Re: [libvirt] libvirt-snmp status
On 03/10/2018 04:19 AM, Michael Corcoran wrote:
Hi All,
Hey,
I'd like to enquire about the status of libvirt-snmp. It hasn't had any
commits for a couple of years and no longer compiles against recent
versions of net-snmp.
Yes, your observation is correct. libvirt-snmp is no longer maintained.
The build problem you ran into is just the tip of the iceberg. The
biggest problem IMO is that originally sources were generated using a
script from net-snmp package. While it did the trick back then it
rendered sources unmaintanable.
As I understand it, upstream net-snmp deprecated
and then removed the C type "U64" as it conflicts with Perl.
Fortunately this is the only issue and the patch required to get
libvirt-snmp building again simply replaces the C type "U64" with the
type "struct counter64" in a few places. I tried to submit a patch but
was unable to configure authentication/encryption correctly for git
send-email and I'm unwilling to spend more time on it. Is there any way
to accept patches directly from Github (or anywhere else I can push a
commit)?
Ah, let me see it that will fix the build. .. .. .. And it does. So
another trick to send a patch is to attach it to an e-mail sent to the list.
My second enquiry relates to the org OID used in the LIBVIRT-MIB. It
currently uses a (presumably) placeholder of 12345. I check the OID
register[1] and found an entry for libvirt (see end of email). I am
guessing that registration didn't go through until after libvirt-snmp
maintenance stopped. I'd like to submit a patch to replace the
placeholder with this org id also.
Yes, the registration did not go through. In fact it hadn't even
started. Again, any patch is more than welcome.
Michal