SNMP Trap Adapter security

The SNMP Trap Adapter is a client of the Adapter Platform Server. As such it will use information in the clientConnect.conf file to provide authentication information to the Adapter Platform Server. The Adapter Platform Server will compare this information to entries in the serverConnect.conf file to validate the connection. Thus, both these files must be configured.

The clientConnect.conf file must be configured on the host where the SNMP Trap Adapter runs. In the clientConnect.conf file you should create an entry for the system user ID running the SNMP Trap Adapter with a corresponding username and password. For example:

trap-uid1 : INCHARGE-OI : admin : changeme

where:

• trap-uid1 is the system user ID running the SNMP Trap Adapter

• INCHARGE-OI is the Adapter Platform Server name

• admin is the login username

• changeme is the login password

  The serverConnect.conf must be configured on the same host as the Adapter Platform. In the serverConnect.conf, an entry must exist that corresponds to the username and password specified in the clientConnect.conf file for the system user ID running the SNMP Trap Adapter. The user must be given All privileges. For example:

  INCHARGE-OI : admin : changeme : ALL
  

  where:

• INCHARGE-OI is the Adapter Platform Server name (you could use an * to indicate all Service Assurance servers)

• admin is the login username

• changeme is the login password

• ALL is the privileges granted this user

  The SNMP Trap Adapter does not have to run on the same host as the Adapter Platform. System Administration Guide provides more information about security configuration.