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<p>The chapter <em>Running the application</em> describes how the
application is configured and started.
The topics include:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>configuration directories and parameters</item>
<item>modifying the configuration files</item>
<item>starting the application (agent and/or manager)</item>
<item>debugging the application (agent and/or manager)</item>
</list>
<p>Refer also to the chapter(s)
<seealso marker="snmp_agent_config_files">Definition of Agent Configuration Files</seealso> and
<seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files">Definition of Manager Configuration Files</seealso> which contains more detailed information
about the agent and manager configuration files.</p>
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<title>Configuring the application</title>
<p>The following two directories must exist in the system
to run the agent:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p>the <em>configuration directory</em> stores all
configuration files used by the agent (refer to the chapter
<seealso marker="snmp_agent_config_files">Definition of Agent Configuration Files</seealso> for more information). </p>
</item>
<item>the <em>database directory</em> stores the internal
database files.</item>
</list>
<p>The following directory must exist in the system
to run the manager:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p>the <em>configuration directory</em> stores all
configuration files used by the manager (refer to the chapter
<seealso marker="snmp_manager_config_files">Definition of Manager Configuration Files</seealso> for more information). </p>
</item>
<item>
<p>the <em>database directory</em> stores the internal
database files. </p>
</item>
</list>
<p>The agent and manager uses (application) configuration parameters to
find out where these directories are located. The parameters should be
defined in an Erlang system configuration file. The following
configuration parameters are defined for the SNMP application:</p>
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agent_options() = [agent_option()]
agent_option() = {restart_type, restart_type()} |
{agent_type, agent_type()} |
{agent_verbosity, verbosity()} |
{versions, versions()} |
{discovery, agent_discovery()} |
{priority, priority()} |
{multi_threaded, multi_threaded()} |
{db_dir, db_dir()} |
{db_init_error, db_init_error()} |
{local_db, local_db()} |
{net_if, agent_net_if()} |
{mibs, mibs()} |
{mib_storage, mib_storage()} |
{mib_server, mib_server()} |
{audit_trail_log, audit_trail_log()} |
{error_report_mod, error_report_mod()} |
{note_store, note_store()} |
{symbolic_store, symbolic_store()} |
{target_cache, target_cache()} |
{config, agent_config()}
manager_options() = [manager_option()]
manager_option() = {restart_type, restart_type()} |
{net_if, manager_net_if()} |
{server, server()} |
{note_store, note_store()} |
{config, manager_config()} |
{inform_request_behaviour, manager_irb()} |
{mibs, manager_mibs()} |
{priority, priority()} |
{audit_trail_log, audit_trail_log()} |
{versions, versions()} |
{def_user_mod, def_user_module() |
{def_user_data, def_user_data()}
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<p>Agent specific config options and types:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_type() = master | sub <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>master</c>, one master agent is
started. Otherwise, no agents are started. </p>
<p>Default is <c>master</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_discovery() = [agent_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_discovery_opt() =
{terminating, agent_terminating_discovery_opts()} |
{originating, agent_originating_discovery_opts()}</c></p>
<p>The <c>terminating</c> options effects discovery initiated by
a manager. </p>
<p>The <c>originating</c> options effects discovery initiated
by this agent. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_discovery_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_terminating_discovery_opts() = [agent_terminating_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_terminating_discovery_opt() =
{enable, boolean()} |
{stage2, discovery | plain} |
{trigger_username, string()}</c></p>
<p>These are options effecting discovery <c>terminating</c> in this
agent (i.e. initiated by a manager). </p>
<p>The default values for the <c>terminating</c>
discovery options are: </p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>enable: <c>true</c></item>
<item>stage2: <c>discovery</c></item>
<item>trigger_username: <c>""</c></item>
</list>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_originating_discovery_opts() = [agent_originating_discovery_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_originating_discovery_opt() =
{enable, boolean()}</c></p>
<p>These are options effecting discovery <c>originating</c> in this
agent. </p>
<p>The default values for the <c>originating</c>
discovery options are: </p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>enable: <c>true</c></item>
