POE::Component::SNMP - POE interface to Net::SNMP


POE-Component-SNMP documentation Contained in the POE-Component-SNMP distribution.

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NAME

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POE::Component::SNMP - POE interface to Net::SNMP

SYNOPSIS

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  # this script is included in the distribution as eg/snmp_sample.pl
  use POE qw/Component::SNMP/;

  my %system = ( sysUptime   => '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0',
                 sysName     => '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0',
                 sysLocation => '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0',
               );
  my @oids = values %system;
  my $base_oid = '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1'; # system.*

  POE::Session->create( inline_states =>
                        { _start       => \&_start,
                          snmp_handler => \&snmp_handler,
                        }
                      );

  sub _start {
    my ($kernel, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP];

    POE::Component::SNMP->create( alias     => 'snmp', # same as default
                                  hostname  => 'localhost',
                                  community => 'public',
                                  version   => 'snmpv2c',
                                  # debug => 0x0A,
                                );

    $kernel->post( snmp => get     => snmp_handler =>
                   -varbindlist    => \@oids );

    # ... or maybe ...

    $kernel->post( snmp => walk    => snmp_handler =>
                   -baseoid        => $base_oid );

    # ... or possibly even ...

    my @callback_args = (1, 2, 3);
    $kernel->post( snmp => getbulk => snmp_handler =>
                   -varbindlist    => [ $base_oid ],
                   -maxrepetitions => 6,
		   -callback_args  => \@callback_args
                 );

    $heap->{pending} = 3;
  }

  sub snmp_handler {
    my ($kernel, $heap, $request, $response) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP, ARG0, ARG1];
    my ($alias, $host, $cmd, @args) = @$request;
    my ($results, @callback_args)   = @$response;

    if (ref $results) {
      print "$host SNMP config ($cmd):\n";
      print "sysName:     $results->{$system{sysName}}\n";
      print "sysUptime:   $results->{$system{sysUptime}}\n";
      print "sysLocation: $results->{$system{sysLocation}}\n";
    } else {
      print "$host SNMP error ($cmd => @args):\n$results\n";
    }

    print "Additional args: @callback_args\n";

    if (--$heap->{pending} == 0) {
      $kernel->post( $alias => 'finish' );
    }
  }

  $poe_kernel->run();

  # see the eg/ folder in the distribution archive for more samples

DESCRIPTION

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POE::Component::SNMP is a POE-ized wrapper around the Net::SNMP module written by David M. Town. Most of its arguments aren't even evaluated by POE, except for -alias and -callback_args, as described below.

CREATING SNMP COMPONENTS

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create - create an SNMP session
  POE::Component::SNMP->create(
      hostname  => $hostname,   # required
     [alias     => $alias,    ] # default 'snmp'
     [community => $community,] # default 'public'
     [version   => $version,  ] # default '1', SNMPv1
     [timeout   => $timeout,  ] # default 5.0 (seconds)
     [retries   => $retries,  ] # default 1
     [debug     => $debug,    ] # default 0
     [ ... any other arguments Net::SNMP recognizes ... ]
  );

create() passes all of its arguments to the constructor for a Net::SNMP object untouched with the exception of -alias. See Net::SNMP::session(). The constructor supports either of the following two parameter naming styles:

  $object->method(-parameter => $value);
  $object->method( parameter => $value);

-hostname is required. This differs from the behavior in Net::SNMP which is to default to 'localhost'.

-alias is not required unless you want to query more than one host. See Concurrency, below.

Concurrency

In order to access multiple SNMP hosts simultaneously, you must create a separate instance of the component for each host, by giving each component a different -alias parameter in the constructor.

Multiple requests to a particular instance are processed in FIFO order, including retries (-retries defaults to 1). This means that if you have multiple pending requests to a single host, and one automatically attempts retry for whatever reason, the retry request will "go to the end of the line" behind any other queued requests.

There is no limit to how many simultaneous instances can be processing requests. It is possible to create multiple instances for the same host.

The -alias and -hostname parameters, as well as additional request-specific data, are passed back to callback events, as described in CALLBACKS below, so the callback can determine what context the current response (or timeout) is related to.

NOTE: It is an error to attempt to create more than one SNMP session with the same -alias. It's not fatal unless you run POE with ASSERT_USAGE, but it won't work regardless.

