1snmpa(3) Erlang Module Definition snmpa(3)
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6 snmpa - Interface Functions to the SNMP toolkit agent
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9 The module snmpa contains interface functions to the SNMP agent.
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12 oid() = [byte()]
13 atl_type() = read | write | read_write
14 notification_delivery_info() = #snmpa_notification_delivery_info{}
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17 The oid() type is used to represent an ASN.1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
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19 The record snmpa_notification_delivery_info contains the following
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22 tag = term():
23 A user defined identity representing this notification send opera‐
24 tion.
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26 mod = module():
27 A module implementing the snmpa_notification_delivery_info_receiver
28 behaviour. The info functions of this module will be called at var‐
29 ious stages of delivery.
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31 extra = term():
32 This is any extra info the user wants to have supplied when the
33 functions in the callback module is called.
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36 add_agent_caps(SysORID, SysORDescr) -> SysORIndex
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38 Types:
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40 SysORID = oid()
41 SysORDescr = string()
42 SysORIndex = integer()
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44 This function can be used to add an AGENT-CAPABILITY statement
45 to the sysORTable in the agent. The table is defined in the SN‐
46 MPv2-MIB.
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48 del_agent_caps(SysORIndex) -> void()
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50 Types:
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52 SysORIndex = integer()
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54 This function can be used to delete an AGENT-CAPABILITY state‐
55 ment to the sysORTable in the agent. This table is defined in
56 the SNMPv2-MIB.
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58 get_agent_caps() -> [[SysORIndex, SysORID, SysORDescr, SysORUpTime]]
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60 Types:
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62 SysORIndex = integer()
63 SysORId = oid()
64 SysORDescr = string()
65 SysORUpTime = integer()
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67 Returns all AGENT-CAPABILITY statements in the sysORTable in the
68 agent. This table is defined in the SNMPv2-MIB.
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70 get(Agent, Vars) -> Values | {error, Reason}
71 get(Agent, Vars, Context) -> Values | {error, Reason}
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73 Types:
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75 Agent = pid() | atom()
76 Vars = [oid()]
77 Context = string()
78 Values = [term()]
79 Reason = {atom(), oid()}
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81 Performs a GET operation on the agent. All loaded MIB objects
82 are visible in this operation. The agent calls the corresponding
83 instrumentation functions just as if it was a GET request coming
84 from a manager.
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86 Note that the request specific parameters (such as current_re‐
87 quest_id) are not accessible for the instrumentation functions
88 if this function is used.
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90 get_next(Agent, Vars) -> Values | {error, Reason}
91 get_next(Agent, Vars, Context) -> Values | {error, Reason}
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93 Types:
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95 Agent = pid() | atom()
96 Vars = [oid()]
97 Context = string()
98 Values = [{oid(), term()}]
99 Reason = {atom(), oid()}
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101 Performs a GET-NEXT operation on the agent. All loaded MIB ob‐
102 jects are visible in this operation. The agent calls the corre‐
103 sponding instrumentation functions just as if it was a GET re‐
104 quest coming from a manager.
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106 Note that the request specific parameters (such as snmpa:cur‐
107 rent_request_id/0 are not accessible for the instrumentation
108 functions if this function is used.
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110 backup(BackupDir) -> ok | {error, Reason}
111 backup(Agent, BackupDir) -> ok | {error, Reason}
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113 Types:
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115 BackupDir = string()
116 Agent = pid() | atom()
117 Reason = backup_in_progress | term()
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119 Backup persistent/permanent data handled by the agent (such as
120 local-db, mib-data and vacm).
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122 Data stored by mnesia is not handled.
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124 BackupDir cannot be identical to DbDir.
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126 Simultaneous backup calls are not allowed. That is, two differ‐
127 ent processes cannot simultaneously successfully call this func‐
128 tion. One of them will be first, and succeed. The second will
129 fail with the error reason backup_in_progress.
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131 info() -> [{Key, Value}]
132 info(Agent) -> [{Key, Value}]
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134 Types:
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136 Agent = pid() | atom()
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138 Returns a list (a dictionary) containing information about the
139 agent. Information includes loaded MIBs, registered sub-agents,
140 some information about the memory allocation.
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142 load_mib(Mib) -> ok | {error, Reason}
143 load_mib(Agent, Mib) -> ok | {error, Reason}
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145 Types:
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147 Agent = pid() | atom()
148 MibName = string()
149 Reason = already_loaded | term()
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151 Load a single Mib into an agent. The MibName is the name of the
152 Mib, including the path to where the compiled mib is found. For
153 example:
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155 Dir = code:priv_dir(my_app) ++ "/mibs/",
156 snmpa:load_mib(snmp_master_agent, Dir ++ "MY-MIB").
