Monitoring PingIdentity Directory Server

The PingIdentity Directory Server sensor is automatically deployed and installed after you install the Instana agent.

Metrics collection

To view the metrics, select Infrastructure in the sidebar of the Instana User interface, click a specific monitored host, and then you can see a host dashboard with all the collected metrics and monitored processes.

Configuration data

  • Server state
  • Is server a master
  • Is server out of synchronization
  • Full version and revision
  • LDAP connectors (name, protocol)
  • Databases

Performance metrics

Overall

Metric Description
Operations in progress Total number of active operations
Searches in progress Total number of active search requests
Connections Total number of connections (established, max concurrent and total since startup)
File descriptors Number of file descriptors (maximum, available, open)
Failed operations Number of failed LDAP operations per type
(All, Add, Bind, Compare, Delete, Extended, Modify and Search)
Total operations Total number of LDAP operations per type
(All, Add, Bind, Compare, Delete, Extended, Modify and Search)

LDAP connectors

Metric Description
Number of connections Number of connections per connector
Request statistics
(Add, Bind, Compare, Delete, Extended, Modify and Search)
Number of LDAP requests per connector and type

Recent changes (per database)

Metric Description
Add entry count Number of added entries
Changed entry count Number of changed entries
Delete entry count Number of delete entries
Modify entry count Number of modified entries
Rename entry count Number of renamed entries
Database open record count Number of opened records