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From:
Steve Shockley <steve.shockley@shockley.net>
Subject:
Re: snmpd_metrics
To:
Martijn van Duren <openbsd+tech@list.imperialat.at>, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Wed, 20 May 2026 19:15:37 -0400

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  • Martijn van Duren:

    snmpd_metrics

    • Stuart Henderson:

      snmpd_metrics

    • Steve Shockley:

      snmpd_metrics

On 5/20/2026 2:44 AM, Martijn van Duren wrote:
> My work on snmpd has slowed down quite a bit the last couple of years,
> but could you share what is keeping you from using base snmpd?

I'm using netsnmp mostly to extend snmp using the agents from 
https://github.com/librenms/librenms-agent/.  Now that I'm aware of 
AgentX it seems like it might be a much better idea than extend.
I'm also partly using netsnmp because I'm lazy and can just re-use the 
Linux config files and Ansible scripts.  Poor excuse.

> I've added a daemon functionality exactly for your usecase, but I
> don't use the functionality, is only lightly tested, and got victim
> of bitrot.

Fair enough.  I don't know if I have the right to complain about the 
work you did in 2022 when I'm still doing things the 2012 way.

> With the diff below it should just recover from it. Please test
> it and let me know if this works as you'd expect.
Will do, I should be able to test it this week.  Thanks for all your help!