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7 Definition of Manager Configuration Files

Configuration data may be included in configuration files that is located in the configuration directory. The name of this directory is given in the config_dir configuration parameter. These files are read at start-up.

The directory where the configuration files are found is given as a parameter to the manager.

The entry format in all files are Erlang terms, separated by a '.' and a newline. In the following sections, the formats of these terms are described. Comments may be specified as ordinary Erlang comments.

Syntax errors in these files are discovered and reported with the function config_err/2 of the error report module at start-up.

7.1 Manager Information

The manager information should be stored in a file called manager.conf.

Each entry is a tuple of size two:

{Variable, Value}.

The following example shows a manager.conf file:

{address,          [141,213,11,24]}.
{port,             5000}.
{engine_id,        "mgrEngine"}.
{max_message_size, 484}.
    

The value of engine_id is a string, which should have a very specific structure. See RFC 2271/2571 for details.

7.2 Users

For each manager user, the manager needs some information. This information is either added in the users.conf config file or by calling the register_user function in runtime.

Each row defines a manager user of the manager.

Each entry is a tuple of size three:

{UserId, UserMod, UserData}.

7.3 Agents

The information needed to handle agents should be stored in a file called agents.conf. It is also possible to add agents in runtime by calling the register_agent.

Each entry is a tuple of size thirteen:

{UserId, TargetName, Comm, Ip, Port, EngineID, Timeout, MaxMessageSize, Version, SecModel, SecName, SecLevel}.

7.4 Security data for USM

The information about Security data for USM should be stored in a file called usm.conf, which must be present if the manager wishes to use SNMPv3 when commuincating with agents. It is also possible to add usm data in runtime by calling the register_usm_user.

The corresponding table is usmUserTable in the SNMP-USER-BASED-SM-MIB.

Each entry is a term:

{EngineID, UserName, AuthP, AuthKey, PrivP, PrivKey}.
{EngineID, UserName, SecName, AuthP, AuthKey, PrivP, PrivKey}.

The first case is when we have the identity-function (SecName = UserName).


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