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# OpenLDAP collector

Provides statistics information from openldap (slapd) server.
Statistics are taken from LDAP monitoring interface. Manual page, slapd-monitor(5) is available.

**Requirement:**

-   Follow instructions from <https://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/monitoringslapd.html> to activate monitoring interface.
-   Install python ldap module `pip install ldap` or `yum install python-ldap`
-   Modify openldap.conf with your credentials

### Module gives information with following charts:

1.  **connections**

    -   total connections number

2.  **Bytes**

    -   sent

3.  **operations**

    -   completed
    -   initiated

4.  **referrals**

    -   sent

5.  **entries**

    -   sent

6.  **ldap operations**

    -   bind
    -   search
    -   unbind 
    -   add
    -   delete
    -   modify
    -   compare

7.  **waiters**

    -   read
    -   write

## Configuration

Edit the `python.d/openldap.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config
directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`.

```bash
cd /etc/netdata   # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different
sudo ./edit-config python.d/openldap.conf
```

Sample:

```yaml
openldap:
  name     : 'local'
  username : "cn=monitor,dc=superb,dc=eu"
  password : "testpass"
  server   : 'localhost'
  port     : 389
```


### Troubleshooting

To troubleshoot issues with the `openldap` module, run the `python.d.plugin` with the debug option enabled. The 
output will give you the output of the data collection job or error messages on why the collector isn't working.

First, navigate to your plugins directory, usually they are located under `/usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/`. If that's 
not the case on your system, open `netdata.conf` and look for the setting `plugins directory`. Once you're in the 
plugin's directory, switch to the `netdata` user.

```bash
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
sudo su -s /bin/bash netdata
```

Now you can manually run the `openldap` module in debug mode:

```bash
./python.d.plugin openldap debug trace
```