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    <title>Definition of Agent Configuration Files</title>
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    <file>snmp_agent_config_files.xml</file>
  </header>
  <p>All configuration data must be included in configuration files
    that are located in the configuration directory. The name of this
    directory is given in the <c>config_dir</c> configuration
    parameter.  These files are read at start-up, and are used to
    initialize the SNMPv2-MIB or STANDARD-MIB, SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB,
    SNMP-MPD-MIB, SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB, SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB,
    SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB, SNMP-TARGET-MIB and SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB
    (refer to the <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#management">Management of the Agent</seealso> for a description of the MIBs). </p>
  <p>The files are: </p>
  <list type="bulleted">
    <item>
      <p><c>agent.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#agent_information">Agent Information</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>standard.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#system_information">System Information</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>context.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#context">Contexts</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>community.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#community">Communities</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>target_addr.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#target_addr">Target Address Definitions</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>target_params.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#target_params">Target Parameters Definitions</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>vacm.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#vacm">MIB Views for VACM</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>usm.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#usm">Security data for USM</seealso></p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p><c>notify.conf</c>: see 
        <seealso marker="#notify">Notify Definitions</seealso></p>
    </item>
  </list>
  <p>The directory where the configuration files are found is given as
    a parameter to the agent. </p>
  <p>The entry format in all files are Erlang terms, separated by a
    '<em>.</em>' and a <em>newline</em>. In the following sections, the
    formats of these terms are described. Comments may be specified as
    ordinary Erlang comments. </p>
  <p>Syntax errors in these files are discovered and reported with the
    function <c>config_err/2</c> of the error report module at start-up. </p>

  <section>
    <marker id="agent_information"></marker>
    <title>Agent Information</title>
    <p>The agent information should be stored in a file called
      <c>agent.conf</c>.
      </p>
    <p>Each entry is a tuple of size two:
      </p>
    <p><c>{AgentVariable, Value}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item><c>AgentVariable</c> is one of the variables is
       SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB or one of the internal variables
      <c>intAgentUDPPort</c>, which defines which UDP port the agent
       listens to, or <c>intAgentIpAddress</c>, which defines the IP
       address of the agent.
      </item>
      <item><c>Value</c> is the value for the variable.
      </item>
    </list>
    <p>The following example shows a <c>agent.conf</c> file: 
      </p>
    <pre>
{intAgentUDPPort, 4000}.
{intAgentIpAddress,[141,213,11,24]}.
{snmpEngineID, "mbj's engine"}.
{snmpEngineMaxPacketSize, 484}.
    </pre>
    <p>The value of <c>snmpEngineID</c> is a string, which for a 
      deployed agent should have a very specific structure. See
      RFC 2271/2571 for details.
      </p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="context"></marker>
    <title>Contexts</title>
    <p>The context information should be stored in a file called
      <c>context.conf</c>.  The default context <c>""</c>
      need not be present.
      </p>
    <p>Each row defines a context in the agent.  This information is
      used in the table <c>vacmContextTable</c> in the
      SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB.
      </p>
    <p>Each entry is a term:
      </p>
    <p><c>ContextName.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item><c>ContextName</c> is a string.
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="system_information"></marker>
    <title>System Information</title>
    <p>The system information should be stored in a file called
      <c>standard.conf</c>.
      </p>
    <p>Each entry is a tuple of size two:
      </p>
    <p><c>{SystemVariable, Value}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item><c>SystemVariable</c> is one of the variables in the
       system group, or <c>snmpEnableAuthenTraps</c>.
      </item>
      <item><c>Value</c> is the value for the variable.
      </item>
    </list>
    <p>The following example shows a valid <c>standard.conf</c> file: 
      </p>
    <pre>
{sysDescr, "Erlang SNMP agent"}.
{sysObjectID, [1,2,3]}.
{sysContact, "(mbj,eklas)@erlang.ericsson.se"}.
{sysName, "test"}.
{sysServices, 72}.
{snmpEnableAuthenTraps, enabled}.
