How to configure SNMP monitoring

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Use the orbit snmp command to configure the server that will receive the MIB reading from senhasegura.

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit snmp --help
Usage: orbit snmp

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) management tools

Flags:
  -h, --help                Show context-sensitive help.

  -c, --community=STRING
  -u, --username=STRING     SNMPv3 username
  -s, --server=STRING       Listen server ip address
  -a, --allowed-ips=ALLOWED-IPS,...
                            Allowed servers to query SNMP
  -v, --version=2
      --force               Force the command execution, never prompt
      --show

Caution

The following arguments are mandatory:

community: -c
server: -s
allowed-ips: -a
version: -v

Caution

In addition to these arguments for SNMPv3 it is mandatory to insert username: -u

To configure the list of allowed servers, use the arguments as in the example. The –server argument must be filled with the IP of the senhasegura interface. The –allowed-ips argument is filled with the list of servers that can read SNMP.

Configure SNMPv2

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit snmp -c public -s 192.168.86.86 -a 192.168.86.73 -v 2

? Are you sure you want to proceed? [y/N] y█
Done!
No errors reported

To list the current configuration, use the –show argument.

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit snmp --show

SNMP informations
SNMP Listen address = 192.168.86.86
Community public
Allowed IPs
192.168.86.73

SNMPv3 username = N/A
SNMPv3 authentication pass (SHA) = N/A
SNMPv3 encryption pass (AES) = N/A
SNMPv3 level = authpriv

Configure SNMPv3

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit snmp -c public -s 192.168.86.86 -a 192.168.86.73 -v 3 -u mymonitor

? Are you sure you want to proceed? [y/N] y█
Done!
Run 'orbit snmp --show' to view authentication and encryption settings
Example: snmpwalk -v 3 -u mymonitor -a SHA -A iRYRWHXhMHlY -x AES -X jWSqOdVtXwyz -l authPriv 192.168.86.86

To list the current configuration, use the –show argument.

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit snmp --show
SNMP informations
SNMP Listen address = 192.168.86.86
Community
Allowed IPs
192.168.86.73

SNMPv3 username = mymonitor
SNMPv3 authentication pass (SHA) = iRYRWHXhMHlY
SNMPv3 encryption pass (AES) = jWSqOdVtXwyz
SNMPv3 level = authpriv
mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$

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