Definition: Monitor Entry
A monitor entry is a type of entry in the server that provides information about a server component. It may provide statistical information for performance monitoring, information about the health of the server, or other information that could be of value.
Sun OpenDS SE provides a general-purpose monitor entry with a DN of "cn=monitor". A number of other monitor entries exist below that point, including:
- Information about each backend configured in the server
- Information about each connection handler configured in the server
- General information about the system on which the server is running
- Information about the state of the server work queue
- Version information for the server
- A stack trace of all threads currently active in the server