{"id":340,"date":"2017-08-17T09:41:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T09:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.web-workers.ch\/?p=340"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:18:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T10:18:55","slug":"how-to-enable-snmp-on-a-vmware-esxi-hypervisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.web-workers.ch\/index.php\/2017\/08\/17\/how-to-enable-snmp-on-a-vmware-esxi-hypervisor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enable SNMP on a VMware ESXi hypervisor & vCenter appliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

SNMP can be fully configured on an ESXi hypervisor through the ESX CLI. The commands vary between different versions of ESXi.<\/p>\n

How to enable SNMP on ESXi 5.0<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. You will need access to the vSphere CLI. If you don’t have the vSphere CLI installed, download it from the VMware support website.<\/li>\n
  2. Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING<\/em> with your desired community string. your_username<\/em> and your_password<\/em> correspond to your vSphere username and password, respectively.<\/li>\n
  3. # vicfg-snmp.pl --server hostname --username your_username --password your_password -c YOUR_STRING
    \n# vicfg-snmp.pl --server hostname --username your_username --password your_password -p 161
    \n# vicfg-snmp.pl --server hostname --username your_username --password your_password --enable<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to enable SNMP on ESXi 5.5<\/h3>\n
      \n
    1. SSH \/ Telnet to your ESXi node using root-level credentials.<\/li>\n
    2. Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING<\/em> with your desired community string.
      \n# esxcli system snmp set --communities YOUR_STRING
      \n# esxcli system snmp set --enable true
      \n# esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --allowed-all true
      \n# esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --enabled true
      \n# \/etc\/init.d\/snmpd restart<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      How to enable SNMP on ESXi 6.x<\/h3>\n
        \n
      1. SSH \/ Telnet to your ESXi node using root-level credentials.<\/li>\n
      2. Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING <\/em>with your desired community string.
        \n# esxcli system snmp set -r
        \n# esxcli system snmp set -c YOUR_STRING
        \n# esxcli system snmp set -p 161
        \n# esxcli system snmp set -L \"City, State, Country\"
        \n# esxcli system snmp set -C noc@example.com
        \n# esxcli system snmp set -e yes
        \n# esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --allowed-all true
        \n# esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --enabled true
        \n# \/etc\/init.d\/snmpd restart
        \n# esxcli system snmp set --enable true
        \n# esxcli system snmp get<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        How to enable SNMP on vCenter 6.x<\/h3>\n
          \n
        1. SSH \/ Telnet to your vCenter node using root-level credentials.<\/li>\n
        2. Execute the following commands. Replace YOUR_STRING <\/em>with your desired community string.
          \n# snmp.set --communities YOUR_STRING,ANOTHER_STRING
          \n# snmp.set --syslocation YOUR_LOCATION
          \n# snmp.set --syscontact noc@example.com
          \n# snmp.enable
          \n# snmp.get
          \n# shell
          \n# service snmpd restart
          \n# exit<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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