Translating pysnmp oids to human readable strings
birdsong
david.birdsong at gmail.com
Fri Mar 6 03:23:19 EST 2009
On Mar 5, 11:22 pm, SpamMePlease PleasePlease
<spankthes... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:10 AM, birdsong <david.birds... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mar 5, 2:30 pm, SpamMePlease PleasePlease
> > <spankthes... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:12 PM, birdsong <david.birds... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Mar 5, 1:05 pm, birdsong <david.birds... at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Mar 5, 12:32 pm, SpamMePlease PleasePlease
>
> >> >> <spankthes... at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hey list,
>
> >> >> > I was given a task, to reproduce functionality of command specified
> >> >> > below by writing proper python functions to reuse in some monitoring
> >> >> > script:
>
> >> >> > rivendell# snmpwalk -Os -mALL -v1 -cgabilgathol 10.0.6.66
> >> >> > .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerIdentifier.0.ipv4."".unknown."".0.1.38.101.87.145 =
> >> >> > STRING: 66.250.1.253
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerIdentifier.0.ipv4.38.101.161.119.1.38.101.161.118 =
> >> >> > STRING: 66.28.1.85
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerIdentifier.0.ipv4.64.200.59.74.1.64.200.59.73 = STRING: 64.200.68.12
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerIdentifier.0.ipv4.72.37.131.250.1.72.37.131.249 = STRING:
> >> >> > 64.235.224.240
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerState.0.ipv4."".unknown."".0.1.38.101.87.145 = INTEGER:
> >> >> > established(6)
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerState.0.ipv4.38.101.161.119.1.38.101.161.118 = INTEGER:
> >> >> > established(6)
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerState.0.ipv4.64.200.59.74.1.64.200.59.73 = INTEGER: established(6)
> >> >> > jnxBgpM2PeerState.0.ipv4.72.37.131.250.1.72.37.131.249 = INTEGER: established(6)
> >> >> > (more output)
>
> >> >> > I have already found a pysnmp library to fetch the data from the
> >> >> > device with a minimal amount of code:
>
> >> >> > from pysnmp.entity.rfc3413.oneliner import cmdgen
> >> >> > from pysnmp.smi import *
> >> >> > import string
>
> >> >> > cmdGen = cmdgen.CommandGenerator()
> >> >> > errorIndication, errorStatus, errorIndex, varBinds =
> >> >> > cmdgen.CommandGenerator().nextCmd(cmdgen.CommunityData('AmonMuil',
> >> >> > 'gabilgathol', 0),
> >> >> > cmdgen.UdpTransportTarget(('fw-1.datacenter.gondor.net', 161)),
> >> >> > (1,3,6,1,4,1,2636,5,1,1,2))
>
> >> >> > print errorIndication, errorStatus
> >> >> > for i in varBinds:
> >> >> > print i
>
> >> >> > The problem is that I have completely stuck on the result I am
> >> >> > experiencing being totally human unreadable, like this:
>
> >> >> > rivendell# python snmp.py
> >> >> > None 0
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.38.101.87.145'),
> >> >> > OctetString('B\xfa\x01\xfd'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.0.1.38.101.161.119.1.38.101.161.118'),
> >> >> > OctetString('B\x1c\x01U'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.0.1.64.200.59.74.1.64.200.59.73'),
> >> >> > OctetString('@\xc8D\x0c'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.0.1.72.37.131.250.1.72.37.131.249'),
> >> >> > OctetString('@\xeb\xe0\xf0'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.38.101.87.145'),
> >> >> > Integer32('6'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.0.1.38.101.161.119.1.38.101.161.118'),
> >> >> > Integer32('6'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.0.1.64.200.59.74.1.64.200.59.73'),
> >> >> > Integer32('6'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.0.1.72.37.131.250.1.72.37.131.249'),
> >> >> > Integer32('6'))]
> >> >> > [(ObjectName('1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.3.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.38.101.87.145'),
> >> >> > Integer32('2'))]
>
> >> >> > Since I cant find any way to translate these numbers to the same thing
> >> >> > snmpwalk produce, is there any clue on how to achieve that? Is it
> >> >> > possible at all for different devices (this one happend to be Juniper
> >> >> > firewall if that does matter). Also, how can I know where does this
> >> >> > magic oid ends and where does additional information starts (like ip
> >> >> > addresses added to oid 0 they all looks like another oid string
> >> >> > numbers) ?
