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2013-11-04 Get SNMP(v3) working on Ubuntu 12.04
I am running an Ubuntu 12.04 as working environment on my local machine. Ubuntu 12.04 is latest LTS (Long Term Support) version so that it's a good choice for a server. I need to install SNMP on my machine recently and I install it by following command
sudo apt-get install snmpd snmp
However it seems doesn't work. After checking the system log, I found the following errors in
/var/log/syslog snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 90: Error: Already have an entry for this process.
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 92: Error: Already have an entry for this process.
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 94: Error: Already have an entry for this process.
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 106: Error: includeAllDisks already specified.
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 106: Error: #011ignoring: includeAllDisks 10%
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: error on subcontainer '' insert (-1)
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 146: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 148: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf: line 148: Error: duplicate trigger name
snmpd[8461]: duplicate table data attempted to be entered. row exists
snmpd[8461]: Failed to register extend entry 'test1' - possibly duplicate name.
snmpd[8461]: duplicate table data attempted to be entered. row exists
snmpd[8461]: Failed to register extend entry 'test2' - possibly duplicate name.
snmpd[8461]: Turning on AgentX master support.
snmpd[8461]: Error opening specified endpoint "udp:127.0.0.1:161"
snmpd[8461]: Server Exiting with code 1
The content of
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf is like 89 # At least one 'mountd' process
90 proc mountd
91 # No more than 4 'ntalkd' processes - 0 is OK
92 proc ntalkd 4
93 # At least one 'sendmail' process, but no more than 10
94 proc sendmail 10 1
95
96 # Walk the UCD-SNMP-MIB::prTable to see the resulting output
97 # Note that this table will be empty if there are no "proc" entries in the snmpd.conf file
98
99
100 #
101 # Disk Monitoring
102 #
103 # 10MBs required on root disk, 5% free on /var, 10% free on all other disks
104 disk / 10000
105 disk /var 5%
106 includeAllDisks 10%
145 # generate traps on UCD error conditions
146 defaultMonitors yes
147 # generate traps on linkUp/Down
148 linkUpDownNotifications yes
149
150
So let's fix the problem. I comment the snmpd.conf configurations appeared in syslog, then use command
cat /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf | grep -v '#' | grep -v '^\s*$' to get a clean version.view systemonly included .1.3.6.1.2.1.1
view systemonly included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1
rocommunity public default -V systemonly
rouser authOnlyUser
sysLocation Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
sysContact Me <[email protected]>
sysServices 72
disk / 10000
disk /var 5%
load 12 10 5
trapsink localhost public
iquerySecName internalUser
rouser internalUser
master agentx
createUser testuser MD5 "testpasswd"
rouser testuser auth
After updated
/etc/snmpd/snmpd.conf and /etc/init.d/snmpd restart, now it's working.$ snmpwalk -v 3 -l authNoPriv -a MD5 -u testuser -A testpasswd 127.0.0.1:161 sysDescr
SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux simon-desktop 3.9.3-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64