Adding an SNMP Server to a Lithium Node

Overview

This article shares the process of adding a new SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) server to a Lithium node.

Note: You will need the IP address and port for the new SNMP server to complete the steps given in this article.

Process

Follow these steps:

1. Log in as a TextPass user on each node that requires the configuration of the new SNMP server.
2. Open the host config file located at /usr/TextPass/etc/'hostname'_config.txt.
3. Edit the host file by inserting the new entry at the bottom.
   • Consider the following example where an SNMP server is defined (IP=127.0.0.1, port=11173), and a new line is added at the bottom for the new SNMP IP address and port (IP=111.222.333.444, port=162).
     

     <trapreceiver ipaddress="127.0.0.1" udpport="11173" />
     <trapreceiver ipaddress="111.222.333.444" udpport="162" />

4. Save and close the file. 
5. Run the following command to validate the new config file (no output means that the file is good):
   tp_config --validateonly
   
6. Restart the TextPass application using the following commands:

   tp_stop --textpass
   tp_start --textpass