Sockets

By default, Net::SNMP creates a single socket per network interface. This is possible because the Net::SNMP event loop processes all SNMP requests in FIFO order and is thus able to reuse the same socket for each request, regardless of its destination; however, it is not multiplexed. Since we can only watch one connection per socket at a time, this creates a conflict if you want to contact more than one remote host simultaneously. The workaround used by the module is to create each socket using a different randomly generated value for the -localport parameter, specifying a unique local UDP port for each instance of the component. This could potentially interfere with remote communications if your local firewall policy requires a specific source port for outgoing SNMP requests (as noted by David Town, the author of Net::SNMP). In this situation, you can supply an explicit -localport argument to the constructor, but remember that every active session requires its own unique local port per session/host, per interface.

REQUESTS

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Most of the events accept a list of arguments which are passed directly to a Net::SNMP session. See METHODS in Net::SNMP for more information on these arguments.

Requests take the form:

  $poe_kernel->post( $session_alias => $request =>
                     $callback_state => @snmp_args );

See the SYNOPSIS and the following per-request specifics for examples.

get
  $poe_kernel->post( snmp => get => parse_get_results =>
                                    #  system.sysUptime
                     varbindlist => [ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0' ] );

See Net::SNMP::get_request().

getnext
  $poe_kernel->post( snmp => get => parse_getnext_results =>
                                    #  system.*
                     varbindlist => [ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.7.0',
                                      '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.8.0',
                                    ] );

See Net::SNMP::get_next_request().

getbulk
  $poe_kernel->post( snmp => getbulk => parse_getbulk_results =>
                     maxrepetitions => 8,
                                    #  system.*
                     varbindlist => [ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1' ] );

See Net::SNMP::get_bulk_request().

walk
  $poe_kernel->post( snmp => walk => parse_walk_results =>
                                #  system.*
                     baseoid => [ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1' ] );

See Net::SNMP::get_table().

getentries

See Net::SNMP::get_entries().

inform

See Net::SNMP::inform_request().

set
  $poe_kernel->post( snmp => set => snmp_set_callback =>
                                    #  system.sysContact
		     varbindlist => [ '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0',
                                      'OCTET_STRING', 'test@test.com'] );

See Net::SNMP::set_request().

trap
  $kernel->post( snmp => trap => @snmp_args );
  # or, even better:
  my $status = $kernel->call( snmp => trap => @snmp_args );

Send a SNMPv1 trap message. See Net::SNMP::trap(). This method differs from the requests in that it does not take a state name as a callback parameter. If the method is invoked with POE::Kernel::call(), the return value is that of Net::SNMP::trap(). A false value indicates an error, and the error message can be retrieved using errmsg, below.

trap2c
  $kernel->post( snmp => trap2c => @snmp_args );
  # or, even better:
  my $status = $kernel->call( snmp => trap2c => @snmp_args );

Send a SNMPv2c trap message. See Net::SNMP::snmpv2_trap(). This method differs from the others in that it does not take a state name as a callback parameter. If the method is invoked with POE::Kernel::call(), the return value is that of snmpv2_trap(). A false value indicates an error, and the error message can be retrieved via errmsg, below.

errmsg
  my $last_snmp_error_message = $kernel->call( snmp => 'errmsg' );

Retrieves the last error message, if any, from the specified SNMP session.

finish
  $kernel->post( snmp => 'finish' );

Shut down the specified SNMP component. All current and pending requests are cancelled immediately and the session is closed. If the component is currently dispatching a request (waiting for a reply) when this request is received, the response NOT be delivered to the designated callback.

NOTE: Things break if you use POE::Kernel's call() method to issue a request to a component and then call() a finish to the same component within the same event/subroutine. So don't do that. Stick with post() and you'll be fine.

CALLBACKS

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When a request receives a response (or times out), the supplied callback event (a POE event name defined in the session that called the SNMP component) is invoked. (See POE::Session for more information about $_[_ARG0] and $_[_ARG1])

The callback's $_[ARG0] parameter is an array reference containing the request information: the component alias, hostname, the method called (e.g. 'get'), and parameters supplied to the request.

