Linux Platform SNMP – What are the minimum required user rights?

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Hi Dojo,

I want to monitor my Linux Cassandra and Elastic nodes. After comparing connectors Linux Platform, Linux Platform SSH and Linux Platform SNMP with each other I have the impression that Linux Platform SNMP will give me the most data that I need.

For security reasons I'll create a Linux user with minimum rights for monitoring. Which rights are at least needed for the Linux Platform SNMP connector?

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 17th July 2023

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I had to do something similar today and followed this guide: https://www.xmodulo.com/configure-snmpv3-ubuntu-centos-cisco.html

net-snmp-config --create-snmpv3-user -ro -A snmpv3pass snmpv3user

For monitoring purposes, read-only SNMP access should suffice. More specifically by specifying the -ro parameter.

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 17th July 2023