Various SNMP versions

SNMPv2c

Send SNMP GET request using the following options:

  • with SNMPv1, community ‘public’
  • over IPv4/UDP
  • to an Agent at demo.snmplabs.com:161
  • for two instances of SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 MIB object,

Functionally similar to:

$ snmpget -v2c -c public demo.snmplabs.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0
from pysnmp.hlapi.asyncore import *

def cbFun(snmpEngine, sendRequestHandle, errorIndication, 
          errorStatus, errorIndex, varBinds, cbCtx):
    if errorIndication:
        print(errorIndication)
        return
    elif errorStatus:
        print('%s at %s' % (
                errorStatus.prettyPrint(),
                errorIndex and varBindTable[-1][int(errorIndex)-1][0] or '?'
            )
        )
        return
    else:
        for varBind in varBinds:
            print(' = '.join([ x.prettyPrint() for x in varBind ]))

snmpEngine = SnmpEngine()

getCmd(snmpEngine,
       CommunityData('public'),
       UdpTransportTarget(('demo.snmplabs.com', 161)),
       ContextData(),
       ObjectType(ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'sysDescr', 0)),
       cbFun=cbFun)

snmpEngine.transportDispatcher.runDispatcher()

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Walk whole MIB

Send a series of SNMP GETNEXT requests using the following options:

  • with SNMPv3, user ‘usr-md5-none’, MD5 authentication, no privacy
  • over IPv4/UDP
  • to an Agent at demo.snmplabs.com:161
  • for all OIDs in IF-MIB

Functionally similar to:

$ snmpwalk -v3 -lauthNoPriv -u usr-md5-none -A authkey1 -X privkey1
demo.snmplabs.com IF-MIB::
from pysnmp.hlapi.asyncore import *

def cbFun(snmpEngine, sendRequestHandle, errorIndication, 
          errorStatus, errorIndex, varBindTable, cbCtx):
    if errorIndication:
        print(errorIndication)
        return
    elif errorStatus:
        print('%s at %s' % (
                errorStatus.prettyPrint(),
                errorIndex and varBindTable[-1][int(errorIndex)-1][0] or '?'
            )
        )
        return
    else:
        for varBindRow in varBindTable:
            for varBind in varBindRow:
                print(' = '.join([ x.prettyPrint() for x in varBind ]))

    return True  # request lower layers to do GETNEXT and call us back

snmpEngine = SnmpEngine()

nextCmd(snmpEngine,
         UsmUserData('usr-md5-none', 'authkey1'),
         UdpTransportTarget(('demo.snmplabs.com', 161)),
         ContextData(),
         ObjectType(ObjectIdentity('SNMPv2-MIB', 'system')),
         ObjectType(ObjectIdentity('IF-MIB', 'ifTable')),
         cbFun=cbFun)

snmpEngine.transportDispatcher.runDispatcher()

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See also: library reference.