Sort of figured it out.. After switching to passwords that did NOT include special characters, the scrapes started returning metrics. Hard to tell but this could be a bug?
On Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 10:24:52 AM UTC-7 Nolan Crooks wrote: > Also - another question which is unclear from the documentation: > > When using the generator.yml file to generate snmp.yml, are the values > "password" and "priv_password" entered as plaintext in the generator.yml > config file or do they need to be encrypted already with their given > "auth_protocol" and "priv_protocol"? I had assumed that you give the > passwords in plaintext and the generator would use the given algorithm to > encrypt them. > > On Monday, July 19, 2021 at 4:58:11 PM UTC-7 Nolan Crooks wrote: > >> Also - if its noteworthy, I am using a custom MIB file, for Observium: >> https://mibs.observium.org/mib/PowerNet-MIB/ >> >> On Monday, July 19, 2021 at 4:53:37 PM UTC-7 Nolan Crooks wrote: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> I'm having trouble getting the snmp_exporter >>> <https://github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter> working with my >>> Prometheus instances. I have successfully built and am running the exporter >>> across my instances, and have configured it as follows using the >>> generator >>> <https://github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter/tree/main/generator> tool >>> to scrape the rPDU2DeviceStatusPower metric: >>> >>> modules: >>> main: # The module name. You can have as many modules as you want. >>> walk: # List of OIDs to walk. Can also be SNMP object names or >>> specific instances. >>> - rPDU2DeviceStatusPower >>> version: 3 # SNMP version to use. Defaults to 2. >>> # 1 will use GETNEXT, 2 and 3 use GETBULK. >>> max_repetitions: 25 # How many objects to request with GET/GETBULK, >>> defaults to 25. >>> # May need to be reduced for buggy devices. >>> retries: 3 # How many times to retry a failed request, defaults to >>> 3. >>> timeout: 5s # Timeout for each individual SNMP request, defaults to >>> 5s. >>> >>> auth: >>> # Community string is used with SNMP v1 and v2. Defaults to >>> "public". >>> community: public >>> >>> # v3 has different and more complex settings. >>> # Which are required depends on the security_level. >>> # The equivalent options on NetSNMP commands like snmpbulkwalk >>> # and snmpget are also listed. See snmpcmd(1). >>> username: xxx # Required, no default. -u option to NetSNMP. >>> security_level: xxx # Defaults to noAuthNoPriv. -l option to >>> NetSNMP. >>> # Can be noAuthNoPriv, authNoPriv or >>> authPriv. >>> password: xxx # Has no default. Also known as authKey, -A option >>> to NetSNMP. >>> # Required if security_level is authNoPriv or >>> authPriv. >>> auth_protocol: xxx # MD5, SHA, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, or SHA512. >>> Defaults to MD5. -a option to NetSNMP. >>> # Used if security_level is authNoPriv or >>> authPriv. >>> priv_protocol: xxx # DES, AES, AES192, or AES256. Defaults to DES. >>> -x option to NetSNMP. >>> # Used if security_level is authPriv. >>> priv_password: xxx # Has no default. Also known as privKey, -X >>> option to NetSNMP. >>> # Required if security_level is authPriv. >>> context_name: xxx # Has no default. -n option to NetSNMP. >>> # Required if context is configured on the >>> device. >>> >>> >>> With this configuration, the scrape is always successful, however the >>> only metrics that are returned are as follows: >>> >>> # HELP snmp_scrape_duration_seconds Total SNMP time scrape took (walk >>> and processing). # TYPE snmp_scrape_duration_seconds gauge >>> snmp_scrape_duration_seconds 16.188805557 # HELP snmp_scrape_pdus_returned >>> PDUs returned from walk. # TYPE snmp_scrape_pdus_returned gauge >>> snmp_scrape_pdus_returned 0 # HELP snmp_scrape_walk_duration_seconds Time >>> SNMP walk/bulkwalk took. # TYPE snmp_scrape_walk_duration_seconds gauge >>> snmp_scrape_walk_duration_seconds 16.18876831 >>> >>> Whereas I'm expecting to see more information here. No errors in debug >>> output of the exporter, simply: >>> >>> module=main target=xxxx msg="Walking subtree" >>> oid=1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.4.3.1.5 >>> module=main target=xxxx msg="Walk of subtree completed" >>> oid=1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.26.4.3.1.5 duration_seconds=17.972985349s >>> module=main target=xxxx msg="Finished scrape" >>> duration_seconds=17.979233908 >>> >>> I'm wondering if I'm missing a step or something obvious here. If anyone >>> could provide any tips I would be greatly appreciative. I'm new to SNMP and >>> related concepts. I've also tried with a few other OIDs and Object Names to >>> no avail. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/7813a60a-fa8e-49e7-b3b5-efc99133f324n%40googlegroups.com.