</list>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[multi_threaded() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, the agent is multi-threaded, with one
thread for each get request. </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[db_dir() = string() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP agent internal db files are stored.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[local_db() = [local_db_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>local_db_opt() = {repair, agent_repair()} | {auto_save, agent_auto_save()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent local database.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>local_db_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_repair() = false | true | force <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>When starting snmpa_local_db it always tries to open an
existing database. If <c>false</c>, and some errors occur, a new
database is created instead. If <c>true</c>, an existing file
will be repaired. If <c>force</c>, the table will be repaired
even if it was properly closed. </p>
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_auto_save() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The auto save interval. The table is flushed to disk
whenever not accessed for this amount of time.</p>
<p>Default is <c>5000</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if() = [agent_net_if_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_option() = {module, agent_net_if_module()} |
{verbosity, verbosity()} |
{options, agent_net_if_options()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent network interface
entity. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface part for the
SNMP agent. Must implement the
<seealso marker="snmpa_network_interface">snmpa_network_interface</seealso> behaviour.</p>
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_net_if</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_options() = [agent_net_if_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_net_if_option() = {bind_to, bind_to()} |
{sndbuf, sndbuf()} |
{recbuf, recbuf()} |
{no_reuse, no_reuse()} |
{req_limit, req_limit()} |
{filter, agent_net_if_filter_options()}</c></p>
<p>These options are actually specific to the used module.
The ones shown here are applicable to the default
<c>agent_net_if_module()</c>.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_options() = [agent_net_if_filter_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_option() = {module, agent_net_if_filter_module()}]]></c></p>
<p>These options are actually specific to the used module.
The ones shown here are applicable to the default
<c>agent_net_if_filter_module()</c>.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_net_if_filter_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_net_if_filter_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface filter part for the
SNMP agent. Must implement the
<seealso marker="snmpa_network_interface_filter">snmpa_network_interface_filter
</seealso> behaviour.</p>
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_net_if_filter</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[req_limit() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Max number of simultaneous requests handled by the agent.</p>
<p>Default is <c>infinity</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_mibs() = [string()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies a list of MIBs (including path) that defines which MIBs
are initially loaded into the SNMP master agent. </p>
<p>Note that the following will always be loaded:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>version v1: <c>STANDARD-MIB</c></item>
<item>version v2: <c>SNMPv2</c></item>
<item>version v3: <c>SNMPv2</c>, <c>SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB</c>
and <c>SNMP-MPD-MIB</c></item>
</list>
<p>Default is <c>[]</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mib_storage() = ets | {ets, Dir} | {ets, Dir, Action} | dets | {dets, Dir} | {dets, Dir, Action} | mnesia | {mnesia, Nodes} | {mnesia, Nodes, Action} <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies how info retrieved from the mibs will be stored.</p>
<p>If <c>mib_storage</c> is <c>{ets, Dir}</c>, the table will also be
stored on file. If <c>Dir</c> is <c>default</c>, then <c>db_dir</c>
will be used.</p>
<p>If <c>mib_storage</c> is <c>dets</c> or if <c>Dir</c> is
<c>default</c>, then <c>db_dir</c> will be used for <c>Dir</c>.</p>
<p>If <c>mib_storage</c> is <c>mnesia</c> then <c>erlang:nodes()</c>
will be used for <c>Nodes</c>.</p>
<p>Default is <c>ets</c>. </p>
<p><c>Dir = default | string()</c>. Dir is the directory where the
files will be stored. If <c>default</c>, then <c>db_dir</c> will be
used.</p>
<p><c>Nodes = visible | connected | [node()]</c>.
<c>Nodes = visible</c> is translated to
<c>erlang:nodes(visible)</c>.
<c>Nodes = connected</c> is translated to
<c>erlang:nodes(connected)</c>.
