How to process SNMP traps with Sensu?

Question

We are evaluating monitoring systems with Sensu being one of the candidates. One requirement we have is processing of the SNMP traps.

My searches come up with Sensu-extensions only, but the extensions are from third parties and not even available via gem.

Can Sensu process SNMP traps -- either out of the box or with a common and free extension?

Answer 1

There appear to be two primary open and free methods for accepting SNMP traps via Sensu:

• https://github.com/warmfusion/sensu-extension-snmptrap
• https://github.com/cloudant/sensu-trapd

They both appear to operate in a similar manner (by receiving SNMP and translating the source of the message into a Sensu Just In Time Client, and creating a Sensu event from the message.