NETSNMP_TRAP_API(3) Net-SNMP NETSNMP_TRAP_API(3)NAME
send_easy_trap, send_trap_vars, send_v2trap - send TRAPs or INFORMs
from a Net-SNMP MIB module
SYNOPSIS
#include <net-snmp/agent/agent_trap.h>
void send_easy_trap(int trap, int specific);
void send_trap_vars(int trap, int specific, struct variable_list
*vars);
void send_v2trap(struct variable_list *vars);
DESCRIPTION
These three routines may be used to send traps from a MIB module within
the Net-SNMP agent (including an AgentX subagent).
send_easy_trap() sends an SNMPv1 trap (or the SNMPv2 equivalent) to the
list of configured trap destinations (or "sinks"), using the provided
values for the generic trap type, and specific trap value.
send_trap_vars() is similar, but appends the supplied list of variable
bindings to the traps that are sent.
send_v2trap() uses the supplied list of variable bindings to form an
SNMPv2 trap, which is sent to SNMPv2-capable sinks on the configured
list. An equivalent INFORM is sent to the configuredq list of inform
sinks. Sinks that can only handle SNMPv1 traps are skipped.
The various "send_trap()" calls allow you to specify traps in different
formats. And the various "trapsink" directives allow you to specify
destinations to receive different formats. But *all* traps are sent to
*all* destinations, regardless of how they were specified.
I.e. it's
___ trapsink
/
send_easy_trap ___ [ Trap ] ____ trap2sink
___ [ Generator ]
send_v2trap / [ ] ----- informsink
____
trapsess
*Not*
send_easy_trap -------------------> trapsink
send_v2trap -------------------> trap2sink
???? -------------------> informsink
???? -------------------> trapsess
WARNINGS
These routines are used to send the traps immediately they are called.
Invoking them at the appropriate time is left to the MIB module pro‐
grammer.
SEE ALSOsnmpd.conf(5), snmptrapd(8)V5.7.2 13 Aug 2010 NETSNMP_TRAP_API(3)