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159 load_mibs(Mibs) -> ok | {error, Reason}
160 load_mibs(Mibs, Force) -> ok | {error, Reason}
161 load_mibs(Agent, Mibs) -> ok | {error, Reason}
162 load_mibs(Agent, Mibs, Force) -> ok | {error, Reason}
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164 Types:
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166 Agent = pid() | atom()
167 Mibs = [MibName]
168 Force = boolean()
169 MibName = string()
170 Reason = {'load aborted at', MibName, InternalReason}
171 InternalReason = already_loaded | term()
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173 Load Mibs into an agent. If the agent cannot load all MIBs (the
174 default value of the Force argument is false), it will indicate
175 where loading was aborted. The MibName is the name of the Mib,
176 including the path to where the compiled mib is found. For exam‐
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179 Dir = code:priv_dir(my_app) ++ "/mibs/",
180 snmpa:load_mibs(snmp_master_agent, [Dir ++ "MY-MIB"]).
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183 If Force = true then the agent will continue attempting to load
184 each mib even after failing to load a previous mib. Use with
185 care.
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187 unload_mib(Mib) -> ok | {error, Reason}
188 unload_mib(Agent, Mib) -> ok | {error, Reason}
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190 Types:
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192 Agent = pid() | atom()
193 MibName = string()
194 Reason = not_loaded | term()
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196 Unload a single Mib from an agent.
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198 unload_mibs(Mibs) -> ok | {error, Reason}
199 unload_mibs(Mibs, Force) -> ok | {error, Reason}
200 unload_mibs(Agent, Mibs) -> ok | {error, Reason}
201 unload_mibs(Agent, Mibs, Force) -> ok | {error, Reason}
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203 Types:
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205 Agent = pid() | atom()
206 Mibs = [MibName]
207 Force = boolean()
208 MibName = string()
209 Reason = {'unload aborted at', MibName, InternalReason}
210 InternalReason = not_loaded | term()
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212 Unload Mibs from an agent. If it cannot unload all MIBs (the de‐
213 fault value of the Force argument is false), it will indicate
214 where unloading was aborted.
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216 If Force = true then the agent will continue attempting to un‐
217 load each mib even after failing to unload a previous mib. Use
218 with care.
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220 which_mibs() -> Mibs
221 which_mibs(Agent) -> Mibs
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223 Types:
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225 Agent = pid() | atom()
226 Mibs = [{MibName, MibFile}]
227 MibName = atom()
228 MibFile = string()
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230 Retrieve the list of all the mibs loaded into this agent. De‐
231 fault is the master agent.
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233 whereis_mib(MibName) -> {ok, MibFile} | {error, Reason}
234 whereis_mib(Agent, MibName) -> {ok, MibFile} | {error, Reason}
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236 Types:
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238 Agent = pid() | atom()
239 MibName = atom()
240 MibFile = string()
241 Reason = term()
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243 Get the full path to the (compiled) mib-file.
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245 current_request_id() -> {value, RequestId} | false
246 current_context() -> {value, Context} | false
247 current_community() -> {value, Community} | false
248 current_address() -> {value, Address} | false
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250 Types:
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252 RequestId = integer()
253 Context = string()
254 Community = string()
255 Address = term()
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257 Get the request-id, context, community and address of the re‐
258 quest currently being processed by the agent.
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260 Note that these functions is intended to be called by the in‐
261 strumentation functions and only if they are executed in the
262 context of the agent process (e.g. it does not work if called
263 from a spawned process).
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265 enum_to_int(Name, Enum) -> {value, Int} | false
266 enum_to_int(Db, Name, Enum) -> {value, Int} | false
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268 Types:
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270 Db = term()
271 Name = atom()
272 Enum = atom()
273 Int = int()
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275 Converts the symbolic value Enum to the corresponding integer of
276 the enumerated object or type Name in a MIB. The MIB must be
277 loaded.
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279 false is returned if the object or type is not defined in any
280 loaded MIB, or if it does not define the symbolic value as enu‐
281 merated.
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283 Db is a reference to the symbolic store database (retrieved by a
284 call to get_symbolic_store_db/0).
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286 int_to_enum(Name, Int) -> {value, Enum} | false
287 int_to_enum(Db, Name, Int) -> {value, Enum} | false
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289 Types:
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291 Db = term()
292 Name = atom()
293 Int = int()
294 Enum = atom()
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296 Converts the integer Int to the corresponding symbolic value of
297 the enumerated object or type Name in a MIB. The MIB must be
298 loaded.
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300 false is returned if the object or type is not defined in any
301 loaded MIB, or if it does not define the symbolic value as enu‐
302 merated.
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304 Db is a reference to the symbolic store database (retrieved by a
305 call to get_symbolic_store_db/0).
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307 name_to_oid(Name) -> {value, oid()} | false
308 name_to_oid(Db, Name) -> {value, oid()} | false
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310 Types:
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312 Db = term()
313 Name = atom()
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315 Looks up the OBJECT IDENTIFIER of a MIB object, given the sym‐
316 bolic name. Note, the OBJECT IDENTIFIER is given for the object,
317 not for an instance.
