Re: [poll comment] "SNMP request/reply support"

ср, 21 авг. 2019 г. в 09:58, Sergei Nikulov <sergey.nikulov_at_gmail.com>:
>
> вт, 20 авг. 2019 г. в 18:24, Robert NEMKIN via curl-library
> <curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>:
> >
> > On 2019-08-19 12:34, Daniel Stenberg via curl-library wrote:
> > > Another suggestion from the poll.
> > >
> > > (SNMP is not currently supported by curl.)
> > >
> > > I'm not personally fluent in SNMP so I would need to do this together
> > > with someone who is and someone who has an existing use case that could
> > > drive it - so that it becomes a less theoretical and more practical
> > > exercise. I found that RFC 4088 defines the URL syntax but can we really
> > > view such SNMP requests and replies as "transfers" ? What kind of data
> > > does such a transfer return?
> > >
> > > Ideas? Thoughts?
> > >
> >
> > The first thing to decide with snmp support is: which side of the snmp
> > protocoll you want to support?
> > - client side: to gather information via snmp from devices supporting snmp?
>
> This is the primary usage.
> Curl is a cross-platform multiprotocol command-line tool and library
> which could be used in other products.
> I believe a lot of test engineers used this tool for querying network
> services and devices.
> As for SNMP, some subset of GetRequest/SetRequest could be useful for
> the same reasons.
> And better not to rely on net-snmp dependency if possible (it never
> has a goal to be cross-platform).
>
> > - server side: to provide curl data to snmp clients?
> >
> Not sure about server-side (from FAQ "cURL is the name of the project.
> The name is a play on 'Client for URLs')
>
> > I'm actively using snmp to monitor my internet service provider network,
> > so I'm pretty sure I will never install and use curl instead of
> > (net-snmp's snmp-get and snmp-walk or other integrated snmp client).
> >
> All admins are actively used SNMP in their monitoring suites.
>
> P.S.
> As a joke (don't take it seriously) I've replaced SNMP with FTP and
> rephrase your statement.
> "I'm pretty sure I will never install and use curl instead of (ncftp
> or other integrated ftp client)"
>
> > On the other hand, if you daemonize a curl server, and use it for
> > centralized download, it might be usefull to provide data about current
> > downloads and performance via snmp. So include a kind of snmp agent into
> > curld can be an usefull idea.
> >
> > Buci
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Corrections for net-snmp statement.
I have found how to build it under Windows, but it a really not simple quest.

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Sergei Nikulov
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