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.IX Title "agent 3pm"
.TH agent 3pm "2009-10-29" "perl v5.14.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
NetSNMP::agent \- Perl extension for the net\-snmp agent.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&  use NetSNMP::agent;
\&
\&  my $agent = new NetSNMP::agent(\*(AqName\*(Aq => \*(Aqmy_agent_name\*(Aq);
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module implements an \s-1API\s0 set to make a \s-1SNMP\s0 agent act as a snmp
agent, a snmp subagent (using the AgentX subagent protocol) and/or
embedded perl-APIs directly within the traditional net-snmp agent demon.
.PP
Also see the tutorial about the genaral Net-SNMP C \s-1API\s0, which this
module implements in a perl-way, and a perl specific tutorial at:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  http://www.net\-snmp.org/tutorial\-5/toolkit/
.Ve
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
.SS "Sub-agent example"
.IX Subsection "Sub-agent example"
.Vb 2
\&        use NetSNMP::agent (\*(Aq:all\*(Aq);
\&        use NetSNMP::ASN qw(ASN_OCTET_STR);
\&
\&        my $value = "hello world";
\&        sub myhandler {
\&            my ($handler, $registration_info, $request_info, $requests) = @_;
\&            my $request;
\&
\&            for($request = $requests; $request; $request = $request\->next()) {
\&                my $oid = $request\->getOID();
\&                if ($request_info\->getMode() == MODE_GET) {
\&                    # ... generally, you would calculate value from oid
\&                    if ($oid == new NetSNMP::OID(".1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999.7375.1.0")) {
\&                        $request\->setValue(ASN_OCTET_STR, $value);
\&                    }
\&                } elsif ($request_info\->getMode() == MODE_GETNEXT) {
\&                    # ... generally, you would calculate value from oid
\&                    if ($oid < new NetSNMP::OID(".1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999.7375.1.0")) {
\&                        $request\->setOID(".1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999.7375.1.0");
\&                        $request\->setValue(ASN_OCTET_STR, $value);
\&                    }
\&                } elsif ($request_info\->getMode() == MODE_SET_RESERVE1) {
\&                    if ($oid != new NetSNMP::OID(".1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999.7375.1.0")) {  # do error checking here
\&                        $request\->setError($request_info, SNMP_ERR_NOSUCHNAME);
\&                    }
\&                } elsif ($request_info\->getMode() == MODE_SET_ACTION) {
\&                    # ... (or use the value)
\&                    $value = $request\->getValue();
\&                }
\&            }
\&
\&        }
\&
\&        my $agent = new NetSNMP::agent(
\&                                # makes the agent read a my_agent_name.conf file
\&                                \*(AqName\*(Aq => "my_agent_name",
\&                                \*(AqAgentX\*(Aq => 1
\&                                );
\&        $agent\->register("my_agent_name", ".1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999.7375",
\&                         \e&myhandler);
\&
\&        my $running = 1;
\&        while($running) {
\&                $agent\->agent_check_and_process(1);
\&        }
\&
\&        $agent\->shutdown();
.Ve
.SS "Embedded agent example"
.IX Subsection "Embedded agent example"
.Vb 2
\&        # place this in a .pl file, and then in your snmpd.conf file put:
\&        #    perl do \*(Aq/path/to/file.pl\*(Aq;
\&
\&        use NetSNMP::agent;
\&        my $agent;
\&
\&        sub myhandler {
\&            my ($handler, $registration_info, $request_info, $requests) = @_;
\&            # ...
\&        }
\&
\&        $agent = new NetSNMP::agent(
\&                                \*(AqName\*(Aq => \*(Aqmy_agent_name\*(Aq
\&                                );
\&
\&        $agent\->register("my_agent_name", ".1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.9999.9999.7375",
\&                         \e&myhandler);
\&
\&        $agent\->main_loop();
.Ve
.SH "CONSTRUCTOR"
.IX Header "CONSTRUCTOR"
.Vb 2
\&    new ( OPTIONS )
\&        This is the constructor for a new NetSNMP::agent object.
\&
\&    Possible options are:
\&
\&        Name    \- Name of the agent (optional, defaults to "perl")
\&                  (The snmp library will read a NAME.conf snmp
\&                  configuration file based on this argument.)
