You don't need the Prometheus server inside the network that has SNMP devices, only the snmp_exporter.
One simple deployment option would be to put the snmp_exporter behind the firewall with PushProx. https://github.com/RobustPerception/PushProx On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 7:43 AM Brian Candler <[email protected]> wrote: > Traps are logs (events), not metrics (counters/gauges). snmp_exporter > don't handle SNMP traps: > https://github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter/issues/69 > > You could write a custom exporter which counts SNMP traps, or you could > use a trap receiver which writes logs, and a tool like mtail or > grok_exporter to count particular patterns. However, I strongly recommend > you don't bother. SNMP traps have very little useful information. > > Most people configure their networks to allow SNMP polling from their > monitoring station to their devices. If you use SNMPv3 this can be done > securely (with strong authentication and encryption). If the problem is > that your prometheus server is outside your firewall, and you won't > configure your firewall to allow SNMP queries inbound, then the easy > solution is to run another prometheus server inside your firewall. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prometheus Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/24cc43bd-036c-42ab-804e-b941aef7d99f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/24cc43bd-036c-42ab-804e-b941aef7d99f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/CABbyFmorHTV8KwCNnSSpTnHO3vp-yXt%2B0Sa5m9db8UWbLc94NQ%40mail.gmail.com.
