Observium: Configuring Microsoft Windows 2008 Server SNMP Agent

1. Open Control Pannel.

2. Right click on “Programs & Features” and click on “Turn Windows Features on or off"

3. Expand “SNMP Services” and select “SNMP Service” click Next

4. Click Install

5. Close Programs & Features”

6. Open Ädministraive Tools and clicket Services

7. Expand Configuration and select Services, Select SNMP Service, right click and select properties

8. Select the “Agent” tab

9. Type the contact name responsible for this server or email address

10. Type the location eg, Hyderabad,India.

11. Tick the following 

• Physical
• Datalink and subnetwork 
• SNMP Trap Service - Agent

12. Select the “Traps” tab

13. Type in the community string you are using in your environment and select “Add to list”

14. Click “Add”

15. Type the IP of the Observium ServerSNMP Trap Service - Traps

16. Select “Security” tab

17. Ensure “Send authentication trap” is ticked

18. Click “Add” under “Accepted community names”

19. Select “READ CREATE” under Community rights

20. Enter your community string under Community Name

21. Select “Accept SNMP packets from these hosts”

22. Select “Add” and type the IP address of the Observium Server

You can also put in the FQDN of the Observium serverSNMP Trap Service - Security

23. Add your server into the Observium Web Console

Keywords: Windows Client for Observium, SNMP Services, SNMP Client, Monitoring Windows Client