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March 13, 2024

Install and Configure SNMP on RHEL/CentOS/Fedor

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to get information about the current status of servers, network equipment, printers or other IP devices. You can get different metrics through SNMP: CPU utilization, number of processes, state of services, etc. The major SNMP advantages are that it is supported by almost any devices and doesn’t require a separate monitoring system agent to be installed. In this article we will show how to install and configure an SNMP (and SNMP v3) agent  on a Linux host running CentOS, RHEL, or Fedora.

Contents:
  • Installing SNMP Agent and Diagnostic Tools on Linux
  • How to Enable and Configure SNMP Agent on Linux?
  • Poll SNMP Agent Using Snmpwalk
  • Configure SNMPv3 on Linux CentOS/RHEL/Fedora

Installing SNMP Agent and Diagnostic Tools on Linux

Before you install SNMP packages, install the latest updates on your server using dnf (yum):

# dnf update -y

Then install the SNMP agent and additional tools from the base repository:

# dnf install net-snmp net-snmp-utils -y

install snmp agent and net-snmp-utils in linux centos/rhel/fedora

How to Enable and Configure SNMP Agent on Linux?

Prior to SNMP configuration, create a copy of the original config file:

# mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.orig

Then edit the SNMP agent settings:

# nano /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

Add the following lines:

rocommunity public
syslocation GE-DC2
syscontact [email protected]
These are three basic SNMP parameters. There are many other options for configuring the Net-SNMP agent, but we cannot cover everything in one article.

Save the file (it is recommended to enter a correct location and a valid email address). Then enable the snmpd service and start it:

# systemctl enable snmpd.service
# systemctl start snmpd

Make sure that the service is running:

# systemctl status snmpd

run the snmpd service on linux host

If you are using a firewall on your server, allow connections to TCP/UDP ports 161 and 162. Use the following commands to open SNMP ports in firewalld:

# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=161/udp --permanent
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=161/tcp –permanent
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=162/udp --permanent
# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=162/tcp --permanent
# firewall-cmd --reload

Poll SNMP Agent Using Snmpwalk

You can poll the SNMP agent using the snmpwalk tool. To check the service locally using the SMMPv2 protocol, use the command:

# snmpwalk -v 2c -c public -O e 127.0.0.1

If SNMP is configured correctly, you will receive a set of SNMP data from the agent.

After setting the configuration file and running a test command, I received the error below:

Timeout: No Response from localhost

I fixed it by clearing the configuration file and adding only the lines I specified above. If you need some specific settings, check everything thoroughly, since the service starts without any problems, but it is not working.

You can also query your server locally using this command:

# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost system

SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux server1.test.com 4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Apr 9 13:49:54 UTC 2020 x86_64
SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10
DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (106564) 0:17:45.64
SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: [email protected]
SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: server1.test.com
SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: GE-DC2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.6 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.7 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.8 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.9 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00
SNMPv2-MIB::sysORUpTime.10 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00

Then make sure that your SNMP agent is available remotely. Run this command on another server (install snmp tools prior to doing it):

# snmpwalk -v2c -c public 192.168.21.205 system

polling the snmp agent using the snmpwalk tool

As you can see, the remote server received the information from the server over SNMP. Now you can add the server to any SNMP monitoring system (like Zabbix or Cacti).

Here is an article on “How to configure SNMP on a VMWare ESXi host?”.

Configure SNMPv3 on Linux CentOS/RHEL/Fedora

In the beginning of the article we have shown how to configure an SNMP agent that uses SNMP v1 and v2. SNMPv3 is a newer and more secure version of the protocol with support for authentication and encryption. To configure SNMPv3, create a user with a password, set an encryption password, access rights and an encryption algorithm (MD5 or SHA).

To create a user for SNMPv3, stop the snmpd daemon:

# systemctl stop snmpd

Then you can create a user:

# net-snmp-create-v3-user -ro -A o2ps2w0dD -a SHA -X r30svV33 -x AES snmpuser

Here is the syntax of net-snmp-create-v3-user:

net-snmp-create-v3-user [-ro] [-A authpass] [-a MD5|SHA] [-X privpass][-x DES|AES] [username]

  • -ro – it means that a user has read-only privileges
  • Authpass – authentication password
  • Privpass – private key

After running the command, a user with the specified password and key will be created:

create snmpv3 user

Start the service:

# systemctl start snmpd

Try to poll the SNMP agent using snmpwalk. Note that to poll over SNMPv3, you must specify the user name, the password and the key.

# snmpwalk -v3 -a SHA -A o2ps2w0dD -x AES -X r30svV33 -l authPriv -u snmpuser 192.168.21.205 | head

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2 comments

serg May 21, 2022 - 6:45 am

Replace the wrong command:
# firewall-cmd –zone=public –add-port=161/tcp –permanent
to:
# firewall-cmd –zone=public –add-port=161/tcp –permanent

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serg May 21, 2022 - 6:48 am

your wordpress breaks some lines. replace the dash with a double hyphen

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