Installs and configures snmpd.
The SNMP multiplex (smuxpeer) line will be set for Dell OpenManage, if Dell manufactured hardware is detected by Ohai.
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snmp::default
- Installs and configures SNMPD
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snmp::snmptrapd
- Configures snmptrapd
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snmp['snmp']['mibdirs']- MIB directories.
- Default: "/usr/share/snmp/mibs".
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snmp['snmp']['mibs']- MIBs to load. The default is not to set any and is therefore dependant on the daemon default.
- Default: nil.
Notable overridable attributes are as follows. It is recommended to override these following attributes to best suit your own environment.
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snmp['snmpd']['conffile']- ...
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['conf_owner']- ...
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['conf_group']- ...
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['conf_mode']- ...
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['snmpd_run']- snmpd control. "yes" means start daemon)
- Default: "yes".
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snmp['snmpd']['snmpd_opts']- snmpd options
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['trapd_run']- snmptrapd control (default of "no" means do not start daemon) master agentx support must be enabled in snmpd before snmptrapd can be run. See snmpd.conf(5) for how to do this.
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['trapd_opts']- snmptrapd options
- Default:
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snmp['snmpd']['snmpd_compat']- Create symlink on Debian legacy location to official RFC path
- Default: is "yes".
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snmp['snmpd']['agentAddress']- Listen address from snmpd for ipv4
- Default: "udp:161".
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snmp['snmpd']['agentAddress6']- Listen address from snmpd for ipv6
- Default: "udp:161".
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snmp['snmpd']['community']- SNMP Community String
- Default: "public".
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snmp['snmpd']['sec_name']- Hash of security name and IPv4 networks to allow access. See
man 5 snmpd.conf, section VACM Configuration for further details. - Default: { 'notConfigUser' => %w(default) }
- Hash of security name and IPv4 networks to allow access. See
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snmp['snmpd']['sec_name6']- Hash of security name and IPv6 networks to allow access. See
man 5 snmpd.conf, section VACM Configuration for further details. - Default: { 'notConfigUser' => %w(default) }
- Hash of security name and IPv6 networks to allow access. See
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snmp['snmpd']['groups']['v1']- Hash of security groups to map security names into for SNMPv1. See
man 5 snmpd.conf, section VACM Configuration for further details. - Default: { 'notConfigGroup' => %w(notConfigUser) }
- Hash of security groups to map security names into for SNMPv1. See
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snmp['snmpd']['groups']['v2c']- Hash of security groups to map security names into for SNMPv2c. See
man 5 snmpd.conf, section VACM Configuration for further details. - Default: { 'notConfigGroup' => %w(notConfigUser) }
- Hash of security groups to map security names into for SNMPv2c. See
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snmp['snmpd']['full_systemview']- Boolean to include the full systemview. This defaults to "false" as many distributions ship this way to speed up snmpwalk. However, if you're running SNMP Network Management System, you'll want to override this as "true" on your systems.
- Default: false.
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snmp['snmpd']['additional_oids']- String or Array of Strings representing the oid to include in systemview. This defaults to "nil". You can add one oid in the of '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2021' or an array of oids like ['.1.3.6.1.2.1.2021','.1.3.6.1.4.1.20267.200']
- Default: nil
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snmp['snmpd']['syslocationVirtual']- String to set the location for Virtual Machines.
- Default: "Virtual Server".
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snmp['snmpd']['syslocationPhysical']- String to set the location for physical systems.
- Default: "Server Room".
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snmp['snmpd']['syscontact']- String to set a name, and e-mail address for systems.
- Default is "Root root@localhost"
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snmp['snmpd']['sysname']- Systems name. For example servername.
- Default: automatically gathered. Nodes fqdn name. But you can override it if you want.
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snmp['snmpd']['pass']- Pass-through scripts as { oid => script } pairs.
- Default: is an empty hash.
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snmp['snmpd']['pass_persist']- Persistent pass-through scripts as { oid => script } pairs.
- Default: is an empty hash.
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snmp['snmpd']['process_monitoring']['proc']- Array of processes to monitor.
- Default: This is an empty array by default.
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snmp['snmpd']['process_monitoring']['procfix']- Array of procfix lines to configure. These are run when a monitored process is in an error state.
- Default: This is an empty array by default.
