gosnmp
======
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GoSNMP is an SNMP client library fully written in Go. It provides Get,
GetNext, GetBulk, Walk, BulkWalk, Set and Traps. It supports IPv4 and
IPv6, using __SNMPv2c__ or __SNMPv3__. Builds are tested against
linux/amd64 and linux/386.
# About
**gosnmp** was started by [Andreas Louca](https://github.com/alouca), then
completely rewritten by [Sonia Hamilton](https://github.com/soniah)
(2012-2020), and now ownership has been transferred to the community at
[gosnmp/gosnmp](https://github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp).
For support and help, join us in the #snmp channel of
[Gophers Slack](https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/).
# Overview
GoSNMP has the following SNMP functions:
* **Get** (single or multiple OIDs)
* **GetNext**
* **GetBulk**
* **Walk** - retrieves a subtree of values using GETNEXT.
* **BulkWalk** - retrieves a subtree of values using GETBULK.
* **Set** - supports Integers and OctetStrings.
* **SendTrap** - send SNMP TRAPs.
* **Listen** - act as an NMS for receiving TRAPs.
GoSNMP has the following **helper** functions:
* **ToBigInt** - treat returned values as `*big.Int`
* **Partition** - facilitates dividing up large slices of OIDs
**gosnmp/gosnmp** has completely diverged from **alouca/gosnmp**, your code
will require modification in these (and other) locations:
* the **Get** function has a different method signature
* the **NewGoSNMP** function has been removed, use **Connect** instead
(see Usage below). `Connect` uses the `GoSNMP` struct;
`gosnmp.Default` is provided for you to build on.
* GoSNMP no longer relies on **alouca/gologger** - you can use your
logger if it conforms to the `gosnmp.Logger` interface; otherwise
debugging will be discarded (/dev/null).
```go
type Logger interface {
Print(v ...interface{})
Printf(format string, v ...interface{})
}
```
# Installation
```shell
go get github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp
```
# Documentation
http://godoc.org/github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp
# Usage
Here is `examples/example.go`, demonstrating how to use GoSNMP:
```go
// Default is a pointer to a GoSNMP struct that contains sensible defaults
// eg port 161, community public, etc
g.Default.Target = "192.168.1.10"
err := g.Default.Connect()
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Connect() err: %v", err)
}
defer g.Default.Conn.Close()
oids := []string{"1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0", "1.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0"}
result, err2 := g.Default.Get(oids) // Get() accepts up to g.MAX_OIDS
if err2 != nil {
log.Fatalf("Get() err: %v", err2)
}
for i, variable := range result.Variables {
fmt.Printf("%d: oid: %s ", i, variable.Name)
// the Value of each variable returned by Get() implements
// interface{}. You could do a type switch...
switch variable.Type {
case g.OctetString:
bytes := variable.Value.([]byte)
fmt.Printf("string: %s\n", string(bytes))
default:
// ... or often you're just interested in numeric values.
// ToBigInt() will return the Value as a BigInt, for plugging
// into your calculations.
fmt.Printf("number: %d\n", g.ToBigInt(variable.Value))
}
}
```
Running this example gives the following output (from my printer):
```shell
% go run example.go
0: oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0 string: Administrator
1: oid: 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0 number: 104
```
* `examples/example2.go` is similar to `example.go`, however it uses a
custom `&GoSNMP` rather than `g.Default`
* `examples/walkexample.go` demonstrates using `BulkWalk`
* `examples/example3.go` demonstrates `SNMPv3`
* `examples/trapserver.go` demonstrates writing an SNMP v2c trap server
# MIB Parser
I don't have any plans to write a mib parser. Others have suggested
https://github.com/sleepinggenius2/gosmi
# Contributions
Contributions are welcome, especially ones that have packet captures (see
below).
If you've never contributed to a Go project before, here is an example workflow.
