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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:
| 1. | Connection to server is established using settings specified. |
| 2. | Search request is constructed using specified context name and filter parameters, and executed. |
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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". |
| 3. | 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.