The callback's $_[ARG1] parameter is an array reference containing the response information. The first element ($_[ARG1][0]) is either a hash reference containing response data or a scalar error message string. If any arguments have been passed to the request via -callback_args (below), they will be returned as additional elements in $_[ARG1].

NOTE: This is a change from older versions of the module! Previously, errors were returned in $_[ARG1][1].

-callback_args
  # $callback_state receives @args in $_[_ARG1]
  $kernel->post( $alias => get => $callback_state =>
                 -callback_args => \@args,
                 -varbindlist   => \@oids );

This optional parameter to all component requests returning a response sets a list of additional values to be passed to the POE state as parameters. The argument must be an array reference, which will be dereferenced as a list of additional response parameters after the SNMP response data.

SEE ALSO

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  Net::SNMP
  POE

AUTHOR

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Adopted and maintained by Rob Bloodgood <rdb@cpan.org>

Originally by Todd Caine <tcaine@eli.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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POE-Component-SNMP documentation Contained in the POE-Component-SNMP distribution.

package POE::Component::SNMP;

use strict;

our $VERSION = '1.1006';

package POE::Net::SNMP;

use base q/Net::SNMP/;

# use Net::SNMP::XS;

our %localport;

# {{{ session

sub session {
    my $class = shift;
    my @arg = @_;
    my ($session, $error);

    # see if there is a localport supplied stash it on our list.
    my ($localport, %arg) = POE::Component::SNMP::_arg_scan(localport => @arg);

    if (defined $localport) {

        if (exists $localport{$localport}) {
            ($session, $error) = (undef, "Address already in use");
        } else {
            ($session, $error) =
              $class->SUPER::session( -nonblocking => 1,
                                      -localport => $localport,
                                      %arg,
                                    );
        }

    } else {

        # each session binds to a different local port/socket.  This
        # do..while loop catches potential port conflicts.
        do {

            # pick a port that's not already in use by *us*
            do {
		$localport = int(rand(65536 - 1025) + 1025)
	    } while (exists $localport{$localport});

            ($session, $error) =
              $class->SUPER::session( -nonblocking => 1,
                                      -localport => $localport,
                                      %arg,
                                    );

        } while ($error =~ /bind|already/);

    }

    if ($session) {
        # remember it
        $localport{$localport} = 1;
        $session->{_poe_component_snmp_localport} = $localport;
    }

    ($session, $error);
}

# }}} session
# {{{ DESTROY

sub DESTROY {
    my $session = shift;
    if ((my $localport = delete $session->{_poe_component_snmp_localport})) {
        delete $localport{$localport};
    }
}

# }}} DESTROY

package POE::Component::SNMP;

use Carp;
use POE::Session;
use POE::Component::SNMP::Dispatcher; # the real magic starts here

our $DISPATCHER;

# {{{ BEGIN

BEGIN
{
   # Validate the creation of the Dispatcher object.

   if (!defined($DISPATCHER = $Net::SNMP::DISPATCHER = POE::Component::SNMP::Dispatcher->instance)) {
      die('FATAL: Failed to create Dispatcher instance');
   }
}

# }}} BEGIN

# {{{ create

sub create {
    my $class = shift;
    my @arg = @_;
    my %arg; # = @_;

    my $alias;

    # we don't do alias dupe checks anymore, we leave that to POE
    ($alias, %arg) = _arg_scan(alias => @arg);
    $alias ||= 'snmp';

    # die unless we get a hostname
    unless ( (_arg_scan(hostname => @arg))[0] ) {
        croak "hostname parameter required";
    }

    # make sure we have a dispatcher!
    if (!defined($DISPATCHER = $Net::SNMP::DISPATCHER = POE::Component::SNMP::Dispatcher->instance)) {
        die('FATAL: Failed to create Dispatcher instance');
    }

    my ($session, $error);
    ($session, $error) = POE::Net::SNMP->session( %arg );

    # use Data::Dumper; print Dumper([ $session->transport, $Net::SNMP::Transport::SOCKETS ]);

    # delete $Net::SNMP::Transport::SOCKETS->{$session->transport->{_sock_name}};

    croak $error unless $session;

    POE::Session->create( inline_states => { _start        => \&start_snmp_session,
                                             _stop         => \&end_snmp_session,
                                             finish        => \&close_snmp_session,