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319 false is returned if the object is not defined in any loaded
320 MIB.
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322 Db is a reference to the symbolic store database (retrieved by a
323 call to get_symbolic_store_db/0).
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325 oid_to_name(OID) -> {value, Name} | false
326 oid_to_name(Db, OID) -> {value, Name} | false
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328 Types:
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330 Db = term()
331 OID = oid()
332 Name = atom()
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334 Looks up the symbolic name of a MIB object, given OBJECT IDENTI‐
335 FIER.
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337 false is returned if the object is not defined in any loaded
338 MIB.
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340 Db is a reference to the symbolic store database (retrieved by a
341 call to get_symbolic_store_db/0).
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343 which_aliasnames() -> Result
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345 Types:
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347 Result = [atom()]
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349 Retrieve all alias-names known to the agent.
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351 which_tables() -> Result
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353 Types:
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355 Result = [atom()]
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357 Retrieve all tables known to the agent.
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359 which_transports() -> Result
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361 Types:
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363 Result = [{TDomain, TAddress} | {TDomain, TAddress, Kind}]
364 TDomain = transportDomainUdpIpv4 | transportDomainUdpIpv6
365 TAddress = {IpAddr, IpPort}
366 IpAddr = inet:ip_address()
367 IpPort = pos_integer()
368 Kind = req_responder | trap_sender
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370 Retrieve all configured transports.
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372 which_variables() -> Result
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374 Types:
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376 Result = [atom()]
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378 Retrieve all variables known to the agent.
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380 which_notifications() -> Result
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382 Types:
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384 Result = [{Name, MibName, Info}]
385 Name = atom()
386 MibName = atom()
387 Info = term()
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389 Retrieve all notifications (and traps) known to the agent.
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391 log_to_txt(LogDir)
392 log_to_txt(LogDir, Block | Mibs)
393 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, Block | OutFile) -> ok | {ok, Cnt} | {error,
394 Reason}
395 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, OutFile, Block | LogName) -> ok | {ok, Cnt} |
396 {error, Reason}
397 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, OutFile, LogName, Block | LogFile) -> ok |
398 {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
399 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, OutFile, LogName, LogFile, Block | Start) ->
400 ok | {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
401 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, OutFile, LogName, LogFile, Block, Start) -> ok
402 | {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
403 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, OutFile, LogName, LogFile, Start, Stop) -> ok
404 | {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
405 log_to_txt(LogDir, Mibs, OutFile, LogName, LogFile, Block, Start, Stop)
406 -> ok | {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
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408 Types:
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410 LogDir = string()
411 Mibs = [MibName]
412 MibName = string()
413 Block = boolean()
414 OutFile = string()
415 LogName = string()
416 LogFile = string()
417 Start = Stop = null | calendar:datetime() | {local_time, cal‐
418 endar:datetime()} | {universal_time, calendar:datetime()}
419 Cnt = {NumOK, NumERR}
420 NumOK = non_neg_integer()
421 NumERR = pos_integer()
422 Reason = disk_log_open_error() | file_open_error() | term()
423 disk_log_open_error() = {LogName, term()}
424 file_open_error() = {OutFile, term()}
425
426 Converts an Audit Trail Log to a readable text file. OutFile de‐
427 faults to "./snmpa_log.txt". LogName defaults to "snmpa_log".
428 LogFile defaults to "snmpa.log".
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430 The Block option indicates if the log should be blocked during
431 conversion. This could be usefull when converting large logs
432 (when otherwise the log could wrap during conversion). Defaults
433 to true.
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435 See snmp:log_to_txt for more info.
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437 log_to_io(LogDir) -> ok | {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
438 log_to_io(LogDir, Block | Mibs) -> ok | {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
439 log_to_io(LogDir, Mibs, Block | LogName) -> ok | {ok, Cnt} | {error,
440 Reason}
441 log_to_io(LogDir, Mibs, LogName, Block | LogFile) -> ok | {ok, Cnt} |
442 {error, Reason}
443 log_to_io(LogDir, Mibs, LogName, LogFile, Block | Start) -> ok | {ok,
444 Cnt} | {error, Reason}
445 log_to_io(LogDir, Mibs, LogName, LogFile, Block, Start) -> ok | {ok,
446 Cnt} | {error, Reason}
447 log_to_io(LogDir, Mibs, LogName, LogFile, Start, Stop) -> ok | {ok,
448 Cnt} | {error, Reason}
449 log_to_io(LogDir, Mibs, LogName, LogFile, Block, Start, Stop) -> ok |
450 {ok, Cnt} | {error, Reason}
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452 Types:
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454 LogDir = string()
455 Mibs = [MibName]
456 MibName = string()
457 Block = boolean()
458 LogName = string()
459 LogFile = string()
460 Start = Stop = null | calendar:datetime() | {local_time, cal‐
461 endar:datetime()} | {universal_time, calendar:datetime()}
462 Cnt = {NumOK, NumERR}
463 NumOK = non_neg_integer()
464 NumERR = pos_integer()
465 Reason = disk_log_open_error() | file_open_error() | term()
466 disk_log_open_error() = {LogName, term()}
467 file_open_error() = {OutFile, term()}
468
469 Converts an Audit Trail Log to a readable format and prints it
470 on stdio. LogName defaults to "snmpa_log". LogFile defaults to
471 "snmpa.log".
