This guide covers the installation and management of SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for ClearOS and ClearBOX. It is intended to be a guide for the implementation of SNMP on ClearOS as well as a framework for the subsequent module in ClearOS 6.x.

To install SNMP run the following in ClearOS from command line:

yum -y install net-snmp net-snmp-utils

To run the SNMP daemon run the following from command line in 6.x:

service snmpd start

To stop the SNMP daemon run the following in 6.x:

service snmpd stop

To run the SNMP daemon run the following from command line in 7.x:

systemctl start snmpd.service

To stop the SNMP daemon run the following in 7.x:

systemctl stop snmpd.service

Once the service is installed and started, test it by running the following:

snmpwalk -Os -c public -v 1 localhost system

This should show some basic information about the system including:

sysDescr.0 = STRING: Linux systemname.example.com 2.6.32-220.13.1.v6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Apr 20 09:26:16 MDT 2012 x86_64
sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (18563) 0:03:05.63
sysContact.0 = STRING: Root  (configure /etc/snmp/snmp.local.conf)
sysName.0 = STRING: systemname.example.com