Setup SNMPD (v2) in Ubuntu 12.10
- Install
sudo apt-get install snmpd
- Backup old configs
sudo mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.org
- Create
/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
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Tell snmpd to use the new file and listen on all interfaces
sudo nano /etc/default/snmpd
- Replace
SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid'
With
SNMPDOPTS='-Lsd -Lf /dev/null -u snmp -I -smux -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -c /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf'
- Restart snmpd
sudo service snmpd restart