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473 The Block option indicates if the log should be blocked during
474 conversion. This could be usefull when converting large logs
475 (when otherwise the log could wrap during conversion). Defaults
476 to true.
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478 See snmp:log_to_io for more info.
479
480 change_log_size(NewSize) -> ok | {error, Reason}
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482 Types:
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484 NewSize = {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}
485 MaxBytes = integer()
486 MaxFiles = integer()
487 Reason = term()
488
489 Changes the log size of the Audit Trail Log. The application
490 must be configured to use the audit trail log function. Please
491 refer to disk_log(3) in Kernel Reference Manual for a descrip‐
492 tion of how to change the log size.
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494 The change is permanent, as long as the log is not deleted. That
495 means, the log size is remembered across reboots.
496
497 set_log_type(NewType) -> {ok, OldType} | {error, Reason}
498 set_log_type(Agent, NewType) -> {ok, OldType} | {error, Reason}
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500 Types:
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502 NewType = OldType = atl_type()
503 Agent = pid() | atom()
504 Reason = term()
505
506 Changes the run-time Audit Trail log type.
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508 Note that this has no effect on the application configuration as
509 defined by configuration files, so a node restart will revert
510 the config to whatever is in those files.
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512 This function is primarily useful in testing/debugging scenar‐
513 ios.
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515 mib_of(Oid) -> {ok, MibName} | {error, Reason}
516 mib_of(Agent, Oid) -> {ok, MibName} | {error, Reason}
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518 Types:
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520 Agent = pid() | atom()
521 Oid = oid()
522 MibName = atom()
523 Reason = term()
524
525 Finds the mib corresponding to the Oid. If it is a variable, the
526 Oid must be <Oid for var>.0 and if it is a table, Oid must be
527 <table>.<entry>.<col>.<any>
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529 me_of(Oid) -> {ok, Me} | {error, Reason}
530 me_of(Agent, Oid) -> {ok, Me} | {error, Reason}
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532 Types:
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534 Agent = pid() | atom()
535 Oid = oid()
536 Me = #me{}
537 Reason = term()
538
539 Finds the mib entry corresponding to the Oid. If it is a vari‐
540 able, the Oid must be <Oid for var>.0 and if it is a table, Oid
541 must be <table>.<entry>.<col>.<any>
542
543 invalidate_mibs_cache() -> void()
544 invalidate_mibs_cache(Agent) -> void()
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546 Types:
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548 Agent = pid() | atom()
549
550 Invalidate the mib server cache.
551
552 The entire contents of the cache will be deleted.
553
554 enable_mibs_cache() -> void()
555 enable_mibs_cache(Agent) -> void()
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557 Types:
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559 Agent = pid() | atom()
560
561 Enable the mib server cache.
562
563 disable_mibs_cache() -> void()
564 disable_mibs_cache(Agent) -> void()
565
566 Types:
567
568 Agent = pid() | atom()
569
570 Disable the mib server cache.
571
572 which_mibs_cache_size() -> void()
573 which_mibs_cache_size(Agent) -> void()
574
575 Types:
576
577 Agent = pid() | atom()
578
579 Retreive the size of the mib server cache.
580
581 gc_mibs_cache() -> {ok, NumElementsGCed} | {error, Reason}
582 gc_mibs_cache(Agent) -> {ok, NumElementsGCed} | {error, Reason}
583 gc_mibs_cache(Age) -> {ok, NumElementsGCed} | {error, Reason}
584 gc_mibs_cache(Agent, Age) -> {ok, NumElementsGCed} | {error, Reason}
585 gc_mibs_cache(Age, GcLimit) -> {ok, NumElementsGCed} | {error, Reason}
586 gc_mibs_cache(Agent, Age, GcLimit) -> {ok, NumElementsGCed} | {error,
587 Reason}
588
589 Types:
590
591 Agent = pid() | atom()
592 Age = integer() > 0
593 GcLimit = integer() > 0 | infinity
594 NumElementsGCed = integer() >= 0
595 Reason = term()
596
597 Perform mib server cache gc.
598
599 Manually performs a mib server cache gc. This can be done re‐
600 gardless of the value of the autogc option. The NumElementsGCed
601 value indicates how many elements where actually removed from
602 the cache.
