slapd-monitor(5)

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NAME

     slapd-monitor - Monitor backend to slapd

SYNOPSIS

     ETCDIR/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  data-
     base.   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 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 direc-
     tives,  and the usual ACL directives, e.g. the access direc-
     tive.

     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,

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          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 operations.

FILES

     ETCDIR/slapd.conf
          default slapd configuration file

SEE ALSO

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

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