Add .mib File to checkmk

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CMK version: 2.1.0p18
OS version: Ubuntu 22.04

Hello,
I have received a .mib file for OIDs for SNMP from my manufacturer. Can I somehow import and use this for my device?

Many greetings in advance :slight_smile:

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Hi nlmyr,

there is no automatic way to import mibs into checkmk and that magically converts that to a check.
There are two ways to use mibs in checkmk :

  1. If there is currently no checkmk or community check for the device you are trying to monitor, the MIB file can be used as the foundation to develop a new check in python
  2. You can import the mib to the mkeventd to translate sent snmp traps for you
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Ok thanks for the answer. How can I use the mkeventd?

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Hi,

using SNMP Traps has a lot of disadvantages, i would always prefer to use state based monitoring, if possible.

This is the Event Console documentation for receiving SNMP Traps:

Is that a special kind of hardware ? Maybe there is already a check for what you are trying to monitor.

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Ah ok. Then not. But i cant use python files on that machine.

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The check is developed on the checkmk server side and is fetching the data with SNMP.

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Ah nice. Do you have a doc for that? So I can read through that and create these checks?

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The documentation is here:

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Am I not able to only copy my .mib-File to that folder.

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  • Go to “Setup > Event Console”
  • In the top menue, click on “Event Console”
  • In the submenue, click “SNMP MIBs”

There you can “Add one or multiple MIBs”. checkmk will then render the OID-numbers received through SNMP-traps into meaningful text.