LDAP and Mimir Integration
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Input and output integration overview
The LDAP plugin collects monitoring metrics from LDAP servers, including OpenLDAP and 389 Directory Server. This plugin is essential for tracking the performance and health of LDAP services, enabling administrators to gain insights into their directory operations.
This plugin sends Telegraf metrics directly to Grafana’s Mimir database using HTTP, providing scalable and efficient long-term storage and analysis for Prometheus-compatible metrics.
Integration details
LDAP
This plugin gathers metrics from LDAP servers’ monitoring backend, specifically from the cn=Monitor
entries. It supports two prominent LDAP implementations: OpenLDAP and 389 Directory Server (389ds). With a focus on collecting various operational metrics, the LDAP plugin enables administrators to monitor performance, connection status, and server health in real-time, which is vital for maintaining robust directory services. By allowing customizable connection parameters and security configurations, such as TLS support, the plugin ensures compliance with best practices for security and performance. Metrics gathered can be instrumental in identifying trends, optimizing server configurations, and enforcing service-level agreements with stakeholders.
Mimir
Grafana Mimir supports the Prometheus Remote Write protocol, enabling Telegraf collected metrics to be efficiently ingested into Mimir clusters for large-scale, long-term storage. This integration leverages Prometheus’s well-established standards, allowing users to combine Telegraf’s extensive data collection capabilities with Mimir’s advanced features, such as query federation, multi-tenancy, high availability, and cost-efficient storage. Grafana Mimir’s architecture is optimized for handling high volumes of metric data and delivering fast query responses, making it ideal for complex monitoring environments and distributed systems.
Configuration
LDAP
[[inputs.ldap]]
## Server to monitor
## The scheme determines the mode to use for connection with
## ldap://... -- unencrypted (non-TLS) connection
## ldaps://... -- TLS connection
## starttls://... -- StartTLS connection
## If no port is given, the default ports, 389 for ldap and starttls and
## 636 for ldaps, are used.
server = "ldap://localhost"
## Server dialect, can be "openldap" or "389ds"
# dialect = "openldap"
# DN and password to bind with
## If bind_dn is empty an anonymous bind is performed.
bind_dn = ""
bind_password = ""
## Reverse the field names constructed from the monitoring DN
# reverse_field_names = false
## Optional TLS Config
## Set to true/false to enforce TLS being enabled/disabled. If not set,
## enable TLS only if any of the other options are specified.
# tls_enable =
## Trusted root certificates for server
# tls_ca = "/path/to/cafile"
## Used for TLS client certificate authentication
# tls_cert = "/path/to/certfile"
## Used for TLS client certificate authentication
# tls_key = "/path/to/keyfile"
## Password for the key file if it is encrypted
# tls_key_pwd = ""
## Send the specified TLS server name via SNI
# tls_server_name = "kubernetes.example.com"
## Minimal TLS version to accept by the client
# tls_min_version = "TLS12"
## List of ciphers to accept, by default all secure ciphers will be accepted
## See https://pkg.go.dev/crypto/tls#pkg-constants for supported values.
## Use "all", "secure" and "insecure" to add all support ciphers, secure
## suites or insecure suites respectively.
# tls_cipher_suites = ["secure"]
## Renegotiation method, "never", "once" or "freely"
# tls_renegotiation_method = "never"
## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
# insecure_skip_verify = false
Mimir
[[outputs.http]]
url = "http://data-load-balancer-backend-1:9009/api/v1/push"
data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
username = "*****"
password = "******"
[outputs.http.headers]
Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
Content-Encoding = "snappy"
X-Scope-OrgID = "****"
Input and output integration examples
LDAP
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Monitoring Directory Performance: Use the LDAP Telegraf plugin to continuously track and analyze the number of operations completed, initiated connections, and server response times. By visualizing this data over time, administrators can identify performance bottlenecks in directory services, enabling proactive optimization.
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Alerting on Security Events: Integrate the plugin with an alerting system to notify administrators when certain metrics, such as
bind_security_errors
orunauth_binds
, exceed predefined thresholds. This setup can enhance security monitoring by providing real-time insights into potential unauthorized access attempts. -
Capacity Planning: Leverage the metrics collected by the LDAP plugin to perform capacity planning. Analyze connection trends, maximum threads in use, and operational statistics to forecast future resource needs, ensuring the LDAP server can handle expected peak loads without degrading performance.
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Compliance and Auditing: Use the operational metrics obtained via this plugin to assist in compliance audits. By regularly checking metrics like
anonymous_binds
andsecurity_errors
, organizations can ensure that their directory services adhere to security policies and regulatory requirements.
Mimir
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Enterprise-Scale Kubernetes Monitoring: Integrate Telegraf with Grafana Mimir to stream metrics from Kubernetes clusters at enterprise scale. This enables comprehensive visibility, improved resource allocation, and proactive troubleshooting across hundreds of clusters, leveraging Mimir’s horizontal scalability and high availability.
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Multi-tenant SaaS Application Observability: Use this plugin to centralize metrics from diverse SaaS tenants into Grafana Mimir, enabling tenant isolation and accurate billing based on resource usage. This approach provides reliable observability, efficient cost management, and secure multi-tenancy support.
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Global Edge Network Performance Tracking: Stream latency and availability metrics from globally distributed edge servers into Grafana Mimir. Organizations can quickly identify performance degradation or outages, leveraging Mimir’s fast querying capabilities to ensure optimal service reliability and user experience.
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Real-Time Analytics for High-Volume Microservices: Implement Telegraf metrics collection in high-volume microservices architectures, feeding data into Grafana Mimir for real-time analytics and anomaly detection. Mimir’s powerful querying enables teams to detect anomalies and quickly respond, maintaining high service availability and performance.
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Powerful Performance, Limitless Scale
Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-velocity data. Any data is more valuable when you think of it as time series data. with InfluxDB, the #1 time series platform built to scale with Telegraf.
See Ways to Get Started
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