>
> >> >> > Any sample of code, or hint to another lib will be very appreciated!
>
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > --------------------
> >> >> > Spank The Spam!
>
> >> >> Here's an example of walk that's part of a class I wrote, hopefully
> >> >> indentation survives the paste. I borrowed heavily from example code
> >> >> on the pysnmp site.
>
> >> >> from pysnmp import asn1, v2c
> >> >> from pysnmp import role
>
> >> >> def walk(self, community_string, base_oids):
>
> >> >> if type(base_oids) is str: base_oids = [base_oids]
> >> >> # this this does what it says, dont bother asking for oids that
> >> >> we'll see in our walk
> >> >> base_oids = self.remove_child_oids(base_oids)
> >> >> # h_pair is just (host, port)
> >> >> client = role.manager(self.h_pair)
> >> >> client.timeout = 10
> >> >> req = v2c.GETNEXTREQUEST(community=community_string)
> >> >> rsp = v2c.GETRESPONSE()
> >> >> req['encoded_oids'] = map(asn1.OBJECTID().encode, base_oids)
>
> >> >> oids_values = {}
> >> >> while req['encoded_oids']:
> >> >> try:
> >> >> answer, host_tuple = client.send_and_receive(req.encode())
> >> >> except (role.NoResponse, role.NetworkError):
> >> >> return oids_values
>
> >> >> rsp.decode(answer)
>
> >> >> parsed_oids_vals = self.parse_response(rsp, base_oids)
> >> >> oids_values.update(parsed_oids_vals)
>
> >> >> req['request_id'] += 1
> >> >> req['encoded_oids'] = map(asn1.OBJECTID().encode,
> >> >> parsed_oids_vals.keys())
>
> >> >> return oids_values
>
> >> > Just realized the parse_response() is needed to makes sense of it:
>
> >> > def parse_response(self, rsp, head_oids):
> >> > # list of indices
> >> > overshot_oids = []
>
> >> > vals = map(lambda x: x[0](), map(asn1.decode, rsp
> >> > ['encoded_vals']))
> >> > oids = map(lambda x: asn1.OBJECTID().decode(x)[0], rsp
> >> > ['encoded_oids'])
> >> > oids_vals = dict(map(None, oids, vals))
>
> >> > for oid in oids_vals:
> >> > if not filter(lambda h: asn1.OBJECTID(h).isaprefix(oid),
> >> > head_oids):
> >> > overshot_oids.append(oid)
>
> >> > map(lambda x: oids_vals.pop(x), overshot_oids)
>
> >> > return oids_vals
>
> >> > I welcome critique btw, I'm here to learn.
> >> > --
> >> >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
> >> Sorry, but I dont understand the code at all. Where does it takes the
> >> names for the oid numbers? Why the translation needs a 'walk' at all?
> >> Isnt that possible to perform an acion on given oid (my code produces
> >> a list of them) to translate it to human readable output like snmpwalk
> >> binary does?
>
> >> --
> >> --------------------
> >> Spank The Spam!
>
> > I haven't looked at the newer version of pysnmp, but I dont know if
> > there's a library that maps oids to human readable oids. Besides, I
> > didn't really need to read the OIDs as a human, I wanted the values
> > for injecting into data stores. Here's a link I found really helpful
> > while figuring out my necessary OIDs
> >http://www.oid-info.com/
>
> Well, lucky you. Unfortunately I do need this oids in human readable
> form, as I need to present them (output of my code) to humans.
>
> > I was responding to your call for example code. I didn't get this in
> > the first 2 hours I poured over pysnmp either. Experiment in the
> > interpreter, you'll get it. You should be able to use my two functions
> > with very minor editing to walk an oid and return values in a
> > dictionary. The values will have already been decoded to something you
> > should recognize.
> > --
> >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
> My call for example code was for code that actually translates
> "1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.0.1.0.0.0.0.1.38.101.87.145" to
> "jnxBgpM2PeerIdentifier.0.ipv4.38.101.161.119.1.38.101.161.118" so the
> second one could be read by human to make some decisions. I dont
> really need to walk oids, as my small code already gives me even more
> than I need, now I just have to translate them to the same form as
> snmpwalk binary does. And I have no idea how to do so.
>
> --
> --------------------
> Spank The Spam!
Words like iso, internet, mgmt ? Who'da thunk?
One from one guy who doesn't have a 'clue' to another of the same,
best of luck in your python snmp endeavors.
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