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diff --git a/docs/_static/images/service_snmp_communication_principles_diagram.png b/docs/_static/images/service_snmp_communication_principles_diagram.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000..eff2ce45 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/_static/images/service_snmp_communication_principles_diagram.png diff --git a/docs/services.rst b/docs/services.rst index c1902f62..1c55ccf9 100644 --- a/docs/services.rst +++ b/docs/services.rst @@ -875,6 +875,187 @@ configuration by: .. note:: You can run the UDP broadcast relay service on multiple routers connected to a subnet. There is **NO** UDP broadcast relay packet storm! +SNMP +---- + +Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP_) is an Internet Standard protocol +for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks +and for modifying that information to change device behavior. Devices that +typically support SNMP include cable modems, routers, switches, servers, +workstations, printers, and more. + +SNMP is widely used in network management for network monitoring. SNMP exposes +management data in the form of variables on the managed systems organized in +a management information base (MIB_) which describe the system status and +configuration. These variables can then be remotely queried (and, in some +circumstances, manipulated) by managing applications. + +Three significant versions of SNMP have been developed and deployed. SNMPv1 is +the original version of the protocol. More recent versions, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3, +feature improvements in performance, flexibility and security. + +SNMP is a component of the Internet Protocol Suite as defined by the Internet +Engineering Task Force (IETF). It consists of a set of standards for network +management, including an application layer protocol, a database schema, and a +set of data objects. + +Overview and basic concepts +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In typical uses of SNMP, one or more administrative computers called managers +have the task of monitoring or managing a group of hosts or devices on a +computer network. Each managed system executes a software component called an +agent which reports information via SNMP to the manager. + +An SNMP-managed network consists of three key components: + +* Managed devices + +* Agent – software which runs on managed devices + +* Network management station (NMS) – software which runs on the manager + +A managed device is a network node that implements an SNMP interface that +allows unidirectional (read-only) or bidirectional (read and write) access to +node-specific information. Managed devices exchange node-specific information +with the NMSs. Sometimes called network elements, the managed devices can be +any type of device, including, but not limited to, routers, access servers, +switches, cable modems, bridges, hubs, IP telephones, IP video cameras, +computer hosts, and printers. + +An agent is a network-management software module that resides on a managed +device. An agent has local knowledge of management information and translates +that information to or from an SNMP-specific form. + +A network management station executes applications that monitor and control +managed devices. NMSs provide the bulk of the processing and memory resources +required for network management. One or more NMSs may exist on any managed +network. + +.. figure:: _static/images/service_snmp_communication_principles_diagram.png + :scale: 20 % + :alt: Principle of SNMP Communication + + Image thankfully borrowed from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SNMP_communication_principles_diagram.PNG + which is under the GNU Free Documentation License + +.. note:: VyOS SNMP supports both IPv4 and IPv6. + +SNMP protocol versions +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +VyOS itself supports SNMPv2_ (version 2) and SNMPv3_ (version 3) where the +later is recommended because of improved security (optional authentication and +encryption). + +SNMPv2 +^^^^^^ + +SNMPv2 is the original and most commonly used version. For authorizing clients, +SNMP uses the concept of communities. Communities may have authorization set +to read only (this is most common) or to read and write (this option is not +actively used in VyOS). + +SNMP can work synchronously or asynchronously. In synchronous communication, +the monitoring system queries the router periodically. In asynchronous, the +router sends notification to the "trap" (the monitoring host). + +SNMPv2 does not support any authentication mechanisms, other than client source +address, so you should specify addresses of clients allowed to monitor the +router. Note that SNMPv2 also supports no encryption and always sends data in +plain text. + +Example +******* + +.. code-block:: sh + + # Define a community + set service snmp community routers authorization ro + + # Allow monitoring access from the entire network + set service snmp community routers network 192.0.2.0/24 + set service snmp community routers network 2001::db8:ffff:eeee::/64 + + # Allow monitoring access from specific addresses + set service snmp community routers client 203.0.113.10 + set service snmp community routers client 203.0.113.20 + + # Define optional router information + set service snmp location "UK, London" + set service snmp contact "admin@example.com" + + # Trap target if you want asynchronous communication + set service snmp trap-target 203.0.113.10 + + # Listen only on specific IP addresses (port defaults to 161) + set service snmp listen-address 172.16.254.36 port 161 + set service snmp listen-address 2001:db8::f00::1 + + +SNMPv3 +^^^^^^ + +SNMPv3 is an updated version that, among other things, supports encryption and +cryptographic authentication of clients. + +Example +******* + +.. code-block:: sh + + set service snmp v3 engineid '0x0aa0d6c6f450' + set service snmp v3 group defaultgroup mode 'ro' + set service snmp v3 group defaultgroup seclevel 'priv' + set service snmp v3 group defaultgroup view 'defaultview' + set service snmp v3 view defaultview oid '1' + + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 auth plaintext-key testUserKey1 + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 auth type 'md5' + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 engineid '0x0aa0d6c6f450' + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 group 'defaultgroup' + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 mode 'ro' + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 privacy type aes + set service snmp v3 user testUser1 privacy plaintext-key testUserKey1 + +After commit the resulting configuration will look like: + +.. note:: SNMPv3 keys won't we stored in plaintext. On ``commit`` the keys will + be encrypted and the encrypted key is based on the engineid! + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos# show service snmp + v3 { + engineid 0x0aa0d6c6f450 + group defaultgroup { + mode ro + seclevel priv + view defaultview + } + user testUser1 { + auth { + encrypted-key 0x3b68d4162c2c817b8e9dfb6f08583e5d + type md5 + } + engineid 0x0aa0d6c6f450 + group defaultgroup + mode ro + privacy { + encrypted-key 0x3b68d4162c2c817b8e9dfb6f08583e5d + type aes + } + } + view defaultview { + oid 1 { + } + } + } + .. _ddclient: http://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/wiki/Home/ .. _RFC2136: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2136.txt .. _`Multicast DNS`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS +.. _SNMP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol +.. _SNMPv2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol#Version_2 +.. _SNMPv3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol#Version_3 +.. _MIB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base |