If <c>Nodes = []</c> then the own node is assumed.</p>
<p><c>Action = clear | keep</c>. Default is <c>keep</c>.
<c>Action</c> is used to specify what shall be done if the
mnesia/dets table already exist.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mib_server() = [mib_server_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>mib_server_opt() = {mibentry_override, mibentry_override()} | {trapentry_override, trapentry_override()} | {verbosity, verbosity()} | {cache, mibs_cache()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent mib server. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>mib_server_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibentry_override() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If this value is false, then when loading a mib each mib-
entry is checked prior to installation of the mib.
The purpose of the check is to prevent that the same symbolic
mibentry name is used for different oid's.</p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[trapentry_override() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If this value is false, then when loading a mib each trap
is checked prior to installation of the mib.
The purpose of the check is to prevent that the same symbolic
trap name is used for different trap's.</p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache() = bool() | mibs_cache_opts() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Shall the agent utilize the mib server lookup cache or not.</p>
<p>Default is <c>true</c> (in which case the <c>mibs_cache_opts()</c>
default values apply).</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_opts() = [mibs_cache_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>mibs_cache_opt() = {autogc, mibs_cache_autogc()} | {gclimit, mibs_cache_gclimit()} | {age, mibs_cache_age()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent mib server cache. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>mibs_cache_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_autogc() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines if the mib server shall perform cache gc automatically or
leave it to the user (see
<seealso marker="snmpa#gc_mibs_cache">gc_mibs_cache/0,1,2,3</seealso>). </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_age() = integer() > 0 <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines how old the entries in the cache will be allowed before
they are GC'ed (assuming GC is performed). Each entry in the
cache is "touched" whenever it is accessed. </p>
<p>The age is defined in milliseconds. </p>
<p>Default is <c>10 timutes</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[mibs_cache_gclimit() = integer() > 0 | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>When performing a GC, this is the max number of cache entries
that will be deleted from the cache. </p>
<p>The reason for having this limit is that if the cache is
large, the GC can potentially take a long time, during which
the agent is locked. </p>
<p>Default is <c>100</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[error_report_mod() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines an error report module, implementing the
<seealso marker="snmpa_error_report">snmpa_error_report</seealso>
behaviour. Two modules are provided with the toolkit:
<c>snmpa_error_logger</c> and <c>snmpa_error_io</c>.</p>
<p>Default is <c>snmpa_error_logger</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>symbolic_store() = [symbolic_store_opt()]</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>symbolic_store_opt() = {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent symbolic store. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>symbolic_store_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>target_cache() = [target_cache_opt()]</c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>target_cache_opt() = {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP agent target cache. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>target_cache_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_config() = [agent_config_opt()] <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>agent_config_opt() = {dir, agent_config_dir()} | {force_load, force_load()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines specific config related options for the SNMP agent. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>agent_config_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[agent_config_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP agent configuration files are stored.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[force_load() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c> the configuration files are re-read
during start-up, and the contents of the configuration
database ignored. Thus, if <c>true</c>, changes to
the configuration database are lost upon reboot of the
agent. </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
<p>Manager specific config options and types:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[server() = [server_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>server_opt() = {timeout, server_timeout()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Specifies the options for the manager server process.</p>
<p>Default is <c>silence</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[server_timeout() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Asynchroneous request cleanup time. For every requests,
some info is stored internally, in order to be able to
deliver the reply (when it arrives) to the proper destination.
If the reply arrives, this info will be deleted. But if
there is no reply (in time), the info has to be deleted
after the <em>best before</em> time has been passed.
This cleanup will be performed at regular intervals, defined
by the <c>server_timeout()</c> time.
