SNMP Setup on Ubuntu

This guide will showcase installing SNMP on an Ubuntu system.

Update system packages

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get install snmpd

Open /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf in the editor of your choice and edit the agentAddress section. Also remove the # in front for it to take effect

Listen on all addresses

agentAddress udp:161,udp6:[::1]:161

Listen on specific address

agentAddress udp:192.168.100.2:161

Open /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf in the editor of your choice and edit the rocommunity section.

set public to an alternative community name if needed

sudo service snmpd restart