Enable SNMP
The SNMP daemon can be enabled by performing the following:
admin@livenx:~$ sudo systemctl enable snmpd
Synchronizing state of snmpd.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable snmpd
admin@livenx:~$ sudo systemctl start snmpd
The status of SNMP can be checked by performing the following:
admin@livenx:~$ sudo systemctl status snmpd
● snmpd.service - Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Daemon.
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snmpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-03-11 18:21:06 UTC; 4s ago
Process: 20570 ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/agentx (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 20571 (snmpd)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 4653)
CGroup: /system.slice/snmpd.service
└─20571 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u Debian-snmp -g Debian-snmp -I -smux mteTrigger mteTriggerConf -f
Mar 11 18:21:06 livenx systemd[1]: Starting Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Daemon....
Mar 11 18:21:06 livenx systemd[1]: Started Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Daemon..
Mar 11 18:21:06 livenx snmpd[20571]: Created directory: /var/lib/snmp/mib_indexes
Mar 11 18:21:06 livenx snmpd[20571]: Turning on AgentX master support.
Mar 11 18:21:06 livenx snmpd[20571]: Created directory: /var/agentx
Mar 11 18:21:06 livenx snmpd[20571]: NET-SNMP version 5.7.3