                                             get           => \&snmp_get,
                                             getnext       => \&snmp_getnext,
                                             walk          => \&snmp_walk,
                                             getbulk       => \&snmp_getbulk,
                                             getentries    => \&snmp_getentries,
                                             trap          => \&snmp_trap,
                                             trap2c        => \&snmp_trap2c,
                                             inform        => \&snmp_inform,
                                             set           => \&snmp_set,

                                             errmsg        => \&snmp_errmsg,
					     callback_args => \&snmp_callback_args,
                                           },
                          args => [
                                   $alias,   # component alias
                                   $session, # Net::SNMP session
                                  ],
			);
}

# }}} create
# {{{ start_snmp_session

sub start_snmp_session {
    my ($kernel, $heap, $alias, $session) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP, ARG0..$#_];

    # make sure we aren't duplicating component aliases!
    if ( ! ($POE::VERSION <= 0.95 and POE::Kernel::ASSERT_DATA) and
         defined $kernel->alias_resolve($alias)
       ) {
        local $Carp::CarpLevel = 4; # munge up to the right level of code

        croak "A ", __PACKAGE__, " instance called '$alias' already exists!";
    }

    $kernel->alias_set($alias);
    # $heap->{comp_alias}   = $alias;    # component alias
    $heap->{snmp_session} = $session;  # Net::SNMP session
    $heap->{postback_args} = [ $alias, $session->hostname ];
}

# }}} start_snmp_session
# {{{ close_snmp_session

sub close_snmp_session {
    my ($kernel, $session, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, SESSION, HEAP];
    my $snmp_session = $heap->{snmp_session};

    return unless defined $snmp_session;

    if ($snmp_session->debug & 0x08) {
        print "debug: [", __LINE__, "] ", __PACKAGE__, "::close_snmp_session: calling __clear_pending\n";
    }

    # cancel all current and pending requests
    my $rv = $kernel->call(_poe_component_snmp_dispatcher => __clear_pending => $snmp_session);

    # remove our alias... since we have no more pending requests, we
    # will go away now.
    $kernel->alias_remove($_) for $kernel->alias_list( $session );


    # use Data::Dumper; print Dumper $snmp_session;
    # now the only thing keeping this session alive are any postback
    # references that have yet to be delivered.
}

# }}} close_snmp_session
# {{{ end_snmp_session

sub end_snmp_session {
    my ($kernel, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP];

    $heap->{snmp_session}->close;
}

# }}} end_snmp_session

# {{{ requests

sub snmp_get        { snmp_request( get_request      => @_ ) }
sub snmp_getnext    { snmp_request( get_next_request => @_ ) }
sub snmp_walk       { snmp_request( get_table        => @_ ) }
sub snmp_getbulk    { snmp_request( get_bulk_request => @_ ) }
sub snmp_getentries { snmp_request( get_entries      => @_ ) }
sub snmp_inform     { snmp_request( inform_request   => @_ ) }
sub snmp_set        { snmp_request( set_request      => @_ ) }

# }}} requests
# {{{ snmp_request

sub snmp_request {
    # first parameter is the Net::SNMP method to call
    my $method = shift;
    # then standard POE args
    my ($kernel, $heap, $sender, $target_state, @snmp_args) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP, SENDER, ARG0..$#_];

    # extract the PoCo::SNMP request method called, for diagnostics
    # 'POE::Component::SNMP::snmp_get' => 'get'
    my $action = (caller(1))[3]; $action =~ s/POE::Component::SNMP::snmp_//;

    my (@callback_args, $callback_args);
    ($callback_args, @snmp_args) = _arg_scan(callback_args => @snmp_args);

    my $ok = 1;
    # if $callback_args is defined, we got a callback_args in the request.
    if (defined $callback_args) {
        if (ref $callback_args eq 'ARRAY') {
            @callback_args = @$callback_args;
        } else {
            $ok = 0;
            $heap->{snmp_session}->_error("Argument to -callback_args must be an arrayref");
            @callback_args = ($callback_args); # stash the "bad" argument to return with the error
        }
    }

    # do this before the 'set' logic to return an original copy of
    # @snmp_args to the callback.
    my @postback_args = (@{$heap->{postback_args}}, $action, @snmp_args);

    if ($ok) {
        if ($method eq 'set_request') {
            # string => numeric constant processing
            @snmp_args = _dwim_set_request_args(@snmp_args);
        }

