Proactive monitoring for IdentityIQ: Ensuring a healthy environment before issues arise
Source: YouTube · SailPoint · published Jul 1, 2026 · 40:45
This session introduces a custom proactive monitoring plugin for SailPoint IdentityIQ designed to automate daily health checks and provide a live, centralized dashboard of customer environments 0:44.
Key Takeaways:
• Traditional monitoring methods like checking system logs or relying on task failure emails are not live and become time-consuming when managing multiple IdentityIQ instances 10:18.
• The plugin uses a "call home" architecture, initiating outbound connections from IdentityIQ to avoid opening inbound firewall ports, adhering to SailPoint security recommendations 12:26.
• Built-in monitoring covers four core areas: task failures, provisioning failures, server compliance (e.g., missing e-fixes, Java/Tomcat versions), and live status updates 7:11.
• The solution integrates with open-source tools, pushing metrics to Prometheus and visualizing alerts via Grafana dashboards 13:30.
• Extensibility is achieved through custom BeanShell rules, allowing users to monitor customer-specific scenarios such as checking if a required CSV file is present and not outdated 31:26.
This scalable plugin transforms manual daily checks into an automated to-do list, saving administrators significant time and reducing troubleshooting effort 39:03.
Sources:
- 0:44 Introduction to the proactive monitoring problem and plugin goal
- 10:18 Limitations of existing out-of-the-box monitoring
- 12:26 Explanation of the secure "call home" principle
- 7:11 The four key areas the plugin monitors
- 13:30 Architecture overview using Prometheus and Grafana
- 31:26 Demo of creating a custom BeanShell rule for file age checks
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[music] >> I see you. I see everything you do. There is no hiding from the eye of Sauron. This is actually one of the quotes from one of my favorite movies, Lord of the Rings. Um while our monitoring plugin doesn't really see everything uh that the eye of Sauron does, it we do want it to see everything that is needed for running uh an IdentityIQ instance. So, my name is Peter de Loos and uh for the next well, let's say 45 minutes, I'm going to be talking to you about proactive monitoring for IdentityIQ. There's a plugin that we have written for that. So, here's the agenda for today. First of all, I'm going to tell you something about me. We go into what the problem is that we're trying to solve uh um some of the details about the solution. And then at the end, we're also going to do the fu…