NMIS9 - How to Configure High Volume SNMPTRAPS

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Last updated: Oct 20, 2023 by Ross Tanner (Deactivated)
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Introduction

 Configure SNMPTRAPS to scale up to 300 traps per second.  The purpose of this article is to show how to configure the SNMPTRAPD  to pull data from the devices to rsyslog. Then, the rsyslog collects the logs into a file to be processed by opEvents. Eventually, the opEvents will apply the filters, parsers, and actions to better use the system management, analysis, and troubleshooting based on the events. 

Testing SNMPTRAPS:

snmptranslate -m ALL -M /usr/local/nmis9/mibs/traps 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.43.1.1.6.1.5.34

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           RESULT: CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB::ccmHistoryEventConfigDestination.34

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sudo snmptrap -v 2c  -c public 127.0.0.1 80000 1.3.6.1.4.1.4818 1.3.6.1.4.1.4818.1 s Event


Step-by-Step How to Configure the SNMPTRAPS to Forward Traps to Sylog

OBSERVATION: The "Ls" option will configure snmptrapd to send logs to syslog. So, "Ls2" specifically configures snmptrapd to send logs from the local2 facility. The facility is a value that indicates which process on the device generated the message. 


STEP 1

RHEL/CENTOS Linux 

cd /etc/sysconfig/

vim snmptrapd

OPTIONS="-n --OQ Ls2 -p /var/run/snmptrapd.pid -m ALL -M /usr/local/nmis9/mibs/traps"


Debian/Ubuntu Linux

cd /etc/default/

 vim snmptrapd

TRAPDOPTS='-n -OQ -Ls2 -p /var/run/snmptrapd.pid -m ALL -M /usr/local/nmis9/mibs/traps'
[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/snmptrapd -n -OQ -Ls2 -p /var/run/snmptrapd.pid -m ALL -M /usr/local/nmis9/mibs/traps


STEP 2

We need to configure the traps to go to a specific log file for opEvents to process them. In this case, all messages that come from facility local2 will be collected into /usr/local/nmis9/logs/snmptrap.log file. 

cd /etc/rsyslog.d

touch nmis.conf


vim nmis.conf

local2.*                /usr/local/nmis9/logs/snmptrap.log

cd /etc

vim rsyslog.conf

*.info;mail.none;authpriv.none;cron.none;local2.none    /var/log/messages


STEP 3

Now, we need to inform OpEvents where the snmptrap comes from. So, we do so, informing the path where the snmptrap.log is on the /usr/local/omk/conf/opCommon.json. 

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Be careful with this opCommon.json file. It is a Perl hash, so any syntax error will render the OMK Server to stop working properly. 

We recommend always creating a backup of this file before any changes. 

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cd /usr/local/omk/conf/

vim opCommon.json


STEP 4

The parser is made on the EventPaserRules.json file. In this case, we are sending to an opEvents plugin to do the syntax translation. 

cd /usr/local/omk/conf/

vim EventParserRules.json


STEP 5

In step 4, you added the snmptraps plugin parser rules in the EventParserRules.json file. Now, we need to copy the snmpTrap.pm file on the /usr/local/omk/conf/parser_plugins/ directory. This file is the OpEvents parser plugin. The plugin is not always needed. The traps can be collected using the event handler nmis traplog. However, the plugin can parser more complex SNMP traps. 


cd /usr/local/omk/conf/parser_plugins/

vim snmpTrap.pm

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snmpTrap.pm file Download here: snmpTrap.pm

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STEP 6

Restart the daemons associated. 

systemctl restart rsyslog

systemctl restart opeventsd

systemctl restart snmptrapd