How to enable SNMPD on Mac OSX
Enabling snmpd on OSX Hosts
These steps don’t require a system restart and are non-service affecting.
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| agentAddress udp:161
sysName pewpewpew
sysLocation ['30.3295110','-97.7560740']
sysContact Me <pewpewpew@wolfspaw.com>
sysObjectID 1.3.6.1.4.1.50536.3.1
sysServices 76
rwcommunity "w01f5paw" default
view default included .1
view default included .1.3.6.1.2.1
#view default included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1
disk / 10%
disk /System/Volumes/Data 10%
load 12 10 5
# Arbitrary extension commands
#
#extend-sh test3 /bin/sh /tmp/shtest
#"Macmini9,1"
extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.7890.2 hardware /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/serveradmin status info | /usr/bin/awk '/TechnicalModelName/ {print $3}'
extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.7890.3 vendor /bin/echo 'Apple Inc'
extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.7890.4 serial /Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin/serveradmin status info | /usr/bin/awk '/hwSerialNumber/ {print $3}'
extend uptime /bin/cat /proc/uptime
extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.7890.1 distro /usr/local/bin/distro
# This line enables Observium's ifAlias description injection
pass_persist .1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.18 /usr/local/bin/ifAlias_persist
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- Open a new terminal window.
- Create a backup of the default SNMP configuration file:
sudo mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.orig- Create and edit a new SNMP configuration file:
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| com2sec mynetwork 9.10.11.12/24 public
rocommunity public default .1
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Replace 9.10.11.12/24 with the network address and CIDR mask of the subnet relevant to you.
Replace the community string public with another string.
Enable the SNMP daemon:
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.net-snmp.snmpd.plist
Restarting SNMPD
- Imagine a time when you make changes to the config… if you don’t want to reboot, here’s how to kick SNMPD to pickup the changes:
sudo launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.net-snmp.snmpd.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.net-snmp.snmpd.plist