The information will have a <em>best before</em> time,
defined by the <c>Expire</c> time given when calling the
request function (see
<seealso marker="snmpm#async_get">async_get</seealso>,
<seealso marker="snmpm#async_get_next">async_get_next</seealso> and
<seealso marker="snmpm#async_set">async_set</seealso>).</p>
<p>Time in milli-seconds.</p>
<p>Default is <c>30000</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_config() = [manager_config_opt()] <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_config_opt() = {dir, manager_config_dir()} | {db_dir, manager_db_dir()} | {db_init_error, db_init_error()} | {repair, manager_repair()} | {auto_save, manager_auto_save()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Defines specific config related options for the SNMP manager. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_config_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_config_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP manager configuration files are stored.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_db_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines where the SNMP manager store persistent data.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_repair() = false | true | force <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines the repair option for the persistent database (if
and how the table is repaired when opened). </p>
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_auto_save() = integer() | infinity <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The auto save interval. The table is flushed to disk
whenever not accessed for this amount of time.</p>
<p>Default is <c>5000</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_irb() = auto | user | {user, integer()} <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This option defines how the manager will handle the sending of
response (acknowledgment) to received inform-requests. </p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>
<p><c>auto</c> - The manager will autonomously send response
(acknowledgment> to inform-request messages.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>{user, integer()}</c> - The manager will send response
(acknowledgment) to inform-request messages when the
<seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_inform">handle_inform</seealso>
function completes. The integer is the time, in milli-seconds,
that the manager will consider the stored inform-request info
valid.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p><c>user</c> - Same as <c>{user, integer()}</c>, except that
the default time, 15000 milli-seconds, is used.</p>
</item>
</list>
<p>See
<seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface">snmpm_network_interface</seealso>,
<seealso marker="snmpm_user">handle_inform</seealso> and
<seealso marker="snmp_manager_netif">definition of the manager net if</seealso> for more info.</p>
<p>Default is <c>auto</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_mibs() = [string()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies a list of MIBs (including path) and defines which MIBs
are initially loaded into the SNMP manager. </p>
<p>Default is <c>[]</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if() = [manager_net_if_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_opt() = {module, manager_net_if_module()} |
{verbosity, verbosity()} |
{options, manager_net_if_options()}</c></p>
<p>Defines options specific for the SNMP manager network interface
entity. </p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_net_if_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_options() = [manager_net_if_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_option() = {bind_to, bind_to()} |
{sndbuf, sndbuf()} |
{recbuf, recbuf()} |
{no_reuse, no_reuse()} |
{filter, manager_net_if_filter_options()}</c></p>
<p>These options are actually specific to the used module.
The ones shown here are applicable to the default
<c>manager_net_if_module()</c>.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>manager_net_if_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface part for the
SNMP manager. Must implement the
<seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface">snmpm_network_interface</seealso> behaviour.</p>
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_net_if</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_options() = [manager_net_if_filter_option()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>manager_net_if_filter_option() = {module, manager_net_if_filter_module()}</c></p>
<p>These options are actually specific to the used module.
The ones shown here are applicable to the default
<c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_module()]]></c>.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in
<c>manager_net_if_filter_option()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[manager_net_if_filter_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Module which handles the network interface filter part for the
SNMP manager. Must implement the
<seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface_filter">snmpm_network_interface_filter</seealso> behaviour.</p>
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_net_if_filter</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[def_user_module() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>The module implementing the default user. See the
<seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso> behaviour.</p>
<p>Default is <c>snmpm_user_default</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[def_user_data() = term() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Data for the default user. Passed to the user when calling
the callback functions.</p>
<p>Default is <c>undefined</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
<p>Common config types:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>restart_type() = permanent | transient | temporary</c></tag>
<item>
<p>See <seealso marker="stdlib:supervisor#child_spec">supervisor</seealso>
documentation for more info.</p>
<p>Default is <c>permanent</c> for the agent and <c>transient</c>
for the manager.</p>
</item>
<tag><c>db_init_error() = terminate | create</c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines what to do if the agent is unable to open an
existing database file. <c>terminate</c> means that the
agent/manager will terminate and <c>create</c> means that the
agent/manager will remove the faulty file(s) and create new ones.</p>
<p>Default is <c>terminate</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[priority() = atom() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines the Erlang priority for all SNMP processes.</p>
<p>Default is <c>normal</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[versions() = [version()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>version() = v1 | v2 | v3</c></p>
<p>Which SNMP versions shall be accepted/used.</p>
<p>Default is <c>[v1,v2,v3]</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[verbosity() = silence | info | log | debug | trace <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Verbosity for a SNMP process. This specifies now much debug info
is printed.</p>
<p>Default is <c>silence</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[bind_to() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, net_if binds to the IP address.