1. [fork this repo on the GitHub webpage](https://github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp/fork)
1. `go get github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp`
1. `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp`
1. `git remote rename origin upstream`
1. `git remote add origin git@github.com:<your-github-username>/gosnmp.git`
1. `git checkout -b development`
1. `git push -u origin development` (setup where you push to, check it works)
# Packet Captures
Create your packet captures in the following way:
Expected output, obtained via an **snmp** command. For example:
```shell
% snmpget -On -v2c -c public 203.50.251.17 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0 \
1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.6 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.5.3
.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0 = INTEGER: 78
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2.6 = STRING: GigabitEthernet0
.1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.5.3 = Gauge32: 4294967295
```
A packet capture, obtained while running the snmpget. For example:
```shell
sudo tcpdump -s 0 -i eth0 -w foo.pcap host 203.50.251.17 and port 161
```
# Bugs
Rane's document [SNMP: Simple? Network Management
Protocol](https://www.ranecommercial.com/legacy/note161.html) was useful when learning the SNMP
protocol.
Please create an [issue](https://github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp/issues) on
Github with packet captures (upload capture to Google Drive, Dropbox, or
similar) containing samples of missing BER types, or of any other bugs
you find. If possible, please include 2 or 3 examples of the
missing/faulty BER type.
The following BER types have been implemented:
* 0x00 UnknownType
* 0x01 Boolean
* 0x02 Integer
* 0x03 BitString
* 0x04 OctetString
* 0x05 Null
* 0x06 ObjectIdentifier
* 0x07 ObjectDescription
* 0x40 IPAddress (IPv4 & IPv6)
* 0x41 Counter32
* 0x42 Gauge32
* 0x43 TimeTicks
* 0x44 Opaque (Float & Double)
* 0x45 NsapAddress
* 0x46 Counter64
* 0x47 Uinteger32
* 0x78 OpaqueFloat
* 0x79 OpaqueDouble
* 0x80 NoSuchObject
* 0x81 NoSuchInstance
* 0x82 EndOfMibView
# Running the Tests
Local testing in Docker
```shell
docker build -t gosnmp/gosnmp:latest .
docker run -it gosnmp/gosnmp:latest
```
or
```shell
export GOSNMP_TARGET=1.2.3.4
export GOSNMP_PORT=161
export GOSNMP_TARGET_IPV4=1.2.3.4
export GOSNMP_PORT_IPV4=161
export GOSNMP_TARGET_IPV6='0:0:0:0:0:ffff:102:304'
export GOSNMP_PORT_IPV6=161
go test -v -tags all # for example
go test -v -tags helper # for example
```
Tests are grouped as follows:
* Unit tests (validating data packing and marshalling):
* `marshal_test.go`
* `misc_test.go`
* Public API consistency tests:
* `gosnmp_api_test.go`
* End-to-end integration tests:
* `generic_e2e_test.go`
The generic end-to-end integration test `generic_e2e_test.go` should
work against any SNMP MIB-2 compliant host (e.g. a router, NAS box, printer).
Mocks were generated using:
`mockgen -source=interface.go -destination=mocks/gosnmp_mock.go -package=mocks`
However they're currently removed, as they were breaking linting.
To profile cpu usage:
```shell
go test -cpuprofile cpu.out
go test -c
go tool pprof gosnmp.test cpu.out
```
To profile memory usage:
```shell
go test -memprofile mem.out
go test -c
go tool pprof gosnmp.test mem.out
```
To check test coverage:
```shell
go get github.com/axw/gocov/gocov
go get github.com/matm/gocov-html
gocov test github.com/gosnmp/gosnmp | gocov-html > gosnmp.html && firefox gosnmp.html &
```
# License
Parts of the code are taken from the Golang project (specifically some
functions for unmarshaling BER responses), which are under the same terms
and conditions as the Go language. The rest of the code is under a BSD
license.
See the LICENSE file for more details.
The remaining code is Copyright 2012-2020 the GoSNMP Authors - see
AUTHORS.md for a list of authors.