603
604 enable_mibs_cache_autogc() -> void()
605 enable_mibs_cache_autogc(Agent) -> void()
606
607 Types:
608
609 Agent = pid() | atom()
610
611 Enable automatic gc of the mib server cache.
612
613 disable_mibs_cache_autogc() -> void()
614 disable_mibs_cache_autogc(Agent) -> void()
615
616 Types:
617
618 Agent = pid() | atom()
619
620 Disable automatic gc of the mib server cache.
621
622 update_mibs_cache_age(NewAge) -> ok | {error, Reason}
623 update_mibs_cache_age(Agent, NewAge) -> ok | {error, Reason}
624
625 Types:
626
627 Agent = pid() | atom()
628 NewAge = integer() > 0
629 Reason = term()
630
631 Change the mib server cache age property.
632
633 update_mibs_cache_gclimit(NewGcLimit) -> ok | {error, Reason}
634 update_mibs_cache_gclimit(Agent, NewGCLimit) -> ok | {error, Reason}
635
636 Types:
637
638 Agent = pid() | atom()
639 NewGcLimit = integer() > 0 | infinity
640 Reason = term()
641
642 Change the mib server cache gclimit property.
643
644 register_notification_filter(Id, Mod, Data) -> ok | {error, Reason}
645 register_notification_filter(Agent, Id, Mod, Data) -> ok | {error, Rea‐
646 son}
647 register_notification_filter(Id, Mod, Data, Where) -> ok | {error, Rea‐
648 son}
649 register_notification_filter(Agent, Id, Mod, Data, Where) -> ok | {er‐
650 ror, Reason}
651
652 Types:
653
654 Agent = pid() | atom()
655 Id = filter_id()
656 filter_id() = term()
657 Mod = atom()
658 Data = term()
659 Where = filter_position()
660 Reason = term()
661 filter_position() = first | last | {insert_before, fil‐
662 ter_id()} | {insert_after, filter_id()}
663
664 Registers a notification filter.
665
666 Mod is a module implementing the snmpa_notification_filter be‐
667 haviour.
668
669 Data will be passed on to the filter when calling the functions
670 of the behaviour.
671
672 unregister_notification_filter(Id) -> ok | {error, Reason}
673 unregister_notification_filter(Agent, Id) -> ok | {error, Reason}
674
675 Types:
676
677 Agent = pid() | atom()
678 Id = filter_id()
679 filter_id() = term()
680
681 Unregister a notification filter.
682
683 which_notification_filter() -> Filters
684 which_notification_filter(Agent) -> Filters
685
686 Types:
687
688 Agent = pid() | atom()
689 Filters = [filter_id()]
690 filter_id() = term()
691
692 List all notification filters in an agent.
693
694 set_request_limit(NewLimit) -> {ok, OldLimit} | {error, Reason}
695 set_request_limit(Agent, NewLimit) -> {ok, OldLimit} | {error, Reason}
696
697 Types:
698
699 NewLimit = OldLimit = infinity | integer() >= 0
700 Agent = pid() | atom()
701 Reason = term()
702
703 Changes the request limit.
704
705 Note that this has no effect on the application configuration as
706 defined by configuration files, so a node restart will revert
707 the config to whatever is in those files.
708
709 This function is primarily useful in load regulation scenarios.
710
711 register_subagent(Agent, SubTreeOid, Subagent) -> ok | {error, Reason}
712
713 Types:
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715 Agent = pid() | atom()
716 SubTreeOid = oid()
717 SubAgent = pid()
718
719 Registers a sub-agent under a sub-tree of another agent.
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721 It is easy to make mistakes when registering sub-agents and this
722 activity should be done carefully. For example, a strange behav‐
723 iour would result from the following configuration:
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725 snmp_agent:register_subagent(MAPid,[1,2,3,4],SA1),
726 snmp_agent:register_subagent(SA1,[1,2,3], SA2).
727
728
729 SA2 will not get requests starting with object identifier
730 [1,2,3] since SA1 does not.
731
732 unregister_subagent(Agent, SubagentOidOrPid) -> ok | {ok, SubAgentPid}
733 | {error, Reason}
734
735 Types:
736
737 Agent = pid() | atom()
738 SubTreeOidorPid = oid() | pid()
739
740 Unregister a sub-agent. If the second argument is a pid, then
741 that sub-agent will be unregistered from all trees in Agent.
742
743 send_notification2(Agent, Notification, SendOpts) -> void()
744
745 Types:
746
747 Agent = pid() | atom()
748 Notification = atom()
749 SendOpts = [send_option()]
750 send_option() = {receiver, receiver()} | {name, no‐
751 tify_name()} | {context, context_name()} | {varbinds,
752 varbinds()} | {local_engine_id, string()} | {extra, ex‐
753 tra_info()}
754 receiver() = no_receiver | {tag(), tag_receiver()} | notifi‐
755 cation_delivery_info()
756 tag() = term(()
757 tag_receiver() = pid() | registered_name() | {Mod, Func,
758 Args}
759 registered_name() = atom()
760 Mod = atom()
761 Func = atom()
762 Args = list()
763 notify_name() = string()
764 context_name() = string()
765 varbinds() = [varbind()]
766 varbind() = {variable(), value()} | {{process_oid(), vari‐
767 able()}, value()} | {column(), row_index(), value()} |
768 variable() = aliasname() | oid()
769 aliasname() = atom()
770 process_oid() = keep (default) | truncate
771 value() = term()
772 column() = atom()
773 row_index() = [int()]
774 extra_info() = term()
775
776 Send the notification Notification to the management targets de‐
777 fined for notify-name (name) in the snmpNotifyTable in SNMP-NO‐
778 TIFICATION-MIB from the specified context.
779
780 If no name is specified (or if it is ""), the notification is
781 sent to all management targets.