If <c>false</c>, net_if listens on any IP address on the host
where it is running. </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[no_reuse() = bool() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If <c>true</c>, net_if does not specify that the IP
and port address should be reusable. If <c>false</c>,
the address is set to reusable. </p>
<p>Default is <c>false</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[recbuf() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Receive buffer size. </p>
<p>Default value is defined by <c>gen_udp</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[sndbuf() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Send buffer size. </p>
<p>Default value is defined by <c>gen_udp</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[note_store() = [note_store_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>note_store_opt() = {timeout, note_store_timeout()} | {verbosity, verbosity()}</c></p>
<p>Specifies the options for the SNMP note store.</p>
<p>For defaults see the options in <c>note_store_opt()</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[note_store_timeout() = integer() <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Note cleanup time. When storing a note in the note store,
each note is given lifetime. Every <c>timeout</c> the note_store
process performs a GC to remove the expired note's. Time in
milli-seconds.</p>
<p>Default is <c>30000</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[audit_trail_log() [audit_trail_log_opt()] <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c>audit_trail_log_opt() = {type, atl_type()} | {dir, atl_dir()} | {size, atl_size()} | {repair, atl_repair()}</c></p>
<p>If present, this option specifies the options for the
<em>audit trail logging</em>. The <c>disk_log</c> module is used
to maintain a wrap log. If present, the <c>dir</c> and
<c>size</c> options are mandatory.</p>
<p>If not present, audit trail logging is not used.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_type() = read | write | read_write <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies what type of an audit trail log should be used.
The effect of the type is actually different for the the agent
and the manager. </p>
<p>For the agent:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>If <c>write</c> is specified, only set requests are logged. </item>
<item>If <c>read</c> is specified, only get requests are logged. </item>
<item>If <c>read_write</c>, all requests are logged. </item>
</list>
<p>For the manager:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item>If <c>write</c> is specified, only sent messages are logged. </item>
<item>If <c>read</c> is specified, only received messages are logged. </item>
<item>If <c>read_write</c>, both outgoing and incoming messages are
logged. </item>
</list>
<p>Default is <c>read_write</c>.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_dir = dir() <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies where the audit trail log should be stored.</p>
<p>If <c>audit_trail_log</c> specifies that logging should take
place, this parameter <em>must</em> be defined.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_size() = {integer(), integer()} <mandatory>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies the size of the audit
trail log. This parameter is sent to <c>disk_log</c>. </p>
<p>If <c>audit_trail_log</c> specifies that logging should
take place, this parameter <em>must</em> be defined.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[atl_repair() = true | false | truncate | snmp_repair <optional>]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Specifies if and how the audit trail log shall be repaired
when opened. Unless this parameter has the value <c>snmp_repair</c>
it is sent to <c>disk_log</c>. If, on the other hand, the value is
<c>snmp_repair</c>, snmp attempts to handle certain faults on it's
own. And even if it cannot repair the file, it does not truncate it
directly, but instead <em>moves it aside</em> for later off-line
analysis.</p>
<p>Default is <c>true</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Modifying the Configuration Files</title>
<p>To to start the application (agent and/or manager), the
configuration files must be modified and there are two ways
of doing this. Either edit the files manually, or run the
configuration tool as follows.</p>
<p>If authentication or encryption is used (SNMPv3 only), start
the <c>crypto</c> application.</p>
<pre>
1> snmp:config().
