---
title: Enabling the Periodic Stats Logger plugin
description: Use the PingAuthorize admin console or dsconfig to enable the Periodic Stats Logger.
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version: 11.0
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revdate: December 9, 2025
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  steps: Steps
  steps-2: Steps
---

# Enabling the Periodic Stats Logger plugin

By default, the Periodic Stats Logger plugin is disabled. You can enable it using the PingAuthorize admin console or the `dsconfig` tool.

* Admin console

* dsconfig

## Steps

1. In the PingAuthorize admin console, go to **Configuration > LDAP (Administration and Monitoring) > Plugin Root**.

2. Click **Stats Logger**.

3. Select the **Enabled** checkbox.

4. Click **Save**.

## Steps

1. Run `dsconfig` in interactive mode.

   ```shell
   $ bin/dsconfig
   ```

2. When prompted, enter the LDAP or LDAPS connection parameters.

3. In the main menu, enter `o` to change to the advanced objects menu.

4. Enter the number corresponding to the `Advanced` menu.

5. In the server configuration menu, enter the number corresponding to `Plugin`.

6. In the plugin management menu, enter the number corresponding to `View and edit an existing plugin`.

7. Enter the number corresponding to the `Stats Logger`.

8. In the Periodic Stats Logger Plugin menu, enter the number corresponding to the `enabled` property.

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   |   | In this menu, you can also change the log file format from `csv` to `json`. |

9. Enter the number corresponding to `Change it to the value: true`.

10. After you finish editing the logger properties, enter `f` to save and apply the configuration.

    The default logger records server metrics every second to `<server-root>/logs/dsstats.csv`. You can open this file in a spreadsheet or ingest it into external monitoring tools.