snmp_lookup

SNMP Lookup Processor Plugin

The snmp_lookup plugin looks up extra tags using SNMP and caches them.

Telegraf minimum version: Telegraf 1.30.0

Global configuration options

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

# Lookup extra tags via SNMP based on the table index
[[processors.snmp_lookup]]
  ## Name of tag of the SNMP agent to do the lookup on
  # agent_tag = "source"

  ## Name of tag holding the table row index
  # index_tag = "index"

  ## Timeout for each request.
  # timeout = "5s"

  ## SNMP version; can be 1, 2, or 3.
  # version = 2

  ## SNMP community string.
  # community = "public"

  ## Number of retries to attempt.
  # retries = 3

  ## The GETBULK max-repetitions parameter.
  # max_repetitions = 10

  ## SNMPv3 authentication and encryption options.
  ##
  ## Security Name.
  # sec_name = "myuser"
  ## Authentication protocol; one of "MD5", "SHA", or "".
  # auth_protocol = "MD5"
  ## Authentication password.
  # auth_password = "pass"
  ## Security Level; one of "noAuthNoPriv", "authNoPriv", or "authPriv".
  # sec_level = "authNoPriv"
  ## Context Name.
  # context_name = ""
  ## Privacy protocol used for encrypted messages; one of "DES", "AES" or "".
  # priv_protocol = ""
  ## Privacy password used for encrypted messages.
  # priv_password = ""

  ## The maximum number of SNMP requests to make at the same time.
  # max_parallel_lookups = 16

  ## The amount of agents to cache entries for. If limit is reached, 
  ## oldest will be removed first. 0 means no limit.
  # max_cache_entries = 100

  ## Control whether the metrics need to stay in the same order this plugin
  ## received them in. If false, this plugin may change the order when data is
  ## cached. If you need metrics to stay in order set this to true. Keeping the
  ## metrics ordered may be slightly slower.
  # ordered = false

  ## The amount of time entries are cached for a given agent. After this period
  ## elapses if tags are needed they will be retrieved again.
  # cache_ttl = "8h"

  ## Minimum time between requests to an agent in case an index could not be
  ## resolved. If set to zero no request on missing indices will be triggered.
  # min_time_between_updates = "5m"

  ## List of tags to be looked up.
  [[processors.snmp_lookup.tag]]
    ## Object identifier of the variable as a numeric or textual OID.
    oid = "IF-MIB::ifName"

    ## Name of the tag to create.  If not specified, it defaults to the value of 'oid'.
    ## If 'oid' is numeric, an attempt to translate the numeric OID into a textual OID
    ## will be made.
    # name = ""

    ## Apply one of the following conversions to the variable value:
    ##   hwaddr:  Convert the value to a MAC address.
    ##   ipaddr:  Convert the value to an IP address.
    ##   enum(1): Convert the value according to its syntax in the MIB (full).
    ##   enum:    Convert the value according to its syntax in the MIB.
    ##
    # conversion = ""

Examples

Sample config

- foo,index=2,source=127.0.0.1 field=123
+ foo,ifName=eth0,index=2,source=127.0.0.1 field=123

processors.ifname replacement

The following config will use the same ifDescr fallback as processors.ifname when there is no ifName value on the device.

[[processors.snmp_lookup]]
  agent_tag = "agent"
  index_tag = "ifIndex"

  [[processors.snmp_lookup.tag]]
    oid = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2"
    name = "ifName"

  [[processors.snmp_lookup.tag]]
    oid = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.1"
    name = "ifName"

- foo,agent=127.0.0.1,ifIndex=2 field=123
+ foo,agent=127.0.0.1,ifIndex=2,ifName=eth0 field=123