Transport tweaks#

TRAP over multiple transports#

The following script sends two SNMP TRAP notification using the following options:

  • with SNMPv1

  • with community name ‘public’

  • over IPv4/UDP and IPv6/UDP

  • send TRAP notification

  • to a Manager at demo.pysnmp.com:162 and [::1]

  • with TRAP ID ‘coldStart’ specified as an OID

  • include managed objects information:

  • with default Uptime value

  • with default Agent Address with ‘127.0.0.1’

  • overriding Enterprise OID with 1.3.6.1.4.1.20408.4.1.1.2

The following Net-SNMP commands will produce similar SNMP notification:

$ snmptrap -v1 -c public udp:demo.pysnmp.com 1.3.6.1.4.1.20408.4.1.1.2 127.0.0.1 1 0 12345
$ snmptrap -v1 -c public udp6:[::1] 1.3.6.1.4.1.20408.4.1.1.2 127.0.0.1 1 0 12345
from pysnmp.carrier.asyncio.dispatch import AsyncioDispatcher
from pysnmp.carrier.asyncio.dgram import udp, udp6
from pyasn1.codec.ber import encoder
from pysnmp.proto import api

# Protocol version to use
pMod = api.protoModules[api.protoVersion1]
# pMod = api.protoModules[api.protoVersion2c]

# Build PDU
trapPDU = pMod.TrapPDU()
pMod.apiTrapPDU.setDefaults(trapPDU)

# Traps have quite different semantics across proto versions
if pMod == api.protoModules[api.protoVersion1]:
    pMod.apiTrapPDU.setEnterprise(trapPDU, (1, 3, 6, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1))
    pMod.apiTrapPDU.setGenericTrap(trapPDU, "coldStart")

# Build message
trapMsg = pMod.Message()
pMod.apiMessage.setDefaults(trapMsg)
pMod.apiMessage.setCommunity(trapMsg, "public")
pMod.apiMessage.setPDU(trapMsg, trapPDU)

transportDispatcher = AsyncioDispatcher()

# UDP/IPv4
transportDispatcher.registerTransport(
    udp.domainName, udp.UdpAsyncioTransport().openClientMode()
)
transportDispatcher.sendMessage(
    encoder.encode(trapMsg), udp.domainName, ("demo.pysnmp.com", 162)
)

# UDP/IPv6
transportDispatcher.registerTransport(
    udp6.domainName, udp6.Udp6AsyncioTransport().openClientMode()
)
transportDispatcher.sendMessage(encoder.encode(trapMsg), udp6.domainName, ("::1", 162))

## Local domain socket
# transportDispatcher.registerTransport(
#    unix.domainName, unix.UnixSocketTransport().openClientMode()
# )
# transportDispatcher.sendMessage(
#    encoder.encode(trapMsg), unix.domainName, '/tmp/snmp-manager'
# )

# Dispatcher will finish as all scheduled messages are sent
transportDispatcher.runDispatcher(3)

transportDispatcher.closeDispatcher()

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INFORM over multiple transports#

The following script sends SNMP INFORM notification using the following options:

  • with SNMPv2c

  • with community name ‘public’

  • over IPv4/UDP and IPv6/UDP

  • send INFORM notification

  • to a Manager at demo.pysnmp.com:162 and [::1]:162

  • with TRAP ID ‘coldStart’ specified as an OID

The following Net-SNMP command will produce similar SNMP notification:

$ snmpinform -v2c -c public udp:demo.pysnmp.com 0 1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5.1
$ snmpinform -v2c -c public udp6:[::1] 0 1.3.6.1.6.3.1.1.5.1
from pysnmp.carrier.asyncio.dispatch import AsyncioDispatcher
from pysnmp.carrier.asyncio.dgram import udp, udp6
from pyasn1.codec.ber import encoder, decoder
from pysnmp.proto.api import v2c as pMod

# Build PDU
reqPDU = pMod.InformRequestPDU()
pMod.apiTrapPDU.setDefaults(reqPDU)

# Build message
trapMsg = pMod.Message()
pMod.apiMessage.setDefaults(trapMsg)
pMod.apiMessage.setCommunity(trapMsg, "public")
pMod.apiMessage.setPDU(trapMsg, reqPDU)


# noinspection PyUnusedLocal,PyUnusedLocal
def cbRecvFun(
    transportDispatcher, transportDomain, transportAddress, wholeMsg, reqPDU=reqPDU
):
    while wholeMsg:
        rspMsg, wholeMsg = decoder.decode(wholeMsg, asn1Spec=pMod.Message())
        rspPDU = pMod.apiMessage.getPDU(rspMsg)
        # Match response to request
        if pMod.apiPDU.getRequestID(reqPDU) == pMod.apiPDU.getRequestID(rspPDU):
            # Check for SNMP errors reported
            errorStatus = pMod.apiPDU.getErrorStatus(rspPDU)
            if errorStatus:
                print(errorStatus.prettyPrint())
            else:
                print("INFORM message delivered, response var-binds follow")
                for oid, val in pMod.apiPDU.getVarBinds(rspPDU):
                    print(f"{oid.prettyPrint()} = {val.prettyPrint()}")
            transportDispatcher.jobFinished(1)
    return wholeMsg


transportDispatcher = AsyncioDispatcher()

transportDispatcher.registerRecvCbFun(cbRecvFun)

# UDP/IPv4
transportDispatcher.registerTransport(
    udp.domainName, udp.UdpAsyncioTransport().openClientMode()
)
transportDispatcher.sendMessage(
    encoder.encode(trapMsg), udp.domainName, ("demo.pysnmp.com", 162)
)
transportDispatcher.jobStarted(1)

# UDP/IPv6
# transportDispatcher.registerTransport(
#    udp6.domainName, udp6.Udp6AsyncioTransport().openClientMode()
# )
# transportDispatcher.sendMessage(
#    encoder.encode(trapMsg), udp6.domainName, ('::1', 162)
# )
# transportDispatcher.jobStarted(1)

# Dispatcher will finish as all scheduled messages are sent
transportDispatcher.runDispatcher(3)

transportDispatcher.closeDispatcher()

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See also: library reference.