These .B slapd.conf options apply to the monitor backend database. That is, they must follow a "database 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 .BR slapd.conf (5) file. Moreover, the suffix of the database cannot be explicitly set by means of the .B suffix directive; on the contrary, the suffix is automatically set to "\fIcn=Monitor\fP". .LP The .B monitor database honors the .B rootdn and the .B rootpw directives, and the usual ACL directives, e.g. the .B access directive. .LP The following directives can be used: .TP .B l <locality> The .B <locality> string is added to the "\fIcn=Monitor\fP" entry as value of the .B l attribute (Note: this may be subjected to changes). .LP Other database options are described in the .BR slapd.conf (5) manual page. .SH USAGE The usage is: .TP 1) enable the monitor backend at configure: .LP .RS .nf configure --enable-monitor .fi .RE .TP 2) activate the monitor database in the .BR slapd.conf (5) file: .LP .RS .nf database monitor .fi .RE .TP 3) add ACLs as detailed in .BR slapd.access (5) to control access to the database, e.g.: .LP .RS .nf access to dn.subtree="cn=Monitor" by dn.exact="uid=Admin,dc=my,dc=org" write by users read by * none .fi .RE .TP 4) ensure that the \fBcore.schema\fP file is loaded. The monitor backend relies on some standard track attributeTypes that must be already defined when the backend is started. .SH KNOWN LIMITATIONS The monitor backend does not honor size/time limits in search operations. .SH FILES .TP /etc/openldap/slapd.conf default slapd configuration file .SH SEE ALSO .BR slapd.conf (5), .BR slapd.access (5), .BR slapd (8), .BR ldap (3).