why not just create multiple [[inputs.snmp]] instances?

On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Matt Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> Problen then is it will attempt to get SNMP data from devices that may not
> support that oid.
>
> I am looking to collect from a number of hosts, which comprise of
> switches, routers, UPS, PDU's, and other IoT type devices.  All have a very
> different set of oid's.
>
> Maybe might be worth having a "type" style specifier for a host to tie
> that host to a set of oid's ?
>
>
>
>
>
> you can also put multiple hosts in the "agents" list
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Matt Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Cam,
>>>
>>> I created over the weekend a new config file to just test this function
>>> and found that it actually worked..  Always the way.  Looks like I have an
>>> issue with my original config that I will go and look at further to find
>>> the cause.
>>>
>>> Sorry to waste your time.
>>>
>>>
>>> Just as a quick question is running multiple [[inputs.snmp]] the only
>>> way to have different SNMP stats collected for different hosts?
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 1:59:27 AM UTC+9:30,
>>> [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Matt,
>>>>
>>>> can you provide your full config file, the exact commands you are
>>>> running, and the exact output you are getting from each of those.
>>>>
>>>> you can paste them here or put them in a gist: https://gist.github.com/
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Cam
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:24:39 AM UTC+1, Matt Baker wrote:
>>>> > Hi,
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I was after some guidance about having multiple SNMP input plugins.
>>>> The reason is that I have lots of different types of machines that I would
>>>> like to collect different OIDs for.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I figured maybe the best way was to have separate .conf files under
>>>> telegraf.d but it while they seemed to load the config they didn't run.  So
>>>> as a test I put the config back into the main telegraf.conf file and found
>>>> the same situation.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Config file:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > [[inputs.snmp]]
>>>> >
>>>> >   interval = "10s"
>>>> >
>>>> >   agents = [ "192.168.0.1:161", "192.168.0.2:161" ]
>>>> >
>>>> >   timeout = "5s"
>>>> >
>>>> >   version = 2
>>>> >
>>>> >   community = "public"
>>>> >
>>>> >   max_repetitions = 50
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >   name = "test"
>>>> >
>>>> >   [[inputs.snmp.field]]
>>>> >
>>>> >         name        = "hostname"
>>>> >
>>>> >         oid        = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0"                # sysName
>>>> >
>>>> >         is_tag        = true
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > [[inputs.snmp]]
>>>> >   interval = "10s"
>>>> >   agents = [ "192.168.0.3:161" ]
>>>> >   timeout = "5s"
>>>> >   version = 2
>>>> >   community = "public"
>>>> >   max_repetitions = 50
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >   name = "test"
>>>> >   [[inputs.snmp.field]]
>>>> >         name        = "other"
>>>> >         oid        = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0"
>>>> >
>>>> >         is_tag        = true
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > The result in the log file looks like:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > * Plugin: snmp, Collection 1
>>>> > * Internal: 10s
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > cpu,agent_host=....                            (all the stats for
>>>> the first [[inputs.snmp]] entry work okay)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > * Plugin: snmp, Collection 1
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > * Internal: 10s
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > the log then stops. As if the 2nd [[inputs.snmp]] is loaded but not
>>>> run. No stats are collected for these hosts.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Is there a correct way to do different collections for different
>>>> hosts or a better way to achieve this?
>>>>
>>>>
>>

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