782
783 If no context is specified, the default context, "", is used.
784
785 The send option receiver specifies where information about de‐
786 livery of Inform-Requests should be sent. The agent sends In‐
787 form-Requests and waits for acknowledgments from the management
788 targets. The receiver can have three values:
789
790 * no_receiver - No information is delivered.
791
792 * notification_delivery_info() - The information is delivered
793 via a function call according to this data. See the DATA
794 TYPES section above for details.
795
796 * {tag(), tag_receiver()} - The information is delivered ei‐
797 ther via messages or via a function call according to the
798 value of tag_receiver().
799
800 Delivery is done differently depending on the value of
801 tag_receiver():
802
803 * pid() | registered_name() - The info will be delivered in
804 the following messages:
805
806 * {snmp_targets, tag(), Addresses}
807
808 This informs the user which target addresses the notifi‐
809 cation was sent to.
810
811 * {snmp_notification, tag(), {got_response, Address}}
812
813 This informs the user that this target address acknowl‐
814 edged the notification.
815
816 * {snmp_notification, tag(), {no_response, Address}}
817
818 This informs the user that this target address did not
819 acknowledge the notification.
820
821 The notification is sent as an Inform-Request to each tar‐
822 get address in Addresses and if there are no targets for
823 which an Inform-Request is sent, Addresses is the empty
824 list [].
825
826 The tag_receiver() will first be sent the snmp_targets
827 message, and then for each address in Addresses list, one
828 of the two snmp_notification messages.
829
830 * {Mod, Func, Args} - The info will be delivered via the
831 function call:
832
833 Mod:Func([Msg | Args])
834
835 where Msg has the same content and purpose as the messages
836 descrived above.
837
838 The 'process oid' "tag" that can be provided with the variable
839 name / oids is indended to be used for oid post processing. The
840 value 'keep', which is the default, leaves the oid as is. The
841 value 'truncate', will cause the oid to be "truncated". That is,
842 any trailing ".0" will be removed.
843
844 Note:
845 There is a way to exclude a varbind from the notification. In
846 the normal varbinds list, providing the special value '$ignore-
847 oid' (instead of a normal value) will exclude this varbind from
848 the notification.
849
850 A define for this has been added to the snmp_types.hrl include
851 file, NOTIFICATION_IGNORE_VB_VALUE.
852
853
854 Note:
855 The extra info is not normally interpreted by the agent, instead
856 it is passed through to the net-if process. It is up to the im‐
857 plementor of that process to make use of this data.
858
859 The version of net-if provided by this application makes no use
860 of this data, with one exception: Any tuple containing the atom
861 snmpa_default_notification_extra_info may be used by the agent
862 and is therefor reserved.
863
864 See the net-if incomming messages for sending a trap and noti‐
865 fication for more info.
866
867
868 send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver)
869 send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, Varbinds)
870 send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, NotifyName, Varbinds)
871 send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, NotifyName, Con‐
872 textName, Varbinds) -> void()
873 send_notification(Agent, Notification, Receiver, NotifyName, Con‐
874 textName, Varbinds, LocalEngineID) -> void()
875
876 Types:
877
878 Agent = pid() | atom()
879 Notification = atom()
880 Receiver = no_receiver | {Tag, Recv} | notification_deliv‐
881 ery_info()
882 Tag = term()
883 Recv = receiver()
884 receiver() = pid() | atom() | {Mod, Func, Args}
885 Mod = atom()
886 Func = atom()
887 Args = list()
888 NotifyName = string()
889 ContextName = string()
890 Varbinds = varbinds()
891 varbinds() = [varbind()]
892 varbind() = {Variable, Value} | {Column, RowIndex, Value} |
893 {OID, Value}
894 Variable = atom()
895 Column = atom()
896 OID = oid()
897 Value = term()
898 RowIndex = [int()]
899 LocalEngineID = string()
900
901 Sends the notification Notification to the management targets
902 defined for NotifyName in the snmpNotifyTable in SNMP-NOTIFICA‐
903 TION-MIB from the specified context.
904
905 If no NotifyName is specified (or if it is ""), the notification
906 is sent to all management targets (Addresses below).
