rpbgintern2@rpbgintern:~$ ps auxwww | grep prometheus prometh+ 1823 0.2 0.8 1744528 105088 ? Ssl 14:31 0:21 /usr/local/bin/prometheus --config.file=/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml --storage.tsdb.path=/var/lib/prometheus/ rpbgint+ 1942 0.0 0.0 6612 2396 pts/0 S+ 16:47 0:00 grep --color=auto prometheus
rpbgintern2@rpbgintern:~$ ps auxwww | grep snmp_exporter rpbgint+ 787 0.0 0.1 1239076 12976 ? Ssl 11:24 0:04 /home/rpbgintern2/snmp_exporter-0.26.0.linux-amd64/snmp_exporter --web.listen-address=172.27.136.2:9116 rpbgint+ 1944 0.0 0.0 6612 2388 pts/0 S+ 16:48 0:00 grep --color=auto snmp_exporter I must specify that i'm only using snmp v1. On Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 12:43:04 PM UTC-3 Brian Candler wrote: > On Thursday, 26 June 2025 at 15:42:36 UTC+1 Joel Djojotaroeno wrote: > > I have two prometheus.yml files: > /home/rpbgintern2/prometheus.yml > /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml > > And two snmp.yml files: > /home/rpbgintern2/snmp_exporter-0.26.0.linux-amd64/snmp.yml > /home/rpbgintern2/snmp/snmp.yml > > I don't know if multiple yml files are causing this error. > > > No. But you do need to work out which is being used. > > This depends on how you are starting the services. Are you using systemd > services perhaps? > > If you're not sure, then use > ps auxwww | grep prometheus > ps auxwww | grep snmp_exporter > to see what flags you're running them with. > > For prometheus, the config file is specified by the --config.file > argument. If you don't specify it, it will read "prometheus.yml" in > whatever the current working directory is when prometheus is started. > > snmp_exporter also has a --config.file argument; I believe it defaults to > "snmp.yml" in the current working directory. It can be used with a > wildcard, e.g. '--config.file=/etc/prometheus/snmp.d/*.yml'. > This is very useful because you can provide multiple files: the supplied > snmp.yml, and then a separate file (say "auth.yml") with just your > site-specific authentication parameters. For example: > > auths: > test_v2: > version: 2 > community: Testing123 > > test_v3: > version: 3 > security_level: authNoPriv > username: admin > auth_protocol: SHA > password: Testing123 > > test_v3_priv: > version: 3 > security_level: authPriv > username: admin > auth_protocol: SHA > password: Testing123 > priv_protocol: AES > priv_password: VerySecret > > If you're polling snmp_exporter with parameter public_v1, then this auth > needs to be defined. The supplied snmp.yml does define this, so perhaps > your snmp_exporter is not picking up *any* configuration files? That will > be down to the --config.file parameter you may or may not be passing. > > Either that, or there's a typo somewhere. I note that your error message > complains about "public_v1_'' with a trailing underscore. > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/a1af4040-85db-4c51-9664-e8eb581f8729n%40googlegroups.com.
