NAME
snmpd.conf
—
Simple Network Management Protocol
daemon configuration file
DESCRIPTION
snmpd.conf
is the configuration file for
the snmpd(8) daemon.
SECTIONS
The snmpd.conf
file is divided into three
main sections:
- Macros
- User-defined variables may be defined and used later, simplifying the configuration file.
- Global Configuration
- Global runtime settings for snmpd(8).
- OID Configuration
- Custom configuration of SNMP object identifiers and values.
The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash (‘\’). Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark (‘#’), and extend to the end of the current line. Care should be taken when commenting out multi-line text: the comment is effective until the end of the entire block.
Additional configuration files can be included with the
include
keyword, for example:
include "/etc/snmpd.conf.local"
MACROS
Macros can be defined that will later be expanded in context.
Macro names must start with a letter, and may contain letters, digits and
underscores. Macro names may not be reserved words (for example,
community
, system
, or
oid
). Macros are not expanded inside quotes.
For example:
ext_addr="192.168.0.1" listen on $ext_addr
GLOBAL CONFIGURATION
The following options can be set globally:
listen on
address- Specify the local address snmpd(8) should listen on for incoming SNMP messages.
read-only community
string- Specify the name of the read-only community. The default value is public.
read-write community
string- Specify the name of the read-write community. The default value is private.
filter-routes
(yes
|no
)- If set to
yes
, ask the kernel to filter route update messages on the routing socket. Routing table information will not be available, but CPU use will be reduced during bulk updates. The default isno
. system contact
string- Specify the name or description of the system contact, typically a name or an e-mail address. The default value is root@hostname using the hostname of the local machine.
system description
string- Specify a description of the local system. The default value is the
operating system identification as printed by the
uname(1) command using the
-a
flag:OpenBSD myhost.example.com 4.2 GENERIC#595 i386
system location
string- Specify the string describing the location of the local system, typically a physical location. The default value is an empty string.
system name
string- Specify the name of the local system, typically a fully-qualified domain name. The default value is the hostname of the local system.
system oid
oid-string- Specify the authoritative identification of the local system. The default value is 1.3.6.1.4.1.30155.23.1 (iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.openbsd.23.1) identifying a common OpenBSD system.
system services
number- Specify a magic value which indicates the set of services that the local system may provide. Refer to the sysServices description in the SNMP MIB for details.
trap community
string- Specify the name of the trap community. The default value is public.
trap receiver
string [oid
oid-string] [community
string]- Specify the address or FQDN of a remote trap receiver for outgoing traps
sent by snmpd(8). This option may be specified multiple times. The
daemon will send outgoing traps using the revised SNMPv2 format and the
configured trap community. The default community is specified by the
global
trap community
option.
OID CONFIGURATION
It is possible to specify user-defined OIDs in the configuration file:
oid
oid-stringname
name [read-only | read-write
] [type] value- Return the specified value to the client for this OID. The
read-write
option may allow the client to override it, and the type is eitherstring
orinteger
.
FILES
- /etc/snmpd.conf
- Default location of the configuration file.
EXAMPLES
The following example will tell snmpd(8) to listen on localhost, override the default system OID, set the magic services value and provides some custom OID values:
listen on 127.0.0.1 system oid 1.3.6.1.4.1.30155.23.2 system services 74 oid 1.3.6.1.4.1.30155.42.1 name myName read-only string "humppa" oid 1.3.6.1.4.1.30155.42.2 name myStatus read-only integer 1
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
The snmpd.conf
file format first appeared
in OpenBSD 4.3.
AUTHORS
The snmpd(8) program was written by Reyk Floeter ⟨reyk@vantronix.net⟩.