Simple SNMP configuration tool (version 4.0)
------------------------------------------------
Note: Non-trivial configurations still has to be
done manually. IP addresses may be entered
as dront.ericsson.se (UNIX only) or
123.12.13.23
------------------------------------------------
Configure an agent (y/n)? [y]
Agent system config:
--------------------
1. Agent process priority (low/normal/high) [normal]
2. What SNMP version(s) should be used (1,2,3,1&2,1&2&3,2&3)? [3] 1&2&3
3. Configuration directory (absolute path)? [/ldisk/snmp] /ldisk/snmp/agent/conf
4. Config verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
5. Database directory (absolute path)? [/ldisk/snmp] /ldisk/snmp/agent/db
6. Mib storage type (ets/dets/mnesia)? [ets]
7. Target cache verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
8. Symbolic store verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
9. Local DB verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
10. Local DB repair (true/false/force)? [true]
11. Local DB auto save (infinity/milli seconds)? [5000]
12. Error report module? [snmpa_error_logger]
13. Agent type (master/sub)? [master]
14. Master-agent verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence] log
15. Shall the agent re-read the configuration files during startup
(and ignore the configuration database) (true/false)? [true]
16. Multi threaded agent (true/false)? [false] true
17. Check for duplicate mib entries when installing a mib (true/false)? [false]
18. Check for duplicate trap names when installing a mib (true/false)? [false]
19. Mib server verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
20. Mib server cache (true/false)? [true]
21. Note store verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
22. Note store GC timeout? [30000]
23. Shall the agent use an audit trail log (y/n)? [n] y
23b. Audit trail log type (write/read_write)? [read_write]
23c. Where to store the audit trail log? [/ldisk/snmp] /ldisk/snmp/agent/log
23d. Max number of files? [10]
23e. Max size (in bytes) of each file? [10240]
23f. Audit trail log repair (true/false/truncate)? [true]
24. Which network interface module shall be used? [snmpa_net_if]
25. Network interface verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence] log
25a. Bind the agent IP address (true/false)? [false]
25b. Shall the agents IP address and port be not reusable (true/false)? [false]
25c. Agent request limit (used for flow control) (infinity/pos integer)? [infinity] 32
25d. Receive buffer size of the agent (in bytes) (default/pos integer)? [default]
25e. Send buffer size of the agent (in bytes) (default/pos integer)? [default]
25f. Do you wish to specify a network interface filter module (or use default) [default]
Agent snmp config:
------------------
1. System name (sysName standard variable) [bmk's agent]
2. Engine ID (snmpEngineID standard variable) [bmk's engine]
3. Max message size? [484]
4. The UDP port the agent listens to. (standard 161) [4000]
5. IP address for the agent (only used as id
when sending traps) [127.0.0.1]
6. IP address for the manager (only this manager
will have access to the agent, traps are sent
to this one) [127.0.0.1]
7. To what UDP port at the manager should traps
be sent (standard 162)? [5000]
8. Do you want a none- minimum- or semi-secure configuration?
Note that if you chose v1 or v2, you won't get any security for these
requests (none, minimum, semi_des, semi_aes) [minimum]
making sure crypto server is started...
8b. Give a password of at least length 8. It is used to generate
private keys for the configuration: kalle-anka
9. Current configuration files will now be overwritten. Ok (y/n)? [y]
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Info: 1. SecurityName "initial" has noAuthNoPriv read access
and authenticated write access to the "restricted"
subtree.
2. SecurityName "all-rights" has noAuthNoPriv read/write
access to the "internet" subtree.