    </pre>
    <p>A value must be provided for all variables, which lack default
      values in the MIB.
      </p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="community"></marker>
    <title>Communities</title>
    <p>The community information should be stored in a file called
      <c>community.conf</c>.  It must be present if the agent is
      configured for SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c.
      </p>
    <p>An SNMP <em>community</em> is a relationship between an SNMP
    agent and a set of SNMP managers that defines authentication, access 
    control and proxy characteristics. </p>
    <p>The corresponding table is <c>snmpCommunityTable</c> in the
      SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB. </p>
    <p>Each entry is a term: </p>
    <p><c>{CommunityIndex, CommunityName, SecurityName, ContextName, TransportTag}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item><c>CommunityIndex</c> is a non-empty string.
      </item>
      <item><c>CommunityName</c> is a string.
      </item>
      <item><c>SecurityName</c> is a string.
      </item>
      <item><c>ContextName</c> is a string.
      </item>
      <item><c>TransportTag</c> is a string.
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="vacm"></marker>
    <title>MIB Views for VACM</title>
    <p>The information about MIB Views for VACM should be stored in a 
      file called
      <c>vacm.conf</c>.
      </p>
    <p>The corresponding tables are <c>vacmSecurityToGroupTable</c>,
      <c>vacmAccessTable</c> and <c>vacmViewTreeFamilyTable</c> in the
      SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB.
      </p>
    <p>Each entry is one of the terms, one entry corresponds to one
      row in one of the tables.
      </p>
    <p><c>{vacmSecurityToGroup, SecModel, SecName, GroupName}.</c></p>
    <p><c>{vacmAccess, GroupName, Prefix, SecModel, SecLevel, Match, ReadView, WriteView, NotifyView}.</c></p>
    <p><c>{vacmViewTreeFamily, ViewIndex, ViewSubtree, ViewStatus, ViewMask}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
        <p><c>SecModel</c> is <c>any</c>, <c>v1</c>, <c>v2c</c>, or
          <c>usm</c>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>SecName</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>GroupName</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Prefix</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>SecLevel</c> is <c>noAuthNoPriv</c>, <c>authNoPriv</c>,
          or <c>authPriv</c></p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Match</c> is <c>prefix</c> or <c>exact</c>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>ReadView</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>WriteView</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>NotifyView</c> is a string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>ViewIndex</c> is an integer.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>ViewSubtree</c> is a list of integer.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>ViewStatus</c> is either <c>included</c> or <c>excluded</c></p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>ViewMask</c> is either <c>null</c> or a list of ones and
          zeros. Ones nominate that an exact match is used for this
          sub-identifier. Zeros are wild-cards which match any
          sub-identifier. If the mask is shorter than the sub-tree, the
          tail is regarded as all ones. <c>null</c> is shorthand for a
          mask with all ones.</p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="usm"></marker>
    <title>Security data for USM</title>
    <p>The information about Security data for USM should be stored in a 
      file called
      <c>usm.conf</c>, which must be present if the agent is configured
      for SNMPv3.
      </p>
    <p>The corresponding table is <c>usmUserTable</c> in the
      SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB.
      </p>
    <p>Each entry is a term:
      </p>
    <p><c>{EngineID, UserName, SecName, Clone, AuthP, AuthKeyC, OwnAuthKeyC, PrivP, PrivKeyC, OwnPrivKeyC, Public, AuthKey, PrivKey}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
        <p><c>EngineID</c> is a string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>UserName</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>SecName</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Clone</c> is <c>zeroDotZero</c> or a list of integers.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>AuthP</c> is a <c>usmNoAuthProtocol</c>,
          <c>usmHMACMD5AuthProtocol</c>, or <c>usmHMACSHAAuthProtocol</c>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>AuthKeyC</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>OwnAuthKeyC</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>PrivP</c> is a <c>usmNoPrivProtocol</c>, 
          <c>usmDESPrivProtocol</c> or <c>usmAesCfb128Protocol</c>.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>PrivKeyC</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>OwnPrivKeyC</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Public</c> is a string.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>AuthKey</c> is a list (of integer).  This is the User's secret
          localized authentication key.  It is not visible in the MIB.  The length
          of this key needs to be 16 if <c>usmHMACMD5AuthProtocol</c> is used, and 
          20 if <c>usmHMACSHAAuthProtocol</c> is used.</p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>PrivKey</c> is a list (of integer).  This is the User's secret
          localized encryption key.  It is not visible in the MIB.  The length
          of this key needs to be 16 if <c>usmDESPrivProtocol</c> or 
          <c>usmAesCfb128Protocol</c> is used.