907
908 If no ContextName is specified, the default "" context is used.
909
910 The parameter Receiver specifies where information about deliv‐
911 ery of Inform-Requests should be sent. The agent sends Inform-
912 Requests and waits for acknowledgments from the managers. Re‐
913 ceiver can have three values:
914
915 * no_receiver - No information is delivered.
916
917 * notification_delivery_info() - The information is delivered
918 via a function call according to this data. See the DATA
919 TYPES section above for details.
920
921 * {Tag, Recv} - The information is delivered either via mes‐
922 sages or via a function call according to the value of Recv.
923
924 If Receiver has the value {Tag, Recv}, the delivery is done ac‐
925 cording to Recv:
926
927 * pid() | atom() - The info will be delivered in the following
928 messages:
929
930 * {snmp_targets, Tag, Addresses}
931
932 This inform the user which target addresses the notifica‐
933 tion was sent to.
934
935 * {snmp_notification, Tag, {got_response, Address}}
936
937 This informs the user that this target address acknowl‐
938 edged the notification.
939
940 * {snmp_notification, Tag, {no_response, Address}}
941
942 This informs the user that this target address did not ac‐
943 knowledge notification.
944
945 The notification is sent as an Inform-Request to each target
946 address in Addresses and if there are no targets for which
947 an Inform-Request is sent, Addresses is the empty list [].
948
949 The receiver will first be sent the snmp_targets message,
950 and then for each address in Addresses list, one of the two
951 snmp_notification messages.
952
953 * {Mod, Func, Args} - The info will be delivered via the func‐
954 tion call:
955
956 Mod:Func([Msg | Args])
957
958 where Msg has the same content and purpose as the messages
959 descrived above.
960
961 Address is a management target address and Addresses is a list
962 of management target addresses. They are defined as followes:
963
964 Addresses = [address()]
965 Address = address()
966 address() = v1_address() | v3_address()
967 v1_address() = {TDomain, TAddress}
968 v3_address() = {{TDomain, TAddress}, V3MsgData}
969 TDomain = tdoamin()
970 TAddress = taddress()
971 tdomain() = The oid of snmpUDPDomain
972 This is the only supported transport domain.
973 taddress() = [A1, A2, A3, A4, P1, P3]
974 The 4 first bytes makes up the IP-address and the last 2,
975 the UDP-port number.
976 V3MsgData = v3_msg_data()
977 v3_msg_data() = term()
978
979
980 If Receiver is a notification_delivery_info() record, then the
981 information about the notification delivery will be delivered to
982 the receiver via the callback functions defined by the snmpa_no‐
983 tification_delivery_info_receiver behaviour according to the
984 content of the notification_delivery_info() record.
985
986 The optional argument Varbinds defines values for the objects in
987 the notification. If no value is given for an object, the Agent
988 performs a get-operation to retrieve the value.
989
990 Varbinds is a list of Varbind, where each Varbind is one of:
991
992 * {Variable, Value}, where Variable is the symbolic name of a
993 scalar variable referred to in the notification specifica‐
994 tion.
995
996 * {Column, RowIndex, Value}, where Column is the symbolic name
997 of a column variable. RowIndex is a list of indices for the
998 specified element. If this is the case, the OBJECT IDENTI‐
999 FIER sent in the notification is the RowIndex appended to
1000 the OBJECT IDENTIFIER for the table column. This is the OB‐
1001 JECT IDENTIFIER which specifies the element.
1002
1003 * {OID, Value}, where OID is the OBJECT IDENTIFIER for an in‐
1004 stance of an object, scalar variable, or column variable.
1005
1006 For example, to specify that sysLocation should have the value
1007 "upstairs" in the notification, we could use one of:
1008
1009 * {sysLocation, "upstairs"} or
1010
1011 * {[1,3,6,1,2,1,1,6,0], "upstairs"} or
1012
1013 * {?sysLocation_instance, "upstairs"} (provided that the gen‐
1014 erated .hrl file is included)
1015
1016 If a variable in the notification is a table element, the
1017 RowIndex for the element must be given in the Varbinds list. In
1018 this case, the OBJECT IDENTIFIER sent in the notification is the
1019 OBJECT IDENTIFIER that identifies this element. This OBJECT
1020 IDENTIFIER could be used in a get operation later.
1021
1022 This function is asynchronous, and does not return any informa‐
1023 tion. If an error occurs, user_err/2 of the error report module
1024 is called and the notification is discarded.
1025
1026 Note:
1027 Note that the use of the LocalEngineID argument is only intended
1028 for special cases, if the agent is to "emulate" multiple En‐
1029 gineIDs! By default, the agent uses the value of SnmpEngineID
1030 (see SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB).
1031
1032
1033 ExtraInfo is not normally used in any way by the agent. It is
1034 intended to be passed along to the net-if process, which is a
1035 component that a user can implement themself. The users own net-
1036 if may then make use of ExtraInfo. The net-if provided with this
1037 application does not process ExtraInfo.
