SNMP MIB parser
---------------
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PySMI is a pure-Python implementation of
[SNMP SMI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base) MIB parser.
This tool is designed to turn ASN.1 MIBs into various formats. As of this moment,
JSON and [pysnmp](https://github.com/etingof/pysnmp) modules can be generated
from ASN.1 MIBs.
Features
--------
* Understands SMIv1, SMIv2 and de-facto SMI dialects
* Turns MIBs into pysnmp classes and JSON documents
* Maintains an index of MIB objects over many MIB modules
* Automatically pulls ASN.1 MIBs from local directories, ZIP archives,
HTTP and FTP servers
* 100% Python, works with Python 2.4 up to Python 3.7
Rendered PySMI documentation can be found at [pysmi site](http://snmplabs.com/pysmi).
How to use PySMI
----------------
If you are using pysnmp, you might never notice pysmi presence - pysnmp
calls pysmi for MIB download and compilation behind the scenes (you can
still can do that manually by invoking *mibdump.py* tool).
To turn ASN.1 MIB into a JSON document, call *mibdump.py* tool like this:
```
$ mibdump.py --generate-mib-texts --destination-format json IF-MIB
Source MIB repositories: file:///usr/share/snmp/mibs, http://mibs.snmplabs.com/asn1/@mib@
Borrow missing/failed MIBs from: http://mibs.snmplabs.com/json/fulltexts/@mib@
Existing/compiled MIB locations:
Compiled MIBs destination directory: .
MIBs excluded from code generation: RFC-1212, RFC-1215, RFC1065-SMI, RFC1155-SMI,
RFC1158-MIB, RFC1213-MIB, SNMPv2-CONF, SNMPv2-SMI, SNMPv2-TC, SNMPv2-TM
MIBs to compile: IF-MIB
Destination format: json
Parser grammar cache directory: not used
Also compile all relevant MIBs: yes
Rebuild MIBs regardless of age: yes
Do not create/update MIBs: no
Byte-compile Python modules: no (optimization level no)
Ignore compilation errors: no
Generate OID->MIB index: no
Generate texts in MIBs: yes
Keep original texts layout: no
Try various filenames while searching for MIB module: yes
Created/updated MIBs: IANAifType-MIB, IF-MIB, SNMPv2-MIB
Pre-compiled MIBs borrowed:
Up to date MIBs: SNMPv2-CONF, SNMPv2-SMI, SNMPv2-TC
Missing source MIBs:
Ignored MIBs:
Failed MIBs:
```
JSON document build from
[IF-MIB module](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/asn1/IF-MIB)
would hold information such as:
```
{
"ifMIB": {
"name": "ifMIB",
"oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.31",
"class": "moduleidentity",
"revisions": [
"2007-02-15 00:00",
"1996-02-28 21:55",
"1993-11-08 21:55"
]
},
...
"ifTestTable": {
"name": "ifTestTable",
"oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.3",
"nodetype": "table",
"class": "objecttype",
"maxaccess": "not-accessible"
},
"ifTestEntry": {
"name": "ifTestEntry",
"oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.3.1",
"nodetype": "row",
"class": "objecttype",
"maxaccess": "not-accessible",
"augmention": {
"name": "ifTestEntry",
"module": "IF-MIB",
"object": "ifEntry"
}
},
"ifTestId": {
"name": "ifTestId",
"oid": "1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.3.1.1",
"nodetype": "column",
"class": "objecttype",
"syntax": {
"type": "TestAndIncr",
"class": "type"
},
"maxaccess": "read-write"
},
...
}
```
In general, converted MIBs capture all aspects of original (ASN.1) MIB contents
and layout. The snippet above is just a partial example, but here is the
complete [IF-MIB.json](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/json/fulltexts/IF-MIB.json)
file.
Besides one-to-one MIB conversion, PySMI library can produce JSON index to
facilitate fast MIB information lookup across large collection of MIB files.
For example, JSON index for
[IP-MIB.json](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/json/asn1/IP-MIB),
[TCP-MIB.json](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/json/asn1/TCP-MIB) and
[UDP-MIB.json](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/json/asn1/UDP-MIB)
modules would keep information like this:
```
{
"compliance": {
"1.3.6.1.2.1.48.2.1.1": [
"IP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.49.2.1.1": [
"TCP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.50.2.1.1": [
"UDP-MIB"
]
},
"identity": {
"1.3.6.1.2.1.48": [
"IP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.49": [
"TCP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.50": [
"UDP-MIB"
]
},
"oids": {
"1.3.6.1.2.1.4": [
"IP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.5": [
"IP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.6": [
"TCP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.7": [
"UDP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.49": [
"TCP-MIB"
],
"1.3.6.1.2.1.50": [
"UDP-MIB"
]
}
}
```
With this example, *compliance* and *identity* keys point to
*MODULE-COMPLIANCE* and *MODULE-IDENTITY* MIB objects, *oids*
list top-level OIDs branches defined in MIB modules. Full index
build over thousands of MIBs could be seen
[here](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/json/index.json).
The PySMI library can automatically fetch required MIBs from HTTP, FTP sites
or local directories. You could configure any MIB source available to you (including
[http://mibs.snmplabs.com/asn1/](http://mibs.snmplabs.com/asn1/)) for that purpose.
How to get PySMI
----------------
The pysmi package is distributed under terms and conditions of 2-clause
BSD [license](http://snmplabs.com/pysmi/license.html). Source code is freely
available as a GitHub [repo](https://github.com/etingof/pysmi).
You could `pip install pysmi` or download it from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pysmi/).
If something does not work as expected,
[open an issue](https://github.com/etingof/pysmi/issues) at GitHub or
post your question [on Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask).
Copyright (c) 2015-2018, [Ilya Etingof](mailto:etingof@gmail.com).
All rights reserved.