# OpenAM Administration Guide
Chapter 17. Monitoring OpenAM Services

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## 17.1. Monitoring Interfaces

OpenAM lets you monitor OpenAM over protocol through web pages, Java Management Extensions (JMX), or Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The services are based on JMX.

To configure monitoring services, login to OpenAM console as OpenAM administrator, and browse to Configuration > System > Monitoring. Alternatively you can use the ssoadm set-attr-defs command.

    $ ssoadm
     set-attr-defs
     --servicename iPlanetAMMonitoringService
     --schematype Global
     --adminid amadmin
     --password-file /tmp/pwd.txt
     --attributevalues iplanet-am-monitoring-enabled=true

Restart OpenAM for the changes to take effect. You must also restart OpenAM if you disable monitoring.