Was the YAML valid with those special characters? Did you quote the password?
Were you able to use snmpwalk to access the device when it was configured with a password with special characters? (i.e. it's possibly a bug in the device, rather than snmp_exporter) On Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 20:59:53 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > 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/b89a4758-371d-480a-a014-e3edab9f2239n%40googlegroups.com.
