Monitoring PingIdentity Directory Server

You can monitor PingIdentity Directory Server instances by using the Instana PingIdentity Directory Server sensor. The Instanan PingIdentity Directory Server sensor is automatically deployed and installed after you install the Instana agent. You can view metrics that are related to the OracleDB in the Instana UI.

To make sure that the PingIdentity Directory Server sensor is compatible with your current setup, check the following support information sections:

Supported versions and support policy

The following table shows the latest supported version and support policy:

Table 1. Latest supported version and support policy
Technology Support policy Latest version Latest supported version
PingIdentity Directory Server On demand

For more information about the support policy, see Support strategy for sensors.

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

The PingIdentity Directory Server sensor collects the following configuration data:

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

Performance metrics

The PingIdentity Directory Server sensor collects the following performance metrics:

Overall

The following table lists the overall performance metrics that the sensor collects from the PingIdentity Directory Server instance:

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

The following table lists the performance metrics for 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)

The following table lists the performance metrics for the recent changes to the 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