Re: Monitoring openldap (generating statistics)

[James Wilson <james.wilson77@gmail.com>]

Kevin,

You're right, OpenLDAP doesn't communicate over SNMP (to my knowledge
anyway). But what you can do is in your snmpd.conf file is assign a
command line to an snmp oid (dont know the exact terminology i think
thats close).

Check out this page for more detailed howto
http://www.int-evry.fr/mci/user/procacci/Doc/monitor-snmp-ldap-rrd-en.html

Basically i just adapted this config to fit our environment, although
the monitor-jp.pl script talked about in here needed to be modified
slightly for OpenLDAP 2.2 and our setup.

MRTG sample from our setup is below:
Target[ldapOperations]:
.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1.101.41&.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1.101.47:public@localhost
Options[ldapOperations]: growright, nopercent, noinfo
Title[ldapOperations]: LDAP Operations - Total vs Search
PageTop[ldapOperations]: <H1>LDAP Operations - Total vs Search</H1>
MaxBytes[ldapOperations]: 1000000
YLegend[ldapOperations]: # ops
ShortLegend[ldapOperations]: ops
LegendI[ldapOperations]: Total &nbsp;
LegendO[ldapOperations]: Search
Legend1[ldapOperations]: Total &nbsp;
Legend2[ldapOperations]: Search

James

On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:56:12 -0800, Kevin Appel <kappel@clunet.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> I am familiar with MRTG and currently use it to monitor various servers such
> as printers and servers.  How do you configure the mrtg to be able to
> communicate with the openldap server since the mrtg uses snmp?  I wasn't
> under the impression that openldap communicates over snmp.  If you have any
> sample mrtg files, it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> [mailto:owner-openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org] On Behalf Of James Wilson
> Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:48 PM
> To: Kevin Appel
> Cc: openldap-software@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: Re: Monitoring openldap (generating statistics)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We are using OpenLDAP 2.2.13 and successfully monitor the backend with
> MRTG graphs.  There is much more you can do, we just havn't gotten
> around to it.  If you need pointers.  Let me know!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
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> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:15:26 -0800, Kevin Appel <kappel@clunet.edu> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > I am trying to find a good utility to generate statistics for a openldap
> > server.  I have been doing some reading and found there is a built-in
> > monitor in openldap, however I have not been able to successfully search
> it.
> >  Is there configuration that needs to take place for the monitor or does
> it
> > happen automatically?  In addition, how do I query it to generate stats?
> >
> > If anyone is using another utility that gives them excellent results,
> please
> > include that as well
> >
> >
> >
> > Kevin Appel
> >
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> 
>