LDAP Monitoring

A directory service is a software system that stores, organizes and provides access to information organized in a directory. LDAP server is an element of the directory service that provides access to a portion of the directory using LDAP protocol. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an application protocol for querying and modifying data of directory services.

LDAP server monitor provides availability and operability monitoring for directory services (including Microsoft Active Directory).

Synchronization Details

LDAP monitor executes the following synchronization procedure:

  • Connection to server is established using settings specified.
  • Search request is constructed using specified context name and filter parameters, and executed.

    • Example: Search with Context Name set to "cn=Users,dc=host,dc=domain,dc=com" in Microsoft Active Directory server should return children of "Users" node, i.e. users registered at the host.domain.com. Adding "cn=SQL*" as Query Filter will limit the result set to users having name started with "SQL".

  • Connection is closed.

    • Service is deemed Online if all the operations are successfully executed; search results are saved. If an error occurs it is stored in monitoring result and service is marked as Offline.

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