Plan for XYMON and SNMP

OK, I have bug on this now... I have had off an on for a while now

I have one host in my network NOT being monitored by devmon and I'm trying to use the built in snmp of xymon

snmphosts.cfg:

[hostname.org]
   version=2
   community=community666name
   ip=127.0.0.1
   systemmib
   ifmib=(*)

snmpmibs.cfg is the file from 4.2.28

[ifmib]
         keyidx (IF-MIB::ifDescr)
         keyidx [IF-MIB::ifPhysAddress]
         keyidx <IF-MIB::ifName>
         validx {IP-MIB::ipAdEntIfIndex}
         ifDescr = IF-MIB::ifDescr
         ifType = IF-MIB::ifType
         ifMtu = IF-MIB::ifMtu
         ifSpeed = IF-MIB::ifSpeed
         ifPhysAddress = IF-MIB::ifPhysAddress
         ifAdminStatus = IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus
         ifOperStatus = IF-MIB::ifOperStatus
         ifLastChange = IF-MIB::ifLastChange
         ifInOctets = IF-MIB::ifInOctets                                 /rrd:COUNTER
         ifInUcastPkts = IF-MIB::ifInUcastPkts                           /rrd:COUNTER
         ifInNUcastPkts = IF-MIB::ifInNUcastPkts                         /rrd:COUNTER
         ifInDiscards = IF-MIB::ifInDiscards                             /rrd:COUNTER
         ifInErrors = IF-MIB::ifInErrors                                 /rrd:COUNTER
         ifInUnknownProtos = IF-MIB::ifInUnknownProtos                   /rrd:COUNTER
         ifOutOctets = IF-MIB::ifOutOctets                               /rrd:COUNTER
         ifOutUcastPkts = IF-MIB::ifOutUcastPkts                         /rrd:COUNTER
         ifOutNUcastPkts = IF-MIB::ifOutNUcastPkts                       /rrd:COUNTER
         ifOutDiscards = IF-MIB::ifOutDiscards                           /rrd:COUNTER
         ifOutErrors = IF-MIB::ifOutErrors                               /rrd:COUNTER
         ifOutQLen = IF-MIB::ifOutQLen                                   /rrd:GAUGE

Run by hand as follows:

  ./server/bin/xymon-snmpcollect --debug

26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.952110 Opening file /home/xymon/server/etc/snmphosts.cfg
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.953150 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.1' = '"lo"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.953381 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.2' = '"em1"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.953629 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.3' = '"em2"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.953844 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.4' = '"em3"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.954081 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.5' = '"em4"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.954303 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.6' = '"br0"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.954519 Got key-oid '.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.7' = '"docker0"'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.954737 Finished host hostname.org
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966129 No more oids left
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966137 Finished host hostname.org
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966258 Transport setup is:
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966269 xymondportnumber = 1984
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966274 xymonproxyhost = NONE
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966278 xymonproxyport = 0
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966282 Recipient listed as 'XYMON_HOST'
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966287 Standard protocol on port 1984
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966292 Will connect to address XYMON_HOST port 1984
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966463 Connect status is 0
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966551 Sent 7650 bytes
26951 2019-06-21 21:12:36.966588 Closing connection

I get the interface names, but no counters and as a result no RRD entries,and of course, no charting.

What I want it to do is collect the stats for all of the interfaces and then chart them.  I'm suspecting the ifmib definition isn't right if not that, the maybe I need to do 
something different with snmphosts.cfg

Thoughts?


On 5/17/19 2:04 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:

For me, yes.


On Fri, 17 May 2019, 17:59 Japheth Cleaver, <user-87556346d4af@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-87556346d4af@xymon.invalid>> wrote:

     Other than documentation (obviously), would that be the primary feature
     set that helps makes this a reasonable thing to integrate in officially?

     -jc

     On 5/16/2019 11:08 PM, Bruce Ferrell wrote:

I just figured out there has to be a task... At first I wondered how
xymonnet launched xymon-snmpcollector, then I started running it by
hand and running tcpdump to see what was being polled

What it looks like what we don't get is mib variable manipulation ala
devmon... calculated load percentages etc.

Still I think a move in the right direction and it directly supports
snmp v3


On 5/16/19 10:45 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:

Not sure what that will give you. The OIDs are extracted from the
file snmpmibs.conf, and I expect you'll have to populate that with
anything you want to monitor.

