snmp type

To process events received via SNMP, you must use the json normalizer.

The connector of the snmp type is available for Windows agents and Linux agents. Supported protocol versions:

snmpV1
snmpV2
snmpV3

Settings for a connector of the wec type are described in the following tables.

Basic settings tab

Setting	Description
Name	Unique name of the resource. Maximum length of the name: 128 Unicode characters. Required setting.
Tenant	The name of the tenant that owns the resource. Required setting.
Type	Connector type. You need to select snmp. Required setting.
SNMP version	The version of SNMP being used. Required setting.
Host	Host name or IP address. Possible formats: <`host name`> <`IPv4 address`> <`IPv6 address`> Required setting.
Port	The port number to be used when connecting to the host. Typical values are `161` or `162`. Required setting. The SNMP version, Host and Port settings define a connection to an SNMP resource. You can create multiple connections to an SNMP resource or delete a connection to an SNMP resource. To create a connection to an SNMP resource, click the SNMP resource button. To delete a connection to an SNMP resource, click the button next to the SNMP resource.
Secret	The secret that stores the credentials for connecting over the Simple Network Management Protocol. The secret type must match the SNMP version. To create a secret, click . You can change the selected secret by clicking . Required setting.
Source data	Rules for naming the received data, according to which OIDs (object identifiers) are converted to the keys with which the normalizer can interact. Available settings: Parameter name is the name for the data type, for example, `Host name` or `Host uptime`. Required setting. OID is a unique identifier that determines where to look for the required data at the event source, for example, `1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5`. Required setting. Key is a unique identifier returned in response to a request to the device with the value of the requested parameter, for example, `sysName`. You can reference this key when normalizing data. Required setting. MAC address—if this functionality is enabled, KUMA correctly decodes data where the OID contains information about the MAC address in OctetString format. After decoding, the MAC address is converted to a String value of the XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format.
Description	Description of the resource. Maximum length of the description: 4000 Unicode characters.

Advanced settings tab

Setting	Description
Character encoding	Character encoding. The default value is `UTF-8`.
Debug	Resource logging. The toggle switch is turned off by default.

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