	# this $postback is a closure.  it goes away after firing.
        my $postback = $sender->postback($target_state => @postback_args);
        $ok = $heap->{snmp_session}->$method( @snmp_args,
                                              -callback =>
                                              [ sub { $postback->( ( defined ($_[0]->var_bind_list) ?
                                                                     $_[0]->var_bind_list : $_[0]->error
                                                                   )
                                                                   # x 0,
                                                                   # $_[0],
                                                                   ,
                                                                   @callback_args,
                                                                 );
                                                  }
                                              ]
                                            );

    }


    unless ($ok) {
        $kernel->post( $sender => $target_state => \@postback_args,
                       [ $heap->{snmp_session}->error,
                         @callback_args,
                       ]
                     );
    }

}

# }}} snmp_request

# {{{ snmp_trap

# invoke with: $status = $kernel->call( $alias => trap );
sub snmp_trap {
    my ($kernel, $heap, @snmp_args) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP, ARG0..$#_];
    $heap->{snmp_session}->trap( @snmp_args );
}

# }}} snmp_trap
# {{{ snmp_trap2c

# invoke with: $error = $kernel->call( $alias => trap2c );
sub snmp_trap2c {
    my ($kernel, $heap, @snmp_args) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP, ARG0..$#_];
    $heap->{snmp_session}->snmpv2_trap( @snmp_args );
}

# }}} snmp_trap2c

# {{{ snmp_errmsg

# invoke with: $error = $kernel->call( $alias => error );
sub snmp_errmsg { $_[HEAP]{snmp_session}->error }

# }}} snmp_errmsg
# {{{ snmp_callback_args

# invoke with: $kernel->post( $alias => callback_args => @args );
sub snmp_callback_args {
    my ($heap, @args) = @_[HEAP, ARG0..$#_];

    $heap->{callback_args} = \@args;
}

# }}} snmp_callback_args

# internal methods
# {{{ _arg_scan

# scan an array for a key matching qw/ -key key Key KEY / and fetch
# the value. return the value and the remaining arg list minus the
# key/value pair.
sub _arg_scan_old {
    my ($key, @arg) = @_;

    my $value;
    # scan the @arg for any keys that are callback args.
    for (0..$#arg) {
        next unless defined $arg[$_];
        if ($arg[$_] =~ /^-?$key$/i) {
            $value = $arg[$_ + 1];

            # splice out the key and value from @arg:
            splice @arg, $_, 2;
        }
    }

    ($value, @arg);
}

sub _arg_scan {
    my ($key, @arg) = @_;
    my ($value, $k_idx, $v_idx, @ret_arg);

    # scan the @arg for any keys that are callback args.
    for $k_idx ( map { $_*2 } (0..(@arg/2-1)) ) {
        $v_idx = ($k_idx+1);
        if ($arg[$k_idx] =~ m/^-?$key$/i) {
            $value = $arg[$v_idx];
        } else {
            # we only return args that didn't match our scan.
            push @ret_arg, @arg[$k_idx, $v_idx];
        }
    }

    ($value, @ret_arg);

}

# }}} _arg_scan
# {{{ _dwim_set_request_args

# change string constant like 'OCTET_STRING' to a number by calling
# OCTET_STRING()
#
# For a set request, the 2nd item of the varbindlist should be a
# string constant indicating the value type.  This block does a lookup
# of the numeric equivalent and replaces it in the parameter list.
sub _dwim_set_request_args {
    my %snmp_args = @_;

    # extract the varbindlist from args
    my ($vbl) = _arg_scan(varbindlist => @_);

    # make $type refer to the string in $vbl->[1]
    my $type = ref($vbl) eq 'ARRAY' ? \$vbl->[1] : \ 'foo';

    # if Net::SNMP::Message knows about it, use it to replace the
    # string with its numeric equivalent, e.g. 'OCTET_STRING' => 4
    if ( Net::SNMP::Message->can($$type) ) {
        $$type = Net::SNMP::Message->${$type}();
    }

    %snmp_args; # flatten back to a simple list.
}

# }}} _dwim_set_request_args

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