Re: [j-nsp] Publish API data over SNMP

2018-03-08 Thread Saku Ytti
On 8 March 2018 at 22:43, Phil Shafer wrote: > Unfortunately not, since MIBs use numeric identifier for fields, > so if a developer inserts "leaf foxtrot" between "leaf echo" and > "leaf geronimo" (where it really belongs) then the MIB ordering has > changed and the numbers and all off. The MIB

Re: [j-nsp] Publish API data over SNMP

2018-03-08 Thread Phil Shafer
Saku Ytti writes: >As a user I'd be comfortable at stability which matches display >XML/JSON stability, and I think that level of stability would be >implied. Unfortunately not, since MIBs use numeric identifier for fields, so if a developer inserts "leaf foxtrot" between "leaf echo" and "leaf ger

Re: [j-nsp] Publish API data over SNMP

2018-03-08 Thread Saku Ytti
Hey, > I'm not an snmp-head, but something could certainly be done here. > I see two issues, one being the need for a formal MIB where our > content evolves release-to-release. Making per-release MIBs would > be a pain, and I'm not sure how well tools would handle those. A > "generic" MIB might

Re: [j-nsp] Publish API data over SNMP

2018-03-08 Thread Phil Shafer
[changed subject line) Saku Ytti writes: >You have | display json and xml, I assume json was relatively modest >amount of work, as you have formal source of data, so someone only >needed to write translator, without being aware of all context to >support | display json, which also means, no one ne