OpenLDAP operations statistics¶

Presentation¶

This Cacti script displays the number of initiated LDAP operations on an OpenLDAP server:

abandon

bind

unbind

compare

search

add

delete

modify

modrdn

extended

It uses statistics collected in OpenLDAP Monitor backend (cn=monitor).

Here is a generated graph example:

This plugin, along with all other Nagios plugins from this site, can be downloaded in a single archive.

You have to copy the Perl script in the Cacti scripts directory (for example /usr/share/cacti/site/scripts/ on Debian):

$ cp openldap_operations.pl /usr/share/cacti/site/scripts/

Then go to the Cacti administration panel and choose “Import template”. Select the XML local file shipped with the script and “save”.

You can edit the values of command line parameters by modifying the Data source template.

Choose “Data Templates” and click on “LDAP - initiated operations”. You can see at the bottom the “Custom Data” table. Parameters are:

Host or IP

Port

Connection account: anonymous bind if not defined

Connection password

Timeout

LDAP protocol version

In the Cacti admin panel, choose “Data Sources” and click on “Add”.

Select the “LDAP - initiated operations” Data template, the host, and “save”.

In the Cacti admin panel, choose “Graph Management” and click on “Add”.

Select the “LDAP - initiated operations” Graph template, the host, associate the data sources and “save”.