SNMP Proxmox

[proxbiba]

Hey
can we monitor proxmox server with SNMP?
Need an answer plz, and what kind of information can we monitor?

 

[Patschi]

As I know Proxmox does not have SNMP, but you could use the Proxmox API to get nearly any kind of data:
http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API

API-docs are available at:
http://pve.proxmox.com/pve2-api-doc/

 

[Raymond Burns]

I successfully use SNMP for Proxmox monitoring to a Zabbix server

http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/6921-How-to-install-SNMP-on-Proxmox-Hardware-Node-itself

 

[adamb]

I successfully use SNMP for Proxmox monitoring to a Zabbix server

http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/6921-How-to-install-SNMP-on-Proxmox-Hardware-Node-itself

Same here but I utilize the zabbix agent instead of snmp.

 

[Raymond Burns]

I use the Zabbix agent as well, but the agent does not get me all the info I need.

 

[adamb]

I use the Zabbix agent as well, but the agent does not get me all the info I need.

Just about anything can be added to the agent, for example I monitor LSI raid status and DRBD status from the zabbix agent.

 

[Raymond Burns]

Then it's settled, I need to understand Zabbix better. I don't have a real grasp on how Zabbix works. I am coming from a Paessler background, and , although Zabbix seems more powerful, Paessler is quite easy to deploy.

 

[artisticab]

I followed this forum thread: http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/8423-Setup-SNMP-monitoring

I am using the spiceworks app to do snmp monitoring. I have installed snmpd, configured the /etc/default/snmpd file with my pvehost IP address 10.10.1.10:

SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid 10.10.1.10'

I have added the following entry at the bottom of the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file; which is my spiceworks app IP address:

com2sec readonly  10.10.1.150           public

What am I overlooking? Why are there errors in the syslog? It looks like it is connecting to the wrong server, 10.10.1.1 is a internal DC.

Dec 13 16:03:24 pvehost-ve1 snmpd[2272]: Connection from UDP: [10.10.1.1]:50486->[10.10.1.10]
Dec 13 16:03:31 pvehost-ve1 snmpd[2272]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)
Dec 13 16:04:01 pvehost-ve1 snmpd[2272]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)

Thank you for your help.

 

[Bart Brouwer]

I followed this forum thread: http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/8423-Setup-SNMP-monitoring

I am using the spiceworks app to do snmp monitoring. I have installed snmpd, configured the /etc/default/snmpd file with my pvehost IP address 10.10.1.10:

SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -g snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid 10.10.1.10'

I have added the following entry at the bottom of the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file; which is my spiceworks app IP address:

com2sec readonly  10.10.1.150           public

What am I overlooking? Why are there errors in the syslog? It looks like it is connecting to the wrong server, 10.10.1.1 is a internal DC.

Dec 13 16:03:24 pvehost-ve1 snmpd[2272]: Connection from UDP: [10.10.1.1]:50486->[10.10.1.10]
Dec 13 16:03:31 pvehost-ve1 snmpd[2272]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)
Dec 13 16:04:01 pvehost-ve1 snmpd[2272]: error on subcontainer 'ia_addr' insert (-1)

Thank you for your help.

I have the same 'problem'.


i already did this:
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How many times do you want to see messages like this in your logs?
Sep 11 16:48:23 your-server snmpd[19552]: Connection from UDP: [192.168.59.101]:49867->[10.129.11.219]
Sep 11 16:48:23 snmpd[19552]: last message repeated 199 times

The logging options are specified on the "snmpd" command line, and are thus configured in "/etc/default/snmpd".

The default logging settings are:
-Lsd

"-L" is for the logging options. "s" is for syslog. "d" is for the daemon facility.

What we want are these settings:
-LS 4 d
----------------

but the same problem
"-L" again is for logging options. Capital "S" is for a priority-filtered syslog, with "4" being "warning-level or higher". Again, "d" is for the daemon facility.

 

[LnxBil]

normally a problem with the ip and/or community string.

 

[Bart Brouwer]

normally a problem with the ip and/or community string.

tnx for your reaction! could you more specific?

 

[LnxBil]

tnx for your reaction! could you more specific?

SNMP is normally "secured" with a community string as a shared secret and also restricted to ip addresses that can be queried - all can be found in the snmpd.conf.

 

[Bart Brouwer]

tnx, but this is no error, the system is checking snmpd. But i dont want this into my syslog.
i allready tried everyhting with LS 4 etc. But no better result
Iam using a gen9 360 with HP management software and iLO 4. thats why he triggers snmpd.

 

[Bart Brouwer]

I found a work arround:
nano /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
dontLogTCPWrappersConnects true

 

[Manuel Deschambault]

I use the Zabbix agent as well, but the agent does not get me all the info I need.

You can extend the Net-SNMP agent to return any data from a script of your choice on the OID of your choice. So if SNMP is missing data that you want, you can add that data to the SNMP metrics returned. This is particularly useful in an organization where the person managing the SNMP server is different than the one managing the ProxMox server. Extending the Net-SNMP metrics transfer the work to the server monitored (in this case ProxMox), and then adding these datapoint on the SNMP server is as easy as providing the correct OIDs to the SNMP server administrator.