Extending the Net-SNMP agent

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Extending the Net-SNMP agent

A great functionnality of Net-SNMP is that you can “extend” it.

Let’s run the /tmp/foo.sh script :

Code:

$ /tmp/foo.sh -arg1
123

Now put this in snmpd.conf :

Code:

exec foo /bin/sh /tmp/foo.sh -arg1

The result of your script will be accessible under the ucdavis.extTable.extEntry tree :

output of the script : ucdavis.extTable.extEntry.extOutput
exit status : ucdavis.extTable.extEntry.extResult
command : ucdavis.extTable.extEntry.extCommand

You can check the result with this SNMP query :

Code:

$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extNames.1 = STRING: foo
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extCommand.1 = STRING: /bin/sh /tmp/foo.sh -arg1
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extResult.1 = INTEGER: 0
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extOutput.1 = STRING: 123
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extErrFix.1 = INTEGER: 0
UCD-SNMP-MIB::extErrFixCmd.1 = STRING:

extOutput translates to .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.8.1.101
As “foo” is our first exec directive, add “.1” at the end of the OID.

In Cacti, use the “SNMP – Generic OID Template” like this :
footh8

Voila ! Result of the /tmp/foo.sh script is now graphed in Cacti.

Now let’s run this second script, which returns more than one result :

Code:

$ /tmp/bar.sh
456
789

It returns two values, one per line (this is important).

Another way to call scripts from snmpd.conf is by specifying an OID, like this :

Code:

exec .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.555 /bin/sh /tmp/bar.sh

Run this query :

Code:

$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.555
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.1.1 = INTEGER: 1
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.2.1 = STRING: "/bin/sh"
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.3.1 = STRING: "/tmp/bar.sh"
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.100.1 = INTEGER: 0
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.101.1 = STRING: "456"
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.101.2 = STRING: "789"
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.102.1 = INTEGER: 0
UCD-SNMP-MIB::ucdavis.555.103.1 = ""

First line returned by the script will be available at .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.555.2, and so on.

You can then use the “SNMP – Generic OID Template” in Cacti (one Data Source per OID).

Let’s say you want to count the number of entries in a log file.
Add this to snmpd.conf :

Code:

logmatch cactistats /home/cactiuser/cacti/log/cacti.log 120 SYSTEM STATS

the global count of matches will be available under the .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.16.2.1.5.1 OID
the “Regex match counter” (which is reset with each file rotation) will be available under the .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.16.2.1.7.1 OID

To list all the available variables, use this query :

Code:

$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost logMatch
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchMaxEntries.0 = INTEGER: 50
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchIndex.1 = INTEGER: 1
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchName.1 = STRING: cactistats
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchFilename.1 = STRING: /home/cactiuser/cacti/log/cacti.log
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchRegEx.1 = STRING: SYSTEM STATS
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchGlobalCounter.1 = Counter32: 301634
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchGlobalCount.1 = INTEGER: 301634
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchCurrentCounter.1 = Counter32: 6692
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchCurrentCount.1 = INTEGER: 6692
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchCounter.1 = Counter32: 1
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchCount.1 = INTEGER: 0
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchCycle.1 = INTEGER: 120
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchErrorFlag.1 = INTEGER: 0
UCD-SNMP-MIB::logMatchRegExCompilation.1 = STRING: Success

We’ll then use another interesting directive, the “proxy” one.
Let’s take for example the Squid proxy : when enabled, its SNMP agent listen to UDP 3401 port.
If you want to have system graphs and Squid graphs without declaring 2 devices in Cacti, add this in snmpd.conf :

Code:

proxy -v 1 -c public localhost:3401 .1.3.6.1.4.1.3495.1

The Squid SNMP tree will be available under the .1.3.6.1.4.1.3495.1 branch.

Let’s query this host :

Code:

$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public 10.151.33.3 sysdescr
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux srv1.foo.com 2.6.8.1-12mdk #1 Fri Oct 1 12:53:41 CEST 2004 i686

And here’s the Squid part (this specific OID returns the Squid version) :

Code:

$ snmpwalk -v 1 -c public 10.151.33.3 .1.3.6.1.4.1.3495.1.2.3.0
SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3495.1.2.3.0 = STRING: "2.5.STABLE6"

You’ll find how to enable the Squid SNMP agent here.

Extending the Net-SNMP agent

Extending the Net-SNMP agent

Extending the Net-SNMP agent

Roderick Derks

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