1 .TH SLAPD-MONITOR 5 "RELEASEDATE" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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6 slapd-monitor \- Monitor backend to slapd
10 The monitor backend to
12 is not an actual database; if enabled, it is automatically generated
13 and dynamically maintained by slapd with information about the running
19 options apply to the monitor backend database.
20 That is, they must follow a "database monitor" line and come before any
21 subsequent "backend" or "database" lines.
22 As opposed to most databases, the monitor database can be instantiated
23 only once, i.e. only one occurrence of "database monitor" can occur
27 Moreover, the suffix of the database cannot be explicitly set by means
30 directive; on the contrary, the suffix is automatically set
31 to "\fIcn=Monitor\fP".
39 directives, and the usual ACL directives, e.g. the
43 The following directives can be used:
48 string is added to the "\fIcn=Monitor\fP" entry as value of the
50 attribute (Note: this may be subjected to changes).
52 Other database options are described in the
58 1) enable the monitor backend at configure:
62 configure --enable-monitor
66 2) activate the monitor database in the
76 3) add ACLs as detailed in
78 to control access to the database, e.g.:
82 access to dn.subtree="cn=Monitor"
83 by dn.exact="uid=Admin,dc=my,dc=org" write
89 4) ensure that the \fBcore.schema\fP file is loaded.
90 The monitor backend relies on some standard track attributeTypes
91 that must be already defined when the backend is started.
93 The monitor backend does not honor size/time limits in search operations.
97 default slapd configuration file
100 .BR slapd.access (5),