On a HAProxy Enterprise server, the SNMP stack is split into two main components and one optional component:

  • Operating system SNMP daemon: called snmpd. It listens on a network interface on port 161/UDP and handles SNMP requests from clients.

  • SNMP plugin for HAProxy: called hapee-snmp-lb. This plugin collects data from hapee-1.9-lb for snmpd.

The diagram below illustrates the flow:

HAProxy Enterprise SNMP Daemon on CentOS 7 and RedHat 7

HAProxy Enterprise SNMP Daemon on CentOS 7 and RedHat 7

Install the OS SNMP daemon: snmpd

Run the following command:

yum install net-snmp

Note

Skip this step if your system already has an SNMP daemon installed.

Install the SNMP plugin: hapee-snmp-lb

For the package hapee-extras-snmp-lb, run this command:

yum install hapee-extras-snmp-lb

Configure the system snmpd daemon

  1. Edit the file /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf to have the snmp daemon listen on the correct address:

    • Comment out agentAddress udp:127.0.0.1:161.

    • Uncomment agentAddress udp:161,udp6:[::1]:161.

    • Enable the SNMP server snmpd:

      view systemonly included .1.3.6.1.4.1.23263

    • Add the SNMP extension pass_persist:

      pass_persist  .1.3.6.1.4.1.23263.4.3.1.3 /opt/hapee-extras/bin/hapee-snmp-lb

  2. Create a new read-only socket:

    stats socket /var/run/hapee-extras/hapee-lb.sock user hapee-lb group hapee mode 660 level user

    Note

    RHEL/CentOs runs snmpd as root; hence there is no need for a specific user or group on the socket.

  3. Restart HAProxy.

  4. Restart snmpd.

Note

There is nothing to configure for this software, as the package provides its configuration and it does not require any update.