.\" $OpenBSD: snmpd.conf.5,v 1.16 2011/06/23 20:35:22 sthen Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Reyk Floeter .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: June 23 2011 $ .Dt SNMPD.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm snmpd.conf .Nd Simple Network Management Protocol daemon configuration file .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is the configuration file for the .Xr snmpd 8 daemon. .Sh SECTIONS The .Nm file is divided into three main sections: .Bl -tag -width xxxx .It Sy Macros User-defined variables may be defined and used later, simplifying the configuration file. .It Sy Global Configuration Global runtime settings for .Xr snmpd 8 . .It Sy OID Configuration Custom configuration of SNMP object identifiers and values. .El .Pp The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash .Pq Sq \e . Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark .Pq Sq # , 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. .Pp Additional configuration files can be included with the .Ic include keyword, for example: .Bd -literal -offset indent include "/etc/snmpd.conf.local" .Ed .Sh 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, .Ic community , .Ic system , or .Ic oid ) . Macros are not expanded inside quotes. .Pp For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent ext_addr="192.168.0.1" listen on $ext_addr .Ed .Sh GLOBAL CONFIGURATION The following options can be set globally: .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact .It Ic listen on Ar address Specify the local address .Xr snmpd 8 should listen on for incoming SNMP messages. .Pp .It Ic read-only community Ar string Specify the name of the read-only community. The default value is .Ar public . .Pp .It Ic read-write community Ar string Specify the name of the read-write community. The default value is .Ar private . .Pp .It Xo .Ic filter-routes .Pq Ic yes Ns | Ns Ic no .Xc If set to .Ic 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 is .Ic no . .Pp .It Ic system contact Ar string Specify the name or description of the system contact, typically a name or an e-mail address. The default value is .Ar root@hostname using the hostname of the local machine. .Pp .It Ic system description Ar string Specify a description of the local system. The default value is the operating system identification as printed by the .Xr uname 1 command using the .Fl a flag: .Bd -literal -offset indent OpenBSD myhost.example.com 4.2 GENERIC#595 i386 .Ed .Pp .It Ic system location Ar string Specify the string describing the location of the local system, typically a physical location. The default value is an empty string. .Pp .It Ic system name Ar string Specify the name of the local system, typically a fully-qualified domain name. The default value is the hostname of the local system. .Pp .It Ic system oid Ar oid-string Specify the authoritative identification of the local system. The default value is .Ar 1.3.6.1.4.1.30155.23.1 .Pq iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.openbsd.23.1 identifying a common .Ox system. .Pp .It Ic system services Ar number Specify a magic value which indicates the set of services that the local system may provide. Refer to the .Ar sysServices description in the SNMP MIB for details. .\"XXX describe the complicated services alg here .Pp .It Ic trap community Ar string Specify the name of the trap community. The default value is .Ar public . .Pp .It Xo .Ic trap receiver Ar string .Op Ic oid Ar oid-string .Op Ic community Ar string .Xc Specify the address or FQDN of a remote trap receiver for outgoing traps sent by .Xr 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 .Ic trap community option. .Pp .El .Sh OID CONFIGURATION It is possible to specify user-defined OIDs in the configuration file: .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact .It Xo .Ic oid Ar oid-string .Ic name Ar name .Op Ic read-only \*(Ba\ read-write .Op Ar type .Ar value .Xc Return the specified value to the client for this OID. The .Ic read-write option may allow the client to override it, and the type is either .Ic string or .Ic integer . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/etc/snmpd.conf" -compact .It Pa /etc/snmpd.conf Default location of the configuration file. .El .Sh EXAMPLES The following example will tell .Xr snmpd 8 to listen on localhost, override the default system OID, set the magic services value and provides some custom OID values: .Bd -literal -offset indent 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 .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr snmpctl 8 , .Xr snmpd 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm file format first appeared in .Ox 4.3 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Xr snmpd 8 program was written by .An Reyk Floeter Aq reyk@vantronix.net .