\&        AgentX  \- Make us a sub\-agent (0 = false, 1 = true)
\&                  (The Net\-SNMP master agent must be running first)
\&        Ports   \- Ports this agent will listen on (EG: "udp:161,tcp:161")
\&
\&    Example:
\&
\&        $agent = new NetSNMP::agent(
\&                                 \*(AqName\*(Aq => \*(Aqmy_agent_name\*(Aq,
\&                                 \*(AqAgentX\*(Aq => 1
\&                                 );
.Ve
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.Vb 2
\&    register (NAME, OID, \e&handler_routine )
\&        Registers the callback handler with given OID.
\&
\&        $agent\->register();
\&
\&        A return code of 0 indicates no error.
\&
\&    agent_check_and_process ( BLOCKING )
\&        Run one iteration of the main loop.
\&
\&        BLOCKING \- Blocking or non\-blocking call. 1 = true, 0 = false.
\&
\&        $agent\->agent_check_and_process(1);
\&
\&    main_loop ()
\&        Runs the agent in a loop. Does not return.
\&
\&    shutdown ()
\&        Nicely shuts down the agent or sub\-agent.
\&
\&        $agent\->shutdown();
.Ve
.SH "HANDLER CALLBACKS"
.IX Header "HANDLER CALLBACKS"
.Vb 1
\&    handler ( HANDLER, REGISTRATION_INFO, REQUEST_INFO, REQUESTS )
\&
\&        The handler is called with the following parameters:
\&
\&        HANDLER                 \- FIXME
\&        REGISTRATION_INFO       \- what are the correct meanings of these?
\&        REQUEST_INFO            \-
\&        REQUESTS                \-
\&
\&    Example handler:
\&
\&        sub myhandler {
\&            my ($handler, $reg_info, $request_info, $requests) = @_;
\&            # ...
\&        }
.Ve
.PP
The handler subroutine will be called when a \s-1SNMP\s0 request received by
the agent for anything below the registered \s-1OID\s0.  The handler is
passed 4 arguments: \f(CW$handler\fR, \f(CW$registration_info\fR, \f(CW$request_info\fR,
\&\f(CW$requests\fR.  These match the arguments passed to the C version of the
same \s-1API\s0.  Note that they are not entirely complete objects but are
functional \*(L"enough\*(R" at this point in time.
.ie n .SS "$request_info object functions"
.el .SS "\f(CW$request_info\fP object functions"
.IX Subsection "$request_info object functions"
.Vb 3
\&    getMode ()
\&        Returns the mode of the request. See the MODES section for
\&        list of valid modes.
\&
\&        $mode = $request\->getMode();
\&
\&    getRootOID ()
\&        Returns a NetSNMP::OID object that describes the registration
\&        point that the handler is getting called for (in case you
\&        register one handler function with multiple OIDs, which should
\&        be rare anyway)
\&
\&        $root_oid = $request\->getRootOID();
.Ve
.ie n .SS "$request object functions"
.el .SS "\f(CW$request\fP object functions"
.IX Subsection "$request object functions"
.Vb 3
\&    next ()
\&        Returns the next request in the list or undef if there is no
\&        next request.
\&
\&        $request = $request\->next();
\&
\&    getOID ()
\&        Returns the oid of the request (a NetSNMP::OID class).
\&
\&        $oid = $request\->getOID();
\&
\&    setOID (new NetSNMP::OID("someoid"))
\&        Sets the OID of the request to a passed oid value.  This
\&        should generally only be done during handling of GETNEXT
\&        requests.
\&
\&        $request\->setOID(new NetSNMP::OID("someoid"));
\&
\&    getValue ()
\&        Returns the value of the request. Used for example when
\&        setting values.
\&
\&        $value = $request\->getValue();
\&
\&        FIXME: how to get the type of the value? Is it even available?
\&               [Wes: no, not yet.]
\&
\&    setValue ( TYPE, DATA )
\&        Sets the data to be returned to the daemon.
\&
\&        Returns 1 on success, 0 on error.
\&
\&        TYPE \- Type of the data. See NetSNMP::ASN for valid types.