One thing I forgot to mention is that you need to create a task to
run the xymon-snmpcollect program every 5 minutes. I created a
tasks.d/xymon-snmpcollect.cfg file containing the following:

[snmpcollect]
        ENVFILE $XYMONHOME/etc/xymonserver.cfg
        CMD $XYMONHOME/ext/xymon-snmpcollect --debug
        LOGFILE $XYMONSERVERLOGS/xymon-snmpcollect.log
        INTERVAL 5m

Obviously the --debug flag can be removed.

On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 15:26, Bruce Ferrell <user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>
<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>> wrote:

    Just thinking aloud... Since the build uses net-snmp, it should
use the same mibs net-snmp uses... So xymon will know about my
SmartUPS and poweredge.

    I'm gonna have to study the code some more


      On 5/16/19 10:08 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
    > Right you are. DOSNMP is set to "yes" as a result of SNMP being
set to 1 (and the Net-SNMP tools being found).
    >
    >
    > On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 14:42, Bruce Ferrell
<user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>
<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>>> wrote:
    >
    >     On 5/16/19 9:10 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
    >     > On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 13:36, Bruce Ferrell
<user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>
<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>>>> wrote:
    >     >
    >     >     Yes, I did Jeremy.  My apologies.
    >     >
    >     >
    >     > No problem.
    >     >
    >     >     I did figure out I have to export SNMP=1 then
configure and rebuild
    >     >
    >     >
    >     > Ah, I didn't know that. Or I forgot that.
    >     >
    >     > Just looking at the code now - are you sure this isn't
"DOSNMP=1"?
    >
    >
    >     The Makefile tests for if  $SNMP=1... At least in 4.3.28
    >
    >
    >     >     What is the tag in the hosts file (if any)?
    >     >
    >     >
    >     > Nothing. The hostnames are found by xymon-snmpcollect in
the snmphosts.cfg. You still need the hosts to be in hosts.cfg, but
not tags are required.
    >
    >     > Jeremy
    >
    >     Thanks again!
    >
    >
    >     >     On 5/16/19 6:41 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
    >     >     > If you meant to say, "Hey Jeremy" then the answer
is, that it's all stuff for Xymon.
    >     >     >
    >     >     > On Fri, 17 May 2019 at 11:15, Bruce Ferrell
<user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid> <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>
<mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-24fbf1912cfe@xymon.invalid>>>>>> wrote:
    >     >     >
    >     >     >     Hey Josh, I saw that before.  Is that stuff
that devmon looks at or stuff for xymon.
    >     >     >
    >     >     >     I'm not at all clear
    >     >     >
    >     >     >     Thanks in advance
    >     >     >
    >     >     >     On 5/16/19 6:00 PM, Jeremy Laidman wrote:
    >     >     >>     Xymon already has code for SNMP that works,
but isn't documented. I have it working for me, but it required a
fair bit or digging to find the right
    >     configuration. I've
    >     >     >>     posted on this previously; might help:
https://lists.xymon.com/archive/2019-March/046191.html
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>     J
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>     On Thu, 16 May 2019 at 19:26, Bruno Manzoni
<user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid> <mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid>>
<mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid>>>>>> wrote:
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>         Thanks you Josh,
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>         Yes I know about devmon (I put my own
devmon version which is a try to be a consolidate version)
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>         In fact, I just would like to know if
there was another SNMP development (but it seems not as you say it
will be merged) inside Xymon . (I am thinking
    a way to
    >     >     integrate
    >     >     >>         SNMP v3, but it do not uses the current
SNMP_session perl lib as it is not supported within this lib)?
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>         Regards
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>         Bruno Manzoni
    >     >     >>         (Bonomani)
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>
    >     >     >>         Le 14.05.2019 à 15:20, Josh Luthman a écrit :
    >     >     >>>         You can just use Devmon these days.
    >     >     >>>
    >     >     >>>         I've seen nothing to suggest the projects
will be merged.
    >     >     >>>
    >     >     >>>         Josh Luthman
    >     >     >>>         Office: XXX-XXX-XXXX
    >     >     >>>         Direct: XXX-XXX-XXXX
    >     >     >>>         XXXX Wayne St
    >     >     >>>         Suite XXXX
    >     >     >>>         Troy, OH XXXXX
    >     >     >>>
    >     >     >>>
    >     >     >>>         On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 12:33 PM Bruno
Manzoni <user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid>
<mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid <mailto:user-81df5df13c04@xymon.invalid>>>>>> wrote:
    >     >     >>>
    >     >     >>>             Hello,
    >     >     >>>
    >     >     >>>             Is there any plan to have SNMP
include with a new version of xymon? If
    >     >     >>>             yes, what is the current state?
    >