          </p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="notify"></marker>
    <title>Notify Definitions</title>
    <p>The information about Notify Definitions should be stored in a
      file called
      <c>notify.conf</c>.
      </p>
    <p>The corresponding table is <c>snmpNotifyTable</c> in the
      SNMP-NOTIFICATION-MIB.
      </p>
    <p>Each entry is a term:
      </p>
    <p><c>{NotifyName, Tag, Type}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
        <p><c>NotifyName</c> is a unique non-empty string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Tag</c> is a string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Type</c> is <c>trap</c> or <c>inform</c>.
          </p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="target_addr"></marker>
    <title>Target Address Definitions</title>
    <p>The information about Target Address Definitions should be 
      stored in a file called <c>target_addr.conf</c>. </p>
    <p>The corresponding tables are <c>snmpTargetAddrTable</c> in the
      SNMP-TARGET-MIB and <c>snmpTargetAddrExtTable</c> in the 
      SNMP-COMMUNITY-MIB. </p>
    <p>Each entry is a term: </p>
    <p><c>{TargetName, Ip, Udp, Timeout, RetryCount, TagList, ParamsName, EngineId}.</c> <br></br> or <br></br> 
<c>{TargetName, Ip, Udp, Timeout, RetryCount, TagList, ParamsName, EngineId, TMask, MaxMessageSize}.</c> <br></br> or  <br></br>
<c>{TargetName, Domain, Ip, Udp, Timeout, RetryCount, TagList, ParamsName, EngineId, TMask, MaxMessageSize}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
        <p><c>TargetName</c> is a unique non-empty string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Domain</c> is one of the atoms: 
	<c>transportDomainUdpIpv4</c> | <c>transportDomainUdpIpv6</c>. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Ip</c> is a list of four or eight integers. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Udp</c> is an integer. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>RetryCount</c> is an integer. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>TagList</c> is a string. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>ParamsName</c> is a string. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>EngineId</c> is a string or the atom <c>discovery</c>. </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>TMask</c> is a list of integer() of size 0, 
	size 6 or size 10 (default: []). </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>MaxMessageSize</c> is an integer (default: 2048). </p>
      </item>
    </list>
    <p>Note that if <c>EngineId</c> has the value <c>discovery</c>, 
      the agent cannot send
      <c>inform</c> messages to that manager until it has performed the
      <em>discovery</em> process with that manager. </p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="target_params"></marker>
    <title>Target Parameters Definitions</title>
    <p>The information about Target Parameters Definitions should be
      stored in a file called <c>target_params.conf</c>. </p>
    <p>The corresponding table is <c>snmpTargetParamsTable</c> in the
      SNMP-TARGET-MIB. </p>
    <p>Each entry is a term: </p>
    <p><c>{ParamsName, MPModel, SecurityModel, SecurityName, SecurityLevel}.</c></p>
    <list type="bulleted">
      <item>
        <p><c>ParamsName</c> is a unique non-empty string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>MPModel</c> is <c>v1</c>, <c>v2c</c> or <c>v3</c></p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>SecurityModel</c> is <c>v1</c>, <c>v2c</c>, or <c>usm</c>.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>SecurityName</c> is a string.
          </p>
      </item>
      <item>
        <p><c>SecurityLevel</c> is <c>noAuthNoPriv</c>, <c>authNoPriv</c>
          or <c>authPriv</c>.
          </p>
      </item>
    </list>
  </section>
</chapter>