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Index SNMP events with Splunk

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Index SNMP events with Splunk

The most effective way to index SNMP events is to use snmptrapd to write them to a FIFO.


First, configure snmptrapd to write to a FIFO rather than to a file on disk. 


# mkfifo /var/run/snmp-fifo
# snmptrapd -o /var/run/snmp-fifo

Then, configure the Splunk Server to add the FIFO as a data input.

Retrieved from "http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/3.2.4/Admin/IndexSNMPEventsWithSplunk"

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.2 , 3.2.1 , 3.2.2 , 3.2.3 , 3.2.4 , 3.2.5 , 3.2.6 View the Article History for its revisions.


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