3. Standard traps are sent to the manager.
4. Community "public" is mapped to security name "initial".
5. Community "all-rights" is mapped to security name "all-rights".
The following agent files were written: agent.conf, community.conf,
standard.conf, target_addr.conf, target_params.conf,
notify.conf, vacm.conf and usm.conf
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Configure a manager (y/n)? [y]
Manager system config:
----------------------
1. Manager process priority (low/normal/high) [normal]
2. What SNMP version(s) should be used (1,2,3,1&2,1&2&3,2&3)? [3] 1&2&3
3. Configuration directory (absolute path)? [/ldisk/snmp] /ldisk/snmp/manager/conf
4. Config verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence] log
5. Database directory (absolute path)? [/ldisk/snmp] /ldisk/snmp/manager/db
6. Database repair (true/false/force)? [true]
7. Database auto save (infinity/milli seconds)? [5000]
8. Inform request behaviour (auto/user)? [auto]
9. Server verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence] log
10. Server GC timeout? [30000]
11. Note store verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence]
12. Note store GC timeout? [30000]
13. Which network interface module shall be used? [snmpm_net_if]
14. Network interface verbosity (silence/info/log/debug/trace)? [silence] log
15. Bind the manager IP address (true/false)? [false]
16. Shall the manager IP address and port be not reusable (true/false)? [false]
17. Receive buffer size of the manager (in bytes) (default/pos integer)? [default]
18. Send buffer size of the manager (in bytes) (default/pos integer)? [default]
19. Shall the manager use an audit trail log (y/n)? [n] y
19b. Where to store the audit trail log? [/ldisk/snmp] /ldisk/snmp/manager/log
19c. Max number of files? [10]
19d. Max size (in bytes) of each file? [10240]
19e. Audit trail log repair (true/false/truncate)? [true]
20. Do you wish to assign a default user [yes] or use
the default settings [no] (y/n)? [n]
Manager snmp config:
--------------------
1. Engine ID (snmpEngineID standard variable) [bmk's engine]
2. Max message size? [484]
3. IP address for the manager (only used as id
when sending requests) [127.0.0.1]
4. Port number (standard 162)? [5000]
5. Configure a user of this manager (y/n)? [y]
5b. User id? kalle
5c. User callback module? snmpm_user_default
5d. User (callback) data? [undefined]
5. Configure a user of this manager (y/n)? [y] n
6. Configure an agent handled by this manager (y/n)? [y]
6b. User id? kalle
6c. Target name? [bmk's agent]
6d. Version (1/2/3)? [1] 3
6e. Community string ? [public]
6f. Engine ID (snmpEngineID standard variable) [bmk's engine]
6g. IP address for the agent [127.0.0.1]
6h. The UDP port the agent listens to. (standard 161) [4000]
6i. Retransmission timeout (infinity/pos integer)? [infinity]
6j. Max message size? [484]
6k. Security model (any/v1/v2c/usm)? [any] usm
6l. Security name? ["initial"]
6m. Security level (noAuthNoPriv/authNoPriv/authPriv)? [noAuthNoPriv] authPriv
6. Configure an agent handled by this manager (y/n)? [y] n
7. Configure an usm user handled by this manager (y/n)? [y]
7a. Engine ID [bmk's engine]
7b. User name? hobbes
7c. Security name? [hobbes]
7d. Authentication protocol (no/sha/md5)? [no] sha
7e Authentication [sha] key (length 0 or 20)? [""] [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]
7d. Priv protocol (no/des/aes)? [no] des
7f Priv [des] key (length 0 or 16)? [""] 10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25
7. Configure an usm user handled by this manager (y/n)? [y] n
8. Current configuration files will now be overwritten. Ok (y/n)? [y]
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
The following manager files were written: manager.conf, agents.conf , users.conf and usm.conf
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
--------------------
Configuration directory for system file (absolute path)? [/ldisk/snmp]
ok
</pre>
</section>
<section>
<title>Starting the application</title>
<p>Start Erlang with the command:</p>
<code type="none">
erl -config /tmp/snmp/sys
</code>
<p>If authentication or encryption is used (SNMPv3 only), start
the <c>crypto</c> application. If this step is forgotten, the
agent will not start, but report a
<c>{config_error,{unsupported_crypto,_}}</c> error.</p>
<pre>
1> <input>application:start(crypto).</input>
ok
</pre>
<pre>
2> <input>application:start(snmp).</input>
ok
</pre>
</section>
<section>
<marker id="verbosity"></marker>
<title>Debugging the application</title>
<p>It is possible to debug every (non-supervisor) process of the
application (both agent and manager), possibly with the exception
of the net_if module(s), which could be supplied by a user of the
application). This is done by calling the
<c>snmpa:verbosity/2</c> and <c>snmpm:verbosity/2</c> function(s)
and/or using
<seealso marker="#configuration_params">configuration parameters</seealso>.
