Ruf
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How to install SNMP on FreeBSD 5.4 ?
Hi Guys
The intention was to Monitor my FreeBSD 5.4 machine from a Windows Workstation. I found the tool that would do that, "ManageEngine".
ManageEngine requires SNMP Agent to be running on the FreeBSD machine for which I followed the instruction in the first half of this document to install "Net-SNMP".
The problem is after completing everything and rebooting the box, the ManageEngine still complains saying SNMP Agent is not running on the FreeBSD.
I am not sure if I am right, but when I run a "Top" on FreeBSD, I do not see anything that could mean SNMP there. What could I have missed?
Thanks in advance for your time...
Ruf
The intention was to Monitor my FreeBSD 5.4 machine from a Windows Workstation. I found the tool that would do that, "ManageEngine".
ManageEngine requires SNMP Agent to be running on the FreeBSD machine for which I followed the instruction in the first half of this document to install "Net-SNMP".
The problem is after completing everything and rebooting the box, the ManageEngine still complains saying SNMP Agent is not running on the FreeBSD.
I am not sure if I am right, but when I run a "Top" on FreeBSD, I do not see anything that could mean SNMP there. What could I have missed?
Thanks in advance for your time...
Ruf
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Hey Gheist
I am so sorry to have taken this long. Anyway, I was unable to install BSNMP, the /usr/ports/net-mgmt in FreeBSD 5.4 does not contain a bsnmpd directory. Second, I tried running pkg_add -r bsnmpd which also yealds to nothing. I see it checking the ftp site of freebsd.org and returning saying it couldn't find bsnmpd. In fact I verified to make sure I am not reading the report wrong. The FreeBSD site's ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-release/net-mgmt/ doesn't contain a bsnmpd directory...
How do I proceed...?
Thanks
Ruf
I am so sorry to have taken this long. Anyway, I was unable to install BSNMP, the /usr/ports/net-mgmt in FreeBSD 5.4 does not contain a bsnmpd directory. Second, I tried running pkg_add -r bsnmpd which also yealds to nothing. I see it checking the ftp site of freebsd.org and returning saying it couldn't find bsnmpd. In fact I verified to make sure I am not reading the report wrong. The FreeBSD site's ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.4-release/net-mgmt/ doesn't contain a bsnmpd directory...
How do I proceed...?
Thanks
Ruf
Take a upgrade path
FreeBSD 5.4 -> RELENG_5_4 ( i.e 5.4 + security patches )
ports -> CURRENT
as root:
cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-witho
make install clean ; rehash
then run cvsup by using file with following content as parameter:
*default tag=RELENG_5_4
*default host=cvsup.xx.freebsd.org
*default prefix=/usr
*default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
*default release=cvs
*default delete
*default use-rel-suffix
*default compress
ports-all tag=.
src-all
replace xx with your country code, or some nearby country code.
next remove /usr/ports/INDEX-5*
then install /usr/ports/sysutils/portup
and /usr/ports/sysutils/portau
now rehash and run portaudit -Fda and portversion -c
hope you understand what has to be done now.
now go to www.freebsd.org/handbook, and look how to rebuild kernel and system. despites many warnings such close upgrade does not fail.
now you are ready to install bsnmpd!!!
FreeBSD 5.4 -> RELENG_5_4 ( i.e 5.4 + security patches )
ports -> CURRENT
as root:
cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-witho
make install clean ; rehash
then run cvsup by using file with following content as parameter:
*default tag=RELENG_5_4
*default host=cvsup.xx.freebsd.org
*default prefix=/usr
*default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
*default release=cvs
*default delete
*default use-rel-suffix
*default compress
ports-all tag=.
src-all
replace xx with your country code, or some nearby country code.
next remove /usr/ports/INDEX-5*
then install /usr/ports/sysutils/portup
and /usr/ports/sysutils/portau
now rehash and run portaudit -Fda and portversion -c
hope you understand what has to be done now.
now go to www.freebsd.org/handbook, and look how to rebuild kernel and system. despites many warnings such close upgrade does not fail.
now you are ready to install bsnmpd!!!
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