1038
1039 There is one exception. Any tuple containing the atom snmpa_de‐
1040 fault_notification_extra_info will, in this context, be consid‐
1041 ered belonging to this application, and may be processed by the
1042 agent.
1043
1044 discovery(TargetName, Notification) -> {ok, ManagerEngineID} | {error,
1045 Reason}
1046 discovery(TargetName, Notification, Varbinds) -> {ok, ManagerEngineID}
1047 | {error, Reason}
1048 discovery(TargetName, Notification, DiscoHandler) -> {ok, Man‐
1049 agerEngineID} | {error, Reason}
1050 discovery(TargetName, Notification, ContextName, Varbinds) -> {ok, Man‐
1051 agerEngineID} | {error, Reason}
1052 discovery(TargetName, Notification, Varbinds, DiscoHandler) -> {ok,
1053 ManagerEngineID} | {error, Reason}
1054 discovery(TargetName, Notification, ContextName, Varbinds, DiscoHan‐
1055 dler) -> {ok, ManagerEngineID} | {error, Reason}
1056 discovery(TargetName, Notification, ContextName, Varbinds, DiscoHan‐
1057 dler, ExtraInfo) -> {ok, ManagerEngineID} | {error, Reason}
1058
1059 Types:
1060
1061 TargetName = string()
1062 Notification = atom()
1063 ContextName = string() (defaults to "")
1064 Varbinds = varbinds()
1065 varbinds() = [varbind()]
1066 DiscoHandler = snmpa_discovery_handler()
1067 ExtraInfo = term()
1068 snmpa_discovery_handler() = Module implementing the sn‐
1069 mpa_discovery_handler behaviour
1070 ManagerEngineID = string()
1071 varbind() = {Variable, Value} | {Column, RowIndex, Value} |
1072 {OID, Value}
1073 Variable = atom()
1074 Column = atom()
1075 OID = oid()
1076 Value = term()
1077 RowIndex = [int()]
1078 Reason = term()
1079
1080 Initiate the discovery process with the manager identified by
1081 TargetName using the notification Notification.
1082
1083 This function is synchronous, which means that it will return
1084 when the discovery process has been completed or failed.
1085
1086 The DiscoHandler module is used during the discovery process.
1087 See discovery handler for more info.
1088
1089 The ExtraInfo argument is passed on to the callback functions of
1090 the DiscoHandler.
1091
1092 Note:
1093 If we are not at security-level noAuthNoPriv, this could be com‐
1094 plicated, since the agent will then continue with stage 2, be‐
1095 fore which the usm-related updates must be done.
1096
1097
1098 Note:
1099 The default discovery handler will require additional actions by
1100 the caller and the discovery will not work if the security-level
1101 is higher then noAuthNoPriv.
1102
1103
1104 convert_config(OldConfig) -> AgentConfig
1105
1106 Types:
1107
1108 OldConfig = list()
1109 AgentConfig = list()
1110
1111 This off-line utility function can be used to convert the old
1112 snmp application config (pre snmp-4.0) to the new snmp agent
1113 config (as of snmp-4.0).
1114
1115 For information about the old config (OldConfig) see the OTP R9C
1116 documentation.
1117
1118 For information about the current agent config (AgentConfig),
1119 see the Configuring the application chapter of the SNMP user's
1120 guide.
1121
1122 restart_worker() -> void()
1123 restart_worker(Agent) -> void()
1124
1125 Types:
1126
1127 Agent = pid() | atom()
1128
1129 Restart the worker process of a multi-threaded agent.
1130
1131 This is a utility function, that can be useful when e.g. debug‐
1132 ging instrumentation functions.
1133
1134 restart_set_worker() -> void()
1135 restart_set_worker(Agent) -> void()
1136
1137 Types:
1138
1139 Agent = pid() | atom()
1140
1141 Restart the set worker process of a multi-threaded agent.
1142
1143 This is a utility function, that can be useful when e.g. debug‐
1144 ging instrumentation functions.
1145
1146 print_mib_info() -> void()
1147
1148 Prints the content of all the (snmp) tables and variables for
1149 all mibs handled by the snmp agent.
1150
1151 print_mib_tables() -> void()
1152
1153 Prints the content of all the (snmp) tables for all mibs handled
1154 by the snmp agent.
1155
1156 print_mib_variables() -> void()
1157
1158 Prints the content of all the (snmp) variables for all mibs han‐
1159 dled by the snmp agent.
1160
1161 verbosity(Ref,Verbosity) -> void()
1162
1163 Types:
1164
1165 Ref = pid() | sub_agents | master_agent | net_if | mib_server
1166 | symbolic_store | note_store | local_db
1167 Verbosity = verbosity() | {subagents, verbosity()}
1168 verbosity() = silence | info | log | debug | trace
1169
1170 Sets verbosity for the designated process. For the lowest ver‐
1171 bosity silence, nothing is printed. The higher the verbosity,
1172 the more is printed.
1173
1175 calendar(3), erlc(1)
1176
1177
1178
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