The verbosity itself has several <em>levels</em>: <c>silence | info | log | debug | trace</c>. For the lowest verbosity <c>silence</c>,
nothing is printed. The higher the verbosity, the more is printed.
Default value is always <c>silence</c>.</p>
<pre>
3> <input>snmpa:verbosity(master_agent, log).</input>
ok
5> <input>snmpa:verbosity(net_if, log).</input>
ok
6>
%% Example of output from the agent when a get-next-request arrives:
** SNMP NET-IF LOG:
got packet from {147,12,12,12}:5000
** SNMP NET-IF MPD LOG:
v1, community: all-rights
** SNMP NET-IF LOG:
got pdu from {147,12,12,12}:5000 {pdu, 'get-next-request',
62612569,noError,0,
[{varbind,[1,1],'NULL','NULL',1}]}
** SNMP MASTER-AGENT LOG:
apply: snmp_generic,variable_func,[get,{sysDescr,persistent}]
** SNMP MASTER-AGENT LOG:
returned: {value,"Erlang SNMP agent"}
** SNMP NET-IF LOG:
reply pdu: {pdu,'get-response',62612569,noError,0,
[{varbind,[1,3,6,1,2,1,1,1,0],
'OCTET STRING',
"Erlang SNMP agent",1}]}
** SNMP NET-IF INFO: time in agent: 19711 mysec
</pre>
<p>Other useful function(s) for debugging the agent are: </p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:info/0,1]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#info">info</seealso> is used to retrieve a list of miscellaneous agent information.</p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:which_aliasnames/0]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#which_aliasnames">which_aliasnames</seealso> is used to retrieve a list of all alias-names known to the agent. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:which_tables/0]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#which_tables">which_tables</seealso> is used to retrieve a list of all (MIB) tables known to the agent. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:which_variables/0]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#which_variables">which_variables</seealso> is used to retrieve a list of all (MIB) variables known to the agent. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:which_notifications/0]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#which_notifications">which_notifications</seealso> is used to retrieve a list of all (MIB) notifications/traps known to the agent. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:restart_worker/0,1]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#restart_worker">restart_worker</seealso> is used to restart the worker process of a multi-threaded agent. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa:restart_set_worker/0,1]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><seealso marker="snmpa#restart_set_worker">restart_set_worker</seealso> is used to restart the set-worker process of a multi-threaded agent. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpa_local_db:print/0,1,2]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>For example, this function can show the counters
<c>snmpInPkts</c> and <c>snmpOutPkts</c>.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
<p>Another usefull way to debug the agent is to pretty-print the content of
some of the (MIB-) tables handled directly by the agent. This can be done
for the following tables: </p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpCommunityTable]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[snmp_community_mib:snmpCommunityTable(print).]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpNotifyTable]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[snmp_notification_mib:snmpNotifyTable(print).]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpTargetAddrTable]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[snmp_target_mib:snmpTargetAddrTable(print).]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[snmpTargetParamsTable]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[snmp_target_mib:snmpTargetParamsTable(print).]]></c></p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[usmUserTable]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p><c><![CDATA[snmp_user_based_sm_mib:usmUserTable(print).]]></c></p>
</item>
</taglist>
</section>
</chapter>
