Developing an SNMP agent for linux

Question

I'm developing a snmp agent for linux and I wonder if there is a directory or file proper protocol statistics snmp OIDs to develop snmpInPkts, snmpOutPkts, snmpInBadVersions, snmpInBadCommunityNames.

I ask because I found in the /proc/net/snmp all statistics for protocols like IP, ICMP, TCP and UDP.

Thank you.

You're looking for MIBs, I think... and there are A LOT of them. — Michael Hampton, Aug 25 '13 at 22:41
I know which are the object identifiers, I want to know is how to get their values from the operating system when provided. — fechidal89, Aug 29 '13 at 12:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '13 at 00:37

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On Linux?

You might be able to find some in /usr/share/snmp/ or /usr/local/share/snmp.

You will probably need to install the snmp packages though. On Ubuntu, apt-get install snmp. On RPM based Os, I think you need to install net-snmp-utils.

Hope that helps.

answered Aug 26 '13 at 00:37

Anthony

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Thank you. The idea is not install anything and I can get the values. I'll have to parse the packets and get the statistics. – fechidal89 Aug 29 '13 at 12:52

Developing an SNMP agent for linux

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