\&        DATA \- The data to return.
\&
\&        $ret = $request\->setValue(ASN_OCTET_STR, "test");
\&
\&    setError ( REQUEST_INFO, ERROR_CODE )
\&        Sets the given error code for the request. See the ERROR CODES
\&        section for list of valid codes.
\&
\&        $request\->setError($request_info, SNMP_ERR_NOTWRITABLE);
\&
\&    getProcessed ()
\&        The processed flag indicates that a request does not need to
\&        be dealt with because someone else (a higher handler) has
\&        dealt with it already.
\&
\&        $processed = $request\->getProcessed();
\&
\&    setProcessed ( PROCESSED )
\&        Sets the processed flag flag in the request.  You generally
\&        should not have to set this yourself.
\&
\&        PROCESSED \- 0 = false, 1 = true
\&
\&        $request\->setProcessed(1);
\&
\&    getDelegated ()
\&        If you can handle a request in the background or at a future
\&        time (EG, you\*(Aqre waiting on a file handle, or network traffic,
\&        or ...), the delegated flag can be set in the request.  When
\&        the request is processed in the future the flag should be set
\&        back to 0 so the agent will know that it can wrap up the
\&        original request and send it back to the manager.  This has
\&        not been tested within perl, but it hopefully should work.
\&
\&        $delegated = $request\->getDelegated();
\&
\&    setDelegated ( DELEGATED )
\&        Sets the delegated flag.
\&
\&        DELEGATED \- 0 = false, 1 = true
\&
\&        $request\->setDelegated(1);
\&
\&    getRepeat ()
\&        The repeat flag indicates that a getbulk operation is being
\&        handled and this indicates how many answers need to be
\&        returned.  Generally, if you didn\*(Aqt register to directly
\&        handle getbulk support yourself, you won\*(Aqt need to deal with
\&        this value.
\&
\&        $repeat = $request\->getRepeat();
\&
\&    setRepeat ( REPEAT )
\&        Sets the repeat count (decrement after answering requests if
\&        you handle getbulk requests yourself)
\&
\&        REPEAT \-  repeat count FIXME
\&
\&        $request\->setRepeat(5);
.Ve
.SH "MODES"
.IX Header "MODES"
.Vb 10
\&        MODE_GET
\&        MODE_GETBULK
\&        MODE_GETNEXT
\&        MODE_SET_ACTION
\&        MODE_SET_BEGIN
\&        MODE_SET_COMMIT
\&        MODE_SET_FREE
\&        MODE_SET_RESERVE1
\&        MODE_SET_RESERVE2
\&        MODE_SET_UNDO
.Ve
.SH "ERROR CODES"
.IX Header "ERROR CODES"
.Vb 10
\&        SNMP_ERR_NOERROR
\&        SNMP_ERR_TOOBIG
\&        SNMP_ERR_NOSUCHNAME
\&        SNMP_ERR_BADVALUE
\&        SNMP_ERR_READONLY
\&        SNMP_ERR_GENERR
\&        SNMP_ERR_NOACCESS
\&        SNMP_ERR_WRONGTYPE
\&        SNMP_ERR_WRONGLENGTH
\&        SNMP_ERR_WRONGENCODING
\&        SNMP_ERR_WRONGVALUE
\&        SNMP_ERR_NOCREATION
\&        SNMP_ERR_INCONSISTENTVALUE
\&        SNMP_ERR_RESOURCEUNAVAILABLE
\&        SNMP_ERR_COMMITFAILED
\&        SNMP_ERR_UNDOFAILED
\&        SNMP_ERR_AUTHORIZATIONERROR
\&        SNMP_ERR_NOTWRITABLE
.Ve
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Please mail the net\-snmp\-users@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list for
help, questions or comments about this module.
.PP
Module written by:
   Wes Hardaker  <hardaker@users.sourceforge.net>
.PP
Documentation written by:
   Toni Willberg <toniw@iki.fi>
   Wes Hardaker  <hardaker@users.sourceforge.net>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fINetSNMP::OID\fR\|(3), \fINetSNMP::ASN\fR\|(3), \fIperl\fR\|(1).