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snmp['snmpd']['include_all_disks']- Boolean to include disk usage checks for all filesystems.
- Default: false.
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snmp['snmpd']['all_disk_min']- Number of bytes that should be free on each disk when :include_all_disks is 'true.' Can also be expressed as a string specifying a minimum percent e.g. "10%".
- Default: is 100 (100kB) which is the normal snmpd default.
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snmp['snmpd']['disks']- Specify individual disks to monitor or, if monitoring all disks, specify different minimums. If set, the template expects this to be an array of hashes specifying the mount point of the disk to monitor and the minimum threshold in the form of {:mount => '/', :min => 100000}. As with :all_disk_min, :min can also be expressed as a percent.
- Default: is an empty array.
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snmp['snmpd']['ignoredisks']- ...
- Default: is an empty array.
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snmp['snmpd']['skipNFSInHostResources']- ...
- Default: nil.
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snmp['snmpd']['load_average']- monitors the load average of the local system, specifying thresholds for the 1-minute, 5-minute and 15-minute averages. If set, the template expects this to be a hash specifying the minimum threshold in the form of { :max1 => '12', :max5 => '14', :max15 => '14'}. Default is an empty array.
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snmp['snmpd']['trapsinks']- Array of trapsink hosts, and optionall Community Trap strings. This is an empty array by default.
- Default:
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snmp['snmptrapd']['trapcommunity']- SNMP Community Trap String, default is "public".
- Default: "public".
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snmp['snmptrapd']['trapd_run']- snmptrapd control (default of "no" means do not start daemon) master agentx support must be enabled in snmpd before snmptrapd can be run. See snmpd.conf(5) for how to do this.
- Default: "no".
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snmp['extend_scripts']- A hash that specifies extension scripts to the SNMP daemon. If set, the template will place these name => value pairs in the "Extend" section of the snmpd.conf file. The array must be in the format of { 'foo' => '/path/to/foo -arg', 'bar' => '/path/to/bar' }
- Default:
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snmp['disman_events']['enable']- Boolean value for enabling DisMan Event MIB configuration
- Default is false.
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snmp['disman_events']['user']andsnmp['disman_events']['password']- String values for SNMPv3 credentials to set for the DisMan Event MIB to work.
- Default:
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snmp['disman_events']['linkUpDownNotifications']- String value which must be "yes" or "no" to enable traps for link state change notifications.
- Default: is "yes".
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snmp['disman_events']['defaultMonitors']- String value which must be "yes" or "no" to enable traps for the DisMan Event MIB default checks. See the snmpd.conf manual for details.
- Default: is "yes".
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snmp['disman_events']['monitors']- Array of string values for additional 'monitor' config entries.
- Default: is an empty array.
Here is a full example featuring commonly overrided attributes. You can apply these override attributes in a role, or node context.
override_attributes "snmp" => {
"community" => "secret",
"full_systemview" => true,
"disks" => [{:mount => "/", :min => "10%"}],
"load_average" => {:max1 => "24", :max5 => "12", :max15 => "6" },
"trapsinks" => [ "zenoss.example.com", "nagios.example.com" ],
"syslocationPhysical" => "Server Room",
"syslocationVirtual" => "Cloud - Virtual Pool",
"syscontact" => "[email protected]"
}
{
"name": "module_snmp",
"description": "Baseline role applied to all servers in local network",
"override_attributes": {
"snmp": {
"snmpd": {
"community": "MYSECRET",
"full_systemview": true,
"group": "v2c",
"snmpd_opts": "-LS0-5d -Lf /dev/null -p /var/run/snmpd.pid",
"sec_name": {
"notConfigUser": [ ],
"SECNAME_SOME": [
"192.168.99.88"
]
},
"sec_name6": {
"notConfigUser": [ ]
},
"groups": {
"v1": {
"notConfigGroup" : [ ]
},
"v2c": {
"notConfigGroup" : [ ],
"GROUP_SOME": [
"SECNAME_SOME"
]
}
},
"ignoredisks": [
"/media/trash"
],
"skipNFSInHostResources": true,
"include_all_disks": true,
"all_disk_min": "10%"
}
}
},
"run_list": [
"recipe[snmp]"
]
}
Author:: Eric G. Wolfe ([email protected]) 

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