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title: Use the status tool
description: Monitor PingDirectory server health with the status tool, which displays server status and details, connection handler state, and recent administrative alerts.
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# Use the status tool

PingDirectory servers provides the `status` tool, which outputs the health of the server. The `status` tool polls the current health of the server and displays summary information about the number of operations processed in the network. The tool provides the following information:

**Status tool sections**

| Status section      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Server Status       | Displays the server start time, operation status, number of connections (open, max, and total).                                                                                                                         |
| Server Details      | Displays the server details including host name, administrative users, install path, server version, and Java version.                                                                                                  |
| Connection Handlers | Displays the state of the connection handlers including address, port, protocol and current state.                                                                                                                      |
| Admin Alerts        | Displays the 15 administrative alerts that were generated over the last 48-hour period. Limit the number of displayed alerts using the `--maxAlerts` option. For example, `status --maxAlerts 0` suppresses all alerts. |