Thread: Python SNMP library ( networking framework )

Hi all,

i'am using python with snmp to develop an interface with Pygtk,
the problem is that i don't know how to use python to use snmp commands and which library use for this aim.

i have installed net-snmp.

is there documentation about how to use python with snmp...

Thank you.

You need the following under Debian Linux:

1. libsnmp-python SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) Python support
2. python-pysnmp2 Python SNMP library for agents and managers
3. python-pysnmp-common Python SNMP library for agents and managers

Use apt-get to install them.

i'am using fedora 8 and i can't find these packages, and how can i use them to interact with the equipement.
is there documentation that could help me...

Use yum command to install packages. Here are examples and documents:

Python SNMP framework

is there only this solution to develop an application with python using snmp ?
i'am searching about a simple library to use snmpget, snmpset ...Etc.

Because with pysnmp i find it difficult to do this and you must type a long code juste to run snmpget...

thank you.

It is API thingy, so end up writing a bit more. I'm not sure what you are trying to developer here, but you can just run commands using os.system() or os.popen(). For e.g.

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
os.system('ls');
os.system('date');

You can replace ls / date with snmpget.

thank you this is what i'am searching.
Actually, i'am developping an interface using pygtk to control an équipement, then i must store the results given by snmp in a data base.
Do you think that using os is the most appropriate solution and how can i interprete the responses to get something clear on the interface.

Use API, if you need to read data and store it to database. os.system() is more suitable; if you just want last shell command exit status but it is not good for processing the data.

Thank you....................

can you tell me wich API is more suitable to read data and store them using SNMP ?

Thank you.