# OpenLDAP Input Plugin

This plugin gathers metrics from [OpenLDAP][openldap]'s `cn=Monitor` backend.
To use this plugin you must enable the [slapd monitoring][slapd_docs] backend.

> [!NOTE]
> It is recommended to use the newer [`ldap` input plugin][ldap_plugin] instead.

⭐ Telegraf v1.4.0
🏷️ server, network
💻 all

[openldap]: https://www.openldap.org/
[slapd_docs]: https://www.openldap.org/devel/admin/monitoringslapd.html
[ldap_plugin]: /plugins/inputs/ldap/README.md

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md][CONFIGURATION.md] for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# OpenLDAP cn=Monitor plugin
[[inputs.openldap]]
  host = "localhost"
  port = 389

  # ldaps, starttls, or no encryption. default is an empty string, disabling all encryption.
  # note that port will likely need to be changed to 636 for ldaps
  # valid options: "" | "starttls" | "ldaps"
  tls = ""

  # skip peer certificate verification. Default is false.
  insecure_skip_verify = false

  # Path to PEM-encoded Root certificate to use to verify server certificate
  tls_ca = "/etc/ssl/certs.pem"

  # dn/password to bind with. If bind_dn is empty, an anonymous bind is performed.
  bind_dn = ""
  bind_password = ""

  # reverse metric names so they sort more naturally
  # Defaults to false if unset, but is set to true when generating a new config
  reverse_metric_names = true
```

## Metrics

All `monitorCounter`, `monitoredInfo`, `monitorOpInitiated`, and
`monitorOpCompleted` attributes are gathered based on this LDAP query:

```text
(|(objectClass=monitorCounterObject)(objectClass=monitorOperation)(objectClass=monitoredObject))
```

Metric names are based on their entry DN with the cn=Monitor base removed. If
`reverse_metric_names` is not set, metrics are based on their DN. If
`reverse_metric_names` is set to `true`, the names are reversed. This is
recommended as it allows the names to sort more naturally.

Metrics for the `monitorOp*` attributes have `_initiated` and `_completed` added
to the base name as appropriate.

An OpenLDAP 2.4 server will provide these metrics:

- openldap
  - tags:
    - server
    - port
  - fields:
    - connections_current
    - connections_max_file_descriptors
    - connections_total
    - operations_abandon_completed
    - operations_abandon_initiated
    - operations_add_completed
    - operations_add_initiated
    - operations_bind_completed
    - operations_bind_initiated
    - operations_compare_completed
    - operations_compare_initiated
    - operations_delete_completed
    - operations_delete_initiated
    - operations_extended_completed
    - operations_extended_initiated
    - operations_modify_completed
    - operations_modify_initiated
    - operations_modrdn_completed
    - operations_modrdn_initiated
    - operations_search_completed
    - operations_search_initiated
    - operations_unbind_completed
    - operations_unbind_initiated
    - statistics_bytes
    - statistics_entries
    - statistics_pdu
    - statistics_referrals
    - threads_active
    - threads_backload
    - threads_max
    - threads_max_pending
    - threads_open
    - threads_pending
    - threads_starting
    - time_uptime
    - waiters_read
    - waiters_write

## Example Output

```text
openldap,server=localhost,port=389,host=niska.ait.psu.edu operations_bind_initiated=10i,operations_unbind_initiated=6i,operations_modrdn_completed=0i,operations_delete_initiated=0i,operations_add_completed=2i,operations_delete_completed=0i,operations_abandon_completed=0i,statistics_entries=1516i,threads_open=2i,threads_active=1i,waiters_read=1i,operations_modify_completed=0i,operations_extended_initiated=4i,threads_pending=0i,operations_search_initiated=36i,operations_compare_initiated=0i,connections_max_file_descriptors=4096i,operations_modify_initiated=0i,operations_modrdn_initiated=0i,threads_max=16i,time_uptime=6017i,connections_total=1037i,connections_current=1i,operations_add_initiated=2i,statistics_bytes=162071i,operations_unbind_completed=6i,operations_abandon_initiated=0i,statistics_pdu=1566i,threads_max_pending=0i,threads_backload=1i,waiters_write=0i,operations_bind_completed=10i,operations_search_completed=35i,operations_compare_completed=0i,operations_extended_completed=4i,statistics_referrals=0i,threads